Press & media kit
Bios, headshots, story angles and quick facts for journalists, podcast hosts and event organisers. Copy what you need, download what you like, and if you want something you can't see here, just ask.
Quick facts
Business and marketing coach for ambitious women in business. Based in Sheffield, working across Yorkshire, the UK and online.
Elizabeth Parkin Award, Super WinnerWomen of Sheffield, 2019
Nominated, Yorkshire Businesswoman of the Year2020
Nominated, Volunteer of the YearBrianna Ghey Legacy Project Gratitude Gala, 2026
Founder of EMpowered LiveWomen's business conference, OEC Sheffield, 12th March 2027
Bios
Written in the third person and ready to drop into an article, show notes, a programme or an introduction.
Emily Mallender is a Sheffield business coach, speaker and the founder of EMpowered With Emily Mallender. She helps ambitious women in business get more profitable clients, charge what they're worth and build a business that doesn't rely on them doing everything. She hosts The EMpire Diaries podcast and founded EMpowered Live.
Emily Mallender is a Sheffield business coach, speaker and the founder of EMpowered With Emily Mallender. She helps ambitious women in business get more profitable clients, charge what they're worth and build a business that doesn't rely on them doing everything.
Over 14 years she has supported more than 30,000 business owners, run 500+ events and spoken to 25,000+ people, including on stage at the Palau Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona. A former teenage mum and university dropout, she won the Elizabeth Parkin Award in 2019 and is known for straight-talking, practical advice that gets results. She hosts The EMpire Diaries podcast.
Emily Mallender is a Sheffield business coach, speaker and the founder of EMpowered With Emily Mallender. She works with ambitious women who are already in business and doing absolutely everything themselves, helping them get more profitable clients, charge what they're worth and build a business that runs without them.
Emily has spent 14 years building and delivering coaching programmes, communities, memberships and events. In that time she has supported more than 30,000 business owners, run 500+ events, facilitated more than £127 million in business connections and spoken to 25,000+ people across the UK and Europe, from Rome and Rotterdam to the Palau Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona.
A former teenage mum and university dropout, she won the Elizabeth Parkin Award in 2019 and was nominated for Yorkshire Businesswoman of the Year in 2020. Today she runs Visible & Paid, a 6-month group marketing programme, The EMpire membership community and 1:1 coaching. She hosts The EMpire Diaries podcast, with guests including Esther Ghey, Ant Middleton and Cecilie Fjellhøy, and is the founder of EMpowered Live, a women's business conference at OEC Sheffield.
Story angles
Straight-talking, practical and drawn from real life. Ideal for business features, radio, podcasts and panels.
Why so many women in business have a full diary and an empty bank account, and the simple shifts that change it.
Dropping out of university, becoming a young mum and building a career on stages across Europe.
The pricing mistakes that keep good businesses broke, and exactly what to say when you put your prices up.
What small businesses need to know about showing up in Google and AI search now that more customers ask AI tools before they ever open Google.
What an SAS expedition with Ant Middleton taught her about fear, confidence and backing yourself in business.
Creating EMpowered Live, a women's business conference in Sheffield, and why the North needs more rooms like it.
Headshots & photos
Free to use alongside coverage of Emily and her work. Please credit "EMpowered With Emily Mallender" where you can.
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Logos & brand
Press enquiries
Drop Emily an email with your publication or show, the angle and your deadline, and she'll come back to you.
[email protected] · Instagram @emily.mallender