Carrie Rose

Carrie Rose (born Carrie Rose Balloch) is the CEO and Founder of Rise at Seven, a search-first creative content agency with offices in Sheffield, Manchester, London, and New York. She graduated with a degree in Digital Media from the University of Leeds in 2014 and began her career at Stickyeyes before moving to Branded3. There, she spent six years advancing from entry-level to leading creative SEO strategies, including a five-year stint on the Ladbrokes account in the highly competitive gambling sector. This deep experience in regulated industries led to her personal mantra: 'If you can market gambling, you can market anything.'

In 2019, she co-founded Rise at Seven with Stephen Kenwright after securing a five-figure investment. In 2022, she led a management buyout to become the sole owner. Under her leadership, the agency scaled rapidly – revenue grew from $1.8 million in year one to over $4 million in year two, approaching $9 million by year three. The agency now employs around 110 staff and integrates technical SEO with creative storytelling to drive organic search demand. Her work has been recognised by Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in Media & Marketing and Campaign Magazine’s 30 Under 30.

Carrie Rose continues to focus on the gambling and iGaming sector, publishing analysis of Google’s search behaviour for gambling keywords and maintaining client work in the gaming and betting vertical. She is a regular speaker at industry events, including Ecomm.live, and remains a prominent voice in content marketing and SEO.