{"id":24605,"date":"2025-11-05T18:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=24605"},"modified":"2025-11-05T18:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:03:17","slug":"belfast-agency-excalibur-press-appoints-managing-director-to-lead-ongoing-growth-and-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2025\/11\/belfast-agency-excalibur-press-appoints-managing-director-to-lead-ongoing-growth-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Belfast Agency Excalibur Press Appoints Managing Director To Lead Ongoing Growth And Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Excalibur Press chief vision officer Tina Calder and managing director Alexandra Feher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Belfast based communications company Excalibur Press have appointed Alexandra Feher to the role of managing director to support the company with their growth.<\/span><\/p>\n

In eight years the business, set up by comms strategist and business mentor Tina Calder in 2017, has grown from a solopreneur led journalism and media services business to a full multidisciplinary media, marketing and consulting firm with seven departments and a six-figure turnover.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to chief vision officer Tina the new appointment signifies a new era for the business.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexandra, 30, who has been with the business for just under five years, started as a short-term contractor with general duties in marketing and communications. Having been promoted to head of content at the beginning of 2024 she has been instrumental in the restructure of the organisation over the last 10 months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking about the appointment Tina, who will now step away from the day to day running of the business, said: \u201cI am absolutely delighted to be able to offer Alex the position she deserves within the business. She has been a key part of our survival journey over the last few years and has proven time and time again that she\u2019s the woman for the job.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the decimation of the business during Covid Alex was part of the new team who worked hard to bring us back to life when many businesses were going through significant difficulties.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn October 2022 we were victims of the Cathedral Buildings arson attack and lost four offices, significant revenue and equipment. This pushed the business back into survival for the second time since Covid.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSince then Alex has led the team through a difficult, but successful, regrowth period and I am delighted to be able to work with her to build on that success.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Following a full restructure of the business Excalibur Press now offers clients a holistic service offering covering everything from generalised marketing such as social media, PR, website development, video production, copywriting, crisis comms, research, event management and digital transformation to training, mentoring and consulting services such as entrepreneurial programme delivery and design, community outreach, business mentoring and media production and publishing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexandra will now lead an internal team of eight and a contractors and mentors network of over 25 managing day to day projects and workflows whilst Tina will move into strategic work for clients including fractional roles and consulting as well as delivering training, entrepreneur support programmes and mentoring.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexandra said: \u201cIt\u2019s no secret the journey with Excalibur Press has been a bumpy one with many challenges along the way but throughout my time here I\u2019ve been given the opportunity to craft a unique role that allows me to showcase and develop both my leadership skills and career goals.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cExcalibur Press is a fast-moving, vibrant business with a varied client base that gives the team a chance to learn and develop in many sectors and skills. Being part of that journey of course can be stressful but it\u2019s also rewarding and exciting when you see the plans and new ideas come together.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe world of agency life is changing, being ready and able to pivot quickly, efficiently and effectively is key to survival and I am delighted to say we have a team that allows us to do that.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last few months we\u2019ve been through a significant restructure and I\u2019m excited to work with Tina and the team to announce our new plans for 2026 later this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Alongside the restructure and appointment of Alexandra the Excalibur Press leadership team have reinforced their commitment to nurturing new talent and providing the next generation with much needed skills and experience through their work experience, internship and training schemes.<\/span><\/p>\n

This announcement comes on the back of the company recently being awarded the Go Succeed Get Started In Business programme aimed at economically inactive individuals for six councils across Northern Ireland (Newry, Mourne & Down District Council, Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council, Ards & North Down Borough Council, Fermanagh & Omagh District Council, Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council and Mid Ulster District Council), the Mid & East Antrim Borough Council Go Succeed Digital Edge programme and being appointed to the Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council ASK mentoring programme.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company are already working with a number of large organisations and local councils on projects such as PR and comms for the Digital Transformation Flexible Fund (DTFF), media and marketing training programme with Fermanagh & Omagh District Council and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) as well as marketing and business development consultation for Arts Care and website development for Seaview Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBusiness is hard all round let\u2019s not pretend it isn\u2019t, I\u2019ve been very open that my journey with Excalibur Press has been a difficult one having had to build the company to where we are today three times since its inception\u201d said Tina, adding: \u201cBut, when you have family, staff, contractors, friends and partners like I have it\u2019s easy to weather the storm, stay focused and stay resilient.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited to see what the new chapter of Excalibur Press will bring and to watch my staff grow and develop their departments. Personally, I\u2019m also very excited to be able to focus my attention on our strategic vision and to support our clients at a strategic level whilst delivering my training and mentoring day to day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about Excalibur Press go to <\/i><\/b>excaliburpress.co.uk<\/i><\/b><\/a> or email <\/i><\/b>alexandra@excaliburpress.co.uk<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Belfast based communications company Excalibur Press have appointed Alexandra Feher to the role of managing director to support the company with their growth. In eight years the business, set up by comms strategist and business mentor Tina Calder in 2017, has grown from a solopreneur led journalism and media services business to a full multidisciplinary … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1919,1625,1749],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24607,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24605\/revisions\/24607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}