Our Team
We have a core team of architecture and marketing professionals working on Beedier content. If you have a Beedier subscription, then please consider that our team is already part of your own business development team, providing up to date information, insights, and opportunities.
We also work directly with clients on specific projects and campaigns, so if you have any bespoke needs, please don’t hesitate to contact Robert Woodburn Park, robert@woodburnpark.com, for an informal discussion about how we can help you with your specific business development activities.
Robert Woodburn Park | Beedier Editor and Founder
Robert has been providing expert business development support for architects for a long time. In the nineties, he worked with Peter Foggo’s studio on brochures, their first website, and competition presentations, and then with Allies and Morrison as a Senior Associate Communications Manager for over 8 years, managing a large and busy team during a period of great success for the practice. After a sabbatical in which he gained an Architecture Masters at the University of East London (RIBA Part 2), he led the communications teams at PLP Architecture, and Alison Brooks Architects, before setting up his own consultancy Woodburn Park Communications. At every stage in his career he has had great success in creating winning tender proposals, award submissions, and proactive media strategies.
Robert set-up the Beedier platform as a way of offering focussed research into creative business development opportunities for architectural studios, of all types and sizes.
Marie Braithwaite | Writer and Business Development Strategist
Marie completed her PgDip Arch at the University of Westminster in 2022. She has worked across the residential, education and manufacturing sectors in practice, but her real passion lies in combining community and vernacular knowledge with contemporary technologies to develop spatial solutions to current world issues. A listener, designer, educator, writer and maker, she is a graduate of Christ’s College, Cambridge MPhil Architecture and Urban Design programme, and won the RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship in 2018 for research into climate sensitive development in megacities of the global south. She has also devised and delivered a comprehensive syllabus to introduce high school students to the world of architecture through intensive two-week summer courses. Marie’s focus for Beedier and Woodburn Park Communications is tender research and assisting with the production of bespoke submissions for clients.
Yoojin Lee | Marketing and Social Media Strategist
Yoojin earned her degree in Business Management & Marketing in Seoul before relocating to London, where she has spent the past six years as an in-house marketing manager for prominent architectural firms, including Studio Moren and Studio Seilern Architects. Her expertise encompasses company rebranding, social media growth, and the execution of successful project promotional campaigns across various sectors. At Beedier and Woodburn Park Communications, Yoojin focuses on client marketing and social media development, including shaping the Beedier communications strategy.
Thalles Cance | Business Development Researcher and Content Developer
Thalles is currently completing a degree in Economy and Politics at the Federal University of ABC (Brazil), with a prior academic background in Architecture and Urbanism. His experience spans customer relations, marketing, digital communications, and community engagement. Having worked across the technology and cultural sectors – including roles with Meta platforms, Hopper, and art galleries – he brings a strategic and people-focused approach to service design and content development. At Beedier and Woodburn Park Communications, his focus is on research, outreach, and tailored content production for tenders and client submissions.
Selva Campos | Events Researcher and Content Developer
Selva is a Design studied at the University of São Paulo’s Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, with a solid foundation in research-led design. With previous background in Information Technology, she brings proven experience in programming, CRM engineering, graphic design, and visual research. Her academic and professional experience converges in high-tech and design-forward environments. At Beedier and Woodburn Park Communications, her work centres on strategic event research and visual design editing, identifying emerging opportunities shaped by contemporary industrial and digital trends to enhance client success.
Sophia Alaoui Chahid | Marketing Assistant and Content Developer
Sophia is a graduate in Media & Communications at Goldsmith’s University, with a specialism in contemporary media and journalism. At Beedier and Woodburn Park Communications, she is responsible for events and awards research, social media management, and video production, contributing to the development of engaging multimedia content, submissions, award entries and tender proposals.
MD Minhaz | Researcher and Programmer
Minhaz supports the Beedier team by specialising in data tracking and automation to power the Social Media Zeitgeist and other research insights. With a mix of programming know-how and market intelligence, he ensures that Beedier’s content remains accurate, timely, and easy to act on. He has a background and training in advanced digital programming and web development.
Tom Blaker | Web Designer and Developer
Tom is an experienced web designer and developer with over fifteen years of experience working with architects, designers, and artists. A graduate of the University of Plymouth, he has established a successful independent practice. Tom is responsible for developing the Beedier website and undertaking bespoke commissions for clients of Woodburn Park Communications.
Researchers
The tracking and research of data for the website, including the Beedier Zeitgest list is time consuming, and we are grateful to our research team who assist with this onerous task.
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