Julia linehan

Founder & CEO

When I was younger, I wanted to be..

an actress, journalist, copywriter and media sales pro – weirdly, I’ve ended up in a role that allows me to do all those things!

Winner of the 2023 Campaign 40over40 award, Julia founded The Digital Voice™ in 2012 and has built up a well loved adtech specialist PR agency and team who live and breathe all things PR, communications, multimedia, events, social media and digital marketing. Known for her boundless energy, she started my career in digital advertising at Dennis Publishing 29 years ago and has been at the heart of the changing digital media landscape ever since. She has held major commercial roles both industry and media side including Associated Newspapers, 614 Group, The Mirror Group Newspapers, Dennis Publishing, IAB, Nexus Business Media and UPC Media.

She is also a co-founder of numerous industry groups that sit at the beating heart of many of the communities within the digital advertising industry. Referred to as 'The Voice' (or 'mouth of media'!), Julia is a regular industry commentator and speaker and she has a raft of award wins and shortlists to her name.

Fun fact: Julia represented the UK on French TV at the age of 12 reading the Children’s Charter for UNICEF. Julia can also put her whole fist in her mouth (small fist, large mouth!)