About Sunny Side Up

Hi! I’m Amy (She/Her), and I live in Bristol, UK with my partner and two daughters.

I’m the owner of Sunny Side Up – a digital specialist studio that’s on-hand to support small businesses and creative individuals alike.

Whether you’re looking for some website advice, want to grow your audience, or just need to delegate the digital to-do list to someone else, I’m here to help.

“Amy has always listened carefully to what we are looking for and answers any questions we have, we feel very lucky to have found her and would recommend her without hesitation."

Maisie Paradise Shearring and Ness Wood, Founders, Orange Beak Studio

Let me eggs-plain

I wish I had a great anecdote to tell you why Sunny Side Up Studio became the name of my working “brand”. I’d like to be able to say it was intentional – that I really love eggs (I don’t). Or that I wanted to have some fun, memorable keyword-led branding for folk to Google if a pal had mentioned my work, or they’d spotted a post on Instagram. Or that I am truly the sunniest, happiest person going, all the time, without fail …

No – the reality is one that probably speaks to a lot of creatives. I had the logo and the Instagram handle already, from a totally different project that never got off the ground.

But, since 2019, Sunny Side Up Amy has been my moniker, and truly, I’m quite proud of where my freelance business is today.

An eggs-cellent bit of history

I graduated in 2012, into one of those early Tory-led financial recessions (ah, memories), and didn’t have clue as to what I was going to do with a 2:1 degree in English Literature with Creative Writing. Thanks to the aforementioned recession, there weren’t a whole lot of creative jobs around …

After a stint working as a barista in an excellent coffee shop in Leeds (still my favourite job I’ve ever had), I found my feet in a digital marketing agency, Epiphany. With lots of awards and experience under my belt, I eventually moved back to my hometown, Bristol, and shifted gears slightly into digital editing for a magazine publisher.

Let’s get egg-ucated

Alongside this job and raising my-then two-year-old, I went back to uni to do an MA in Children’s Publishing. One thing led to another, and I graduated with a Distinction and a year-long freelance gig with Chicken House Books!

That year with Chicken House was, frankly, great – and I’m still really proud of the central project I was there to help sort, The Schools’ Hub. Especially as, alas, the inaugural Covid lockdown hit after just four months – suddenly, online resources for teachers and their pupils were vital.

A lecturer? Me? You must be having a yolk!

Once the hub was launched and established, I began teaching on the Digital Marketing Skills Bootcamp short course at Bath Spa University. Associate lecturing wasn’t quite on my bingo card of things I intended to do in 2021, but it was an opportunity to say the least. 

Alongside this, I began my private practise of digital specialist work in earnest – continuing to work with Chicken House with author-focused digital training, and bringing in lovely new clients that needed help with all manner of digital things – from SEO audits, email marketing help, to entirely new websites.

And that’s where at today.

Omeletting these egg puns slide …

The varied work is excellent for my ADHD-leaning brain, and working with all manner of creatives – from authors and illustrators, to comedians, photographers, designers, play cafes, clothing brands, nail bars … Truly, nothing makes my work-heart happier than to meet with, chat to, and help folk trying to make their own way in the world.

If you’d like to chat about working together, please do get in touch. I sincerely can’t wait to hear from you.

  • "If you need someone to trust, build with and help share your vision I would say Sunny Side Up should be your first port of call."

    Helen Hancocks, Illustrator, and Owner of Shelf Editions

  • "Amy is my go-to safe pair of hands for anything digital – she really knows her stuff ... I would absolutely recommend her."

    Jazz Bartlett Love, Head of Marketing, Chicken House Books

  • "Amy’s warm and enthusiastic approach combined with her expertise and professionalism made it a pleasure to work with her."

    Nia Tudor, Illustrator

  • "Amy’s a joy to work with! Never condescending and always helpful to bounce ideas off - the thoughtful eye my work needs."

    Laura Sayers, Illustrator and Paper Artist

  • "Amy has always listened carefully to what we are looking for and answers any questions we have, we feel very lucky to have found her and would recommend her without hesitation."

    Maisie Paradise Shearring and Ness Wood, Founders, Orange Beak Studio

  • "With warmth and care, Amy and Danielle listened to my wants and needs, and took the lead where I needed guidance and organised my work into a beautiful looking, and beautifully made website that I am proud of."

    Pari Naderi, Photographer