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Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Helping SME’s to utilise the opportunities of marketing technology, stay relevant, grow and thrive.| Marketing Strategy | Inbound Marketing | Ecommerce | Brand & Campaign Development | Lead Generation | Growth Marketing | Product Marketing | Content Creation |

Bath, England, United Kingdom

Chippenham, England, United Kingdom

Indulging my long-standing love of classic cars and working with a remarkably skilled Team of craftspeople. Taking the helm at this prestigious classic car restoration workshop was a dream ticket. Alongside restoration project management and general operation oversight, I was responsible for managing the often delicate relationships and demands of our HNW clientele.Whilst in post I implemented CRM and a suite of project management tools (WorkflowMax). These initiatives resulted in a substantial reduction in administrational overhead, a more predictable pipeline of work and much better visibility of project position, costs and profitability.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Taking a disruptive approach to marketing wine to the under 40’s. With Rated Wine I set out to make good wine accessible. No wine knowledge required.Backed up by solid consumer ratings from around the web and employing an irreverent tone of voice, Rated Wine swerved the stuffy talk of provenance and terroir and instead delivered uncomplicated recommendations.Sadly, despite a flying start, Covid disrupted the funding for this business and it was effectively stillborn.

Bristol

Shawbury Wine is a B2C retailer of fine wines sourced from around the World, selling face to face across the UK via our team of wine ambassadors and at 100+ events and exhibitions.As Director of Marketing and Business Development I successfully managed a root and branch redesign of the businesses brand, positioning, sales process and systems to create an integrated, agile and efficient sales and fulfilment organisation with high levels of customer satisfaction, profitability and growing market share.Commissioning and implementing a distinctive new Brand identity inc:• Exhibition stands• Wine packaging• Branded collateral• Signage• Print• FurnitureLaunching two distinct E-Commerce platforms and integrating our entire back end with 3PL.Fully integrating key systems inc:• Inventory Management & Purchasing• E-Commerce• POS systems• Order Fulfilment• InBound Marketing• Customer Intelligence CRM• Email Marketing• Accounting and PayrollManaging significant and rapid change to working practices across our Team of sales professionals and back office staff.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Aspect is an award winning, content marketing agency delivering highly creative, video driven marketing campaigns for high profile Brands including: Samsung, Pukka, Coca Cola and The British Library.As Senior Creative I worked on briefs for our highest profile clients, delivering innovative and highly creative ideas that won new business, resulted in high levels of engagement across the web and social media and generated measurable ROI for clients.As a member of the Senior management team I was involved in strategic business planning, brand development, team building and staff support, all during a period of rapid and sustained growth.• Developing and delivering creative responses to client briefs• Successfully pitching creative concepts to client senior management - winning work• Overseeing creative through development, production and final delivery• Working collaboratively with studio staff, producers, camera, editing, colourists, motion graphics• etc. to achieve high levels of productivity and high standards of finished work.• Script Writing and Copywriting• Directing professional and non-professional talent/actors• Directing voice over artists• Music supervision, music commissioning and licensing

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

• Acting Producer on foreign shoots• Travelling with crew, organising and managing local logistics• Troubleshooting often complex bureaucracy in sometimes hostile situations• Driving daily shooting schedules• Adapting Creative to changing logistical situations, weather, permissions, equipment etc.• Hosting and managing clients on location

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Partnering with Christophe Christianson and Daniel Willment (Grandson of John Willment - JW Automotive Engineering) to develop Brand, Marketing collateral, a Business plan and Partnerships to attract investment for this exciting venture.A limited edition release of a 1960’s inspired road race car harnessing the brand equity of the iconic JWA name associated with the triple Le Mans win for Ford GT40’s in the 60’s.

Part mentor, part educator I provided creative inspiration and training to Apple’s Staff and Business Clientele.Drawing on my own creative experience, the role was focused on encouraging creative personal development through building confidence, critical analysis and promoting increased competency.Delivering inspirational presentations and training, focused on Creative process using Apple Pro Applications.

Working as First Assistant Camera on a number of high profile Hollywood feature films:- Charlie Wilson’s War (Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman)- The International’ (Clive Owen, Naomi Watts)- Valkyrie (Tom Cruise)

London, United Kingdom

Role - Reporting to SVP BMG Music Publishing Worldwide – New YorkInitiate and deliver creative multi-channel digital marketing projects in UK and globally.Develop, co-ordinate and implement digital marketing strategy for BMG Music Publishing worldwide.Research, monitor and analyse customer behaviour and digital campaign performance.Build BMG brand awareness, customer loyalty and BMG Music catalogue awareness worldwide.Manage IS&T systems internally and with third party providers. Hosting, streaming, media storage etc.Engage Senior Management regarding Digital strategy - long/medium term digital business planning.Act as Futurologist to ensure rapid uptake of bleeding edge technology. Facilitate a rapid response approach to changing trends in the digital space and the needs of customers. Stay ahead of the game.Engage with large (BBC/ITV/CH4) and small media organisations to develop bespoke applications and develop ongoing commercial relationships.ResponsibilitiesCo-ordinate and ensure timely delivery of complex digital projects.Manage and motivate a global team - France, Spain, Germany, Scandinavia, USA & UK.Manage developers in Bulgaria, UK & USA.Agency Management - Vetting & Employing Digital Agencies to undertake projects; Digit (London), Global Beach (London), Pancentric (London), Bit10 (Coventry), AlterNet Inc. (New York, Miami).Meet systems reliability and campaign performance targets.Communicate globally to ensure ‘buy-in’ to large projects by staff worldwide, motivate uptake, manage compromise and change.Manage multi channel advertising budget. PPC Campaigns, SEO, Print & affiliate marketing.Budgeting, reporting, forecasting, procurement, all with a close eye on ROI.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Ba (Hons), Industrial Design Marketing

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