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Reading, Gb

Reading, United Kingdom

Helping clients with B2B Sales (Including digital, content, sponsorship, event/conferencing, print and partnerships), New Business, Business Development, Sales Strategy, Marketing Planning and Strategy, Copy Writing, Editing, Paid/Earned Media and Client and Stakeholder engagement.During this period I have worked in the Healthcare and Defence Industries specializing in media covering Simulation & Training and have spent some time in Drinks Trade Media.As well as working on a regular basis with clients I have also worked longer projects and periods of time for individual media companies providing sales based services.

Farnborough, Hampshire

Operating in the defence, healthcare and aerospace sectors I helped companies achieve their operating goals while representing and maintaining Halldale’s unique position in the global aerospace, defence and medical training and simulation sector.Achievements and responsibilities: • Increased European magazine & digital sales revenue by 62%.• Increased Worldwide magazine & digital sales revenue by 35%.• New Business sales of between 20% - 30% per sales period.• Global Business Development, Sales and Account Management responsibility two of three company sectors.• Management of key global industry partnerships and major client relationships. • Attendance and representation of company at global meetings, conferences and exhibitions.• Cross selling of company products and sectors including Conferences, Magazine and Digital.• Planning, implementation and execution of readership marketing campaign.• Planning, implementation and execution of social media and content marketing programmes.• Planning, implementation and execution of client marketing campaign. • Project lead for new website development.• Rebranding of all marketing including house ad’s, exhibition stands, media packs, email marketing and other collateral.• P&L responsibility for defence and healthcare sectors.• Contribution to and participation on external conference organising committee.

Slough, Berkshire

The only global magazine targeting the C4ISR community. Digital Battlespace covers the full spectrum of tri-service C4ISR issues from cyber warfare, through battlespace networking, command and control, to strategic and tactical communications. As well as the magazine and web site the Digital Battlespace Portfolio also included The Digital Battlespace Handbook and the Electronic Warfare Handbook.During my time at Shephard I increased Digital Battlespace Magazine's revenue from £60k in 2010 to £200k in 2012. I achieved this by developing close relationships with key clients and tailoring advertising schedules to achieve their advertising aims.

Dinton, Wiltshire

As the lead on Land Mobile Magazine, the largest and longest running magazine in the business wireless communications industry, I was charged with day to day responsibility for advertising sales and editorial.I also recruited, trained and mentored a junior sales person on the title.During my time on the title I arrested a decline in sales and increased the titles revenue by 15%, exceeded revenue targets on Land Mobiles first conference selling out the exhibition space and sponsorship slots and project managed the delivery of a new Land Mobile website.

Working as a Senior Account Manager for one of the countries largest independent newspaper and magazine publishers accross a portfolio of titles. This was a contract position

DSG Plc are one of Europe's largest electrical retailers including the PC World, Curry's and Dixons brands. As Digital Advertising Sales Manager I was responsible for all digital advertising on the www.pcworld.co.uk website. This was a contract positionKey Achievements:£535k of revenue achieved exceeding the targeted £400k.Strong relationships developed with blue chip companies including Microsoft, Apple, Hewlet Packard and Symantec leading to creative selling of digital advertising solutions and schedules.Forward order book left worth £745K.

Practical Pictures was an off shoot of Annes Publishing and was a start up digital stock photography company. As the Sales Manager I had sole responsibility for all revenue generation by selling the license's for use of digital images to Advertising and Design Agencies, Magazine and Educational Publishers, Contract Publishers and Direct Clients.Key AchievementsLaunch of New CompanyAchievement of initial sales revenue targetsImplementation of sales and marketing strategy.Interim Sales Appointments, Various Companies

Bsc, Civil Engineering

Onc & Hnc, Civil Engineering Studies, Merits And Destinctions

Gcse, Mathematics, English Language, English Lit, Chemistry, Physics, Pe, History, Geography, French, A-C