As Executive Director of The Webby Awards Claire leads a team dedicated to celebrating the very best of the Internet each year. Webby Awards submissions are now open at webbyawards.com. Claire started her career running around the streets of SoHo on the London advertising scene. Before moving to New York, she managed the strategic design and build of brand websites and communications for consumer brands like The Guardian, The BBC, Skype, Orange, Topshop and the children’s charity Barnardo’s at the digital agency Poke London. A History graduate from Edinburgh University, Claire proudly hails from Adelaide, South Australia. She now lives in Brooklyn with her partner Jonathan, their son Frankie and Omar, the dog. Her favorite yoga pose is savasana.