Meet the people behind Adcademy

Commercial thinking.
Practical experience.
A shared ambition.

Meet Leah Marlow and Lewis Hickish, the co-founders of Lets Elevate and the people behind Adcademy.

Leah and Lewis first met at one of the UK’s leading telemarketing agencies and later worked together on the same senior leadership team: Leah as Sales Director and Lewis as Operations Director. Today, they bring their complementary commercial and campaign delivery experience to advertising training and managed campaigns.

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Leah Marlow, co-founder and director of Lets Elevate
Co-founder & director

Leah Marlow

Leah’s background in B2B sales and commercial leadership, including her time as a Sales Director responsible for new-business growth, shapes her approach to understanding client goals, targeting and the sales journey. She helps explore how new opportunities can support the bigger picture: conversion, customer relationships and business growth.

Her experience includes delivering successful advertising campaigns across Google, Microsoft Advertising and Meta, connecting campaign strategy with the customer journey and commercial outcomes.

More recently, Leah has brought that experience to AI advertising, including ChatGPT ads. Her approach combines comprehensive planning with lessons from established advertising channels: a clear offer, relevant messaging, considered budgets and meaningful measurement.

At Adcademy, that means helping business owners understand the decisions behind a campaign, build their confidence and put their learning into practice.

Commercial strategyAdvertising campaignsConversion & growth
Lewis Hickish, co-founder and director of Lets Elevate
Co-founder & director

Lewis Hickish

Lewis’s background spans frontline outbound, campaign delivery, people management and operational leadership, most recently as an Operations Director responsible for client campaign delivery. He focuses on turning an agreed strategy into effective delivery, using campaign insight and client feedback to guide improvements.

His experience includes delivering successful advertising campaigns across Google, Microsoft Advertising and Meta, with an emphasis on careful implementation, performance monitoring and ongoing improvement.

More recently, Lewis has applied that delivery experience to AI advertising, including ChatGPT ads. He brings a comprehensive, experience-led approach to campaign setup, testing and review, keeping the practical detail connected to the wider business objective.

At Adcademy, his focus is making campaign delivery easier to understand, helping learners develop a structured process they can use in their own business.

Campaign deliveryPerformance & insightOperational leadership
One team. Two ways to work with us.

Learn the skills.
Or bring us into your team.

Whether you want to build your own skills or have someone take care of the campaign, we’d love to help you find the right starting point. Explore the course at your own pace, or tell us about your business and the support you’re looking for.

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