Conor Clarke Email & Phone Number

Sheffield, Gb

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

In this role I work proactively to plan, evaluate and deliver marketing opportunities to promote Boneloaf Games and Toys in line with the organisation's strategic ambitions, with a particular focus on our flagship IP, Gang Beasts.I provide ideas, advice & insight to colleagues in support of marketing best practice, campaign optimisation, competitive market positioning and I am responsible for all activities that stem from that. I also engage with the community to share updates, promote features, enhancements, products, and events.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

I ran the Marketing and Communications for the National Videogame Museum, and the charity for Games Culture, the BGI.- Developed and implemented the full marketing strategy for a National attraction that now welcomes over 40,000 visitors per year.- Increased annual visitor footfall into the museum by approx 20% prior to Covid-19. Since reopening after lockdown, my efforts led to increased growth - something virtually unheard of in hospitality in 2021.- Won multiple awards as a part of the NVM team, including Best Hospitality Venue at the 2021 Sheffield Business Awards. - Developed PR strategy that saw us featured in major National and Industry-focused outlets, including Good Morning Britain and Children in Need.- Increased social media account followers by 250%, and monthly organic reach by 400%.- Still unbeaten on Team Sonic Racing, despite many attempts to de-throne me.During the Coronavirus lockdown, I was part of a small team that ran a fundraiser to keep the organisation from closing. We successfully raised over £200,000 - more than 250% of our original target. This campaign saw support from thousands of members of the public, and many high profile Game Developers such as Rockstar Games and Sumo Digital. This saved the organisation from permanent closure.Alongside running this campaign, I also: - Facilitated a rebrand of the National Videogame Museum (NVM) assets. - Project managed the implementation and integration of an organisation-wide CRM system (Beacon). - Successfully launched a new NVM website on a new hosting platform. - Ran a community podcast that united Sheffield gaming-related businesses. - Produced an online education programme that saw us win a national Kids In Museums award. - Produce an online academic conference, GamesEd20, and assisted on a nationwide games careers festival that reached over 37,000 people in its inaugural year, GamesCareersWeek. - Produced GameCity Adventures, a family-friendly games festival in Sheffield.

Harrogate, United Kingdom

Worked alongside the Marketing Manager to promote TAB UK as a whole as well as to provide marketing support to TAB franchisees around the UK.- Managed a network of social media platforms. This included content creation, paid advertising, monitoring engagement and reporting on social media channel performance.- Sourcing, creating and publishing content for 30+ Franchisees across multiple social channels to drive engagement and lead generation.- Sending monthly e-shots to a database of existing TAB members and prospective members.- Managing all maintenance, updates and landing page creation on the TAB UK websites.- Carrying out general marketing support for over 30 franchisees across the UK by phone, email andin person, including distribution of marketing collateral, technical support, mediating telemarketing campaigns, assisting with events and event promotion and delivering social media training and consultation.

Leeds, United Kingdom

I managed and maintained social media and digital communications channels for this independent Escape Room business. - Helped push the business to Number 1 in the ‘Escape Rooms in Leeds’ rankings on Trip Advisor, through various marketing campaigns. Our average rating of 5/5 meant we were also the second highest rated attraction in all of West Yorkshire. - Created published materials for their CLiP programme, aimed at Corporate sales. - Organised and arranged special events, such as Halloween Ghost Hunt Events. Spooky!- Supervised and assisted with organisational workflow, as well as general business strategy.

Leeds, United Kingdom

I was in charge of the sales, marketing and communication for this small Leeds-based Teaching Agency. This included marketing design, as well as copywriting for a corporate audience.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Taught a wide range of undergraduate modules in the Performance and Cultural Industries department, including supervising large-scale research projects.- In my first year, I supervised and assisted with the highest graded undergraduate essay that year.- Experienced with marking academic essays - in which I have been trained in proof-reading at a high level.

Plymouth

Worked as a part of a small team to conceptualise and launch this now annual Theatre festival; including since gaining support from Arts Council England.

Plymouth, United Kingdom

(Incomplete) Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Theatre/Theater

The telepresence of online activities, social media and digital artifacts of performance.

Master'S Degree, Theatre/Theater, Distinction

Performance and its Digital Afterlife - an exploration into the performance of online legacies, and the online legacies of performance.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Theatre/Theater, 1:1