Chris Hawksey Email & Phone Number

London, GB

Cardiff, GB

I'm currently building out the revenue function at a European service and software group, consisting of nine non-competing brands and an annual revenue of £120M.Responsible for increasing revenue through generating new customers, optimising the end-to-end sales process and increasing retention - using Growth, Marketing, SalesOps and RevOps tactics.

New York, NY, US

Shaping Legal Futures in the Northeast.Eden Rose is a boutique legal talent agency with a strict candidate-first approach. Based in midtown New York City and servicing the Northeastern United States, the business exclusively specialses in commercial litigation, mergers & acquisitions, corporate, capital markets & financing, and tax.

London, GB

New York, NY, US

Pavilion is a private membership organisation for high-growth commercial operators.

London, GB

(Role impacted by global tech recession)I'm currently building a Growth department at a high-growth technology agency, comprising of three teams; Demand Gen & Capture, RevOps and Systems & Operations.Sitting on the New York & London Board as a Senior Leader, I'm responsible for attracting our target market, optimising the company's revenue engine, and.

London, England, GB

As the first Growth & Marketing hire and a senior leader in the business, I was responsible for building out the department and helping to support the revenue growth of the business through the attraction of more customers, the optimisation of existing revenue operations and processes, and the increased use of data-driven (strategic and tactical).

London, England, GB

• (Role impacted by Covid)
• Define strategy for a five person marketing department, that is aligned to company objectives
• Deliver across the marketing mix including content, PPC, press, SEO and events/exhibitions
• Built automated recruitment process (through Hubspot) to increase team members whilst significantly decreasing costs
• Optimise a cross-channel marketing strategy to successfully increase leads and applicants
• Leading on company wide overhaul of data usage to increase revenue through trend spotting, client/candidate engagement and built an applicant predictive model

London, GB

• Run the marketing department with up to four direct reports and numerous external suppliers
• Deliver across the marketing mix including campaigns, events, social, press, email and digital
• Work with directors and board members to develop and refine marketing strategy, as well as ‘rolling sleeves up’ with delivery - writing copy, creating content and making web updates where appropriate
• Lead and support on national awareness campaigns with public and private sector partners including government departments (Department for Work and Pensions)
• Work with key internal and external stakeholders to develop and deliver targeted marketing plans
• Own the marketing budget with complete responsibility on marketing/advertising spend

• Creating a small music festival with current attendance at over 10,000 over two days.
• Led all marketing activities for a small-scale music festival and in turn contributed to the 500% attendance growth over five years to 5,000 customers
• Constantly researched customer base to design and implement marketing strategy to maximise awareness, engagement and sales within target market
• Developed cross-platform marketing strategies including social media, email & text shots, corporate sponsorship and synergy, press and print media, and brand representatives
• Liaised with press (or latterly a press agent) to build relationships and maximse press coverage
• Worked with artist agents and management to ensure maximum exposure from talent for the event

• Taken on as Events Manager for 12 months before being promoted to Marketing and Events Director and offered partnership in the company
• Devised marketing strategies (on and offline) for a very diverse range of events across the UK, including adapting delivery to penetrate differing markets and demographics
• Created and developed profitable relationships with local and national press
• Worked with local sponsors to design and deliver advertising campaigns for their products, using the RE brands and marketing channels
• Developed business with pitches and presentations to potential clients and investors
• Created copy for client proposals, advertising campaigns and consumer literature

Organising, managing, marketing, operating and selling national and international coach tours.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Film/Cinema/Video Studies

English Literature, Film Studies, Psychology