For brands, businesses,and founders building
From pre-Seed to Series B, I work fractionally for founders and brands who need someone senior, and hands-on to position, grow, or pivot their businesses. From pre-Seed to Series B, I work fractionally for foundersand brands who need someone senior, and hands-on toposition, grow, or pivot their businesses.
HOW I WORKWhat I do
for clients and teams.
NARRATIVE, POSITIONING, & CREDIBILITY
A successful raise is rooted in credibility. And credibility comes from the story you tell about your brand, business, tech, or product. I help you build the positioning, narrative and brand foundations that help make a company credible: to customers, to investors, and to the people you're trying to hire.
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
Health is a crowded, fast-moving landscape, and every company you align yourself with says something about you. I help you build the partner strategy and the partnerships themselves: advisory and KOL networks, collaborations and sponsorships, and the ecosystem relationships.
FRACTIONAL, HANDS-ON LEADERSHIP
Early-stage companies are rich in advice. Advisors, investors, and boards all have a view on what should happen. What's scarce is someone senior who takes accountability for making it happen. I help you build what lets a startup grow and scale, as a mid-career operator, embedded fractionally.
How I
can help.
I work with health, tech, and women's health founders, from Pre-Seed to Series B, to position, grow, or pivot their brands and businesses.
Customer Research
Interviews and insight work to understand who you're really building for.
Thought Partner
A senior sounding board for the decisions that don't have an obvious answer.
Strategic Projects
One-off initiatives that need an owner, scoped and driven end to end.
Marketing Audit + Deep Dive
A clear read on what's working, what isn't, and where to focus next.
Pitch Deck Review
Sharpening the story and materials before investors see them.
Fractional Marketing + Comms Lead
Senior marketing leadership in your team, without a full-time hire.
Partnership Strategy + Outreach
Finding, prioritising, and landing the partners that build credibility and reach.
Event Strategy + Moderation
Programming, positioning, and hosting the moments that bring your ecosystem together.
Project-Based
A defined scope, timeline, and fee for a specific piece of work.
Fractional
Ongoing, part-time senior support, usually a set number of days a month.
Consultant, Hourly or Day Rate
Flexible, as-needed advice and hands-on help.
I've worn many hats in service of brands and businesses building health for the better.
I'm Ashleigh Niziol: after 12 years working in life sciences and health tech, I’m senior enough to know what works, and close enough to the ground to roll up my sleeves and make it happen.
A trained communicator by trade, I’m a mid-career consultant who has built a company, worked inside high-growth startups, and navigated the corporate side of pharma. Bring me in and you get that someone who has seen the problem before (recently, at that) and will still do the work.
What has driven me throughout my career: thoughtful patient, people, and societal impact can and should go hand-in-hand with business growth.
Today I work fractionally with founders and leadership teams across women's+ health, femtech, and life sciences. I'm here for the work: sharp positioning, commercial credibility, and better health for more people.
I'M
listening.
I'd love to hear what you're working on and how I can help.
BASED IN LONDON · AVAILABLE FOR IN-PERSON & REMOTE WORK