Status Social

Status Social was founded in Derby in January 2011 by Mark Saxby, a former BBC and ITV journalist and TEDx speaker, who leads the agency today. Based at Pride Park, the agency works with organisations across the UK on social media management, strategy, and the training side of the business that grew out of Saxby's broadcast background.

Work spans social strategy consultation, organic social media management, content production, paid social execution, and reporting and insights. Alongside client management, the agency runs Social Media Training, LinkedIn Training, and Facebook Advertising Training courses, giving organisations a way to build in-house skills rather than relying solely on outsourced execution.

The agency states it has helped generate £21 million in sales through social media and has trained more than 8000 delegates from organisations worldwide. It offers a discount to charities and supports Positive Social, a nationwide charity working with schoolchildren, reflecting a training practice that extends beyond commercial clients into wider community work.