Craig Mcbeth Email & Phone Number

East Lancashire

Strategic business management of the overall company and brand.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

Blackburn, England, United Kingdom

Building up a marketing department for a growing company, creating organisational structures, insight and analysis. Overseeing website development projects, managing internal communications and digital promotions and marketing.Liaising with various stakeholders, agencies and customers, as well as representing the company at events.Working closly with the sales team to fulfil needs and management and creation of the product library and databases.

Ilkley, England, United Kingdom

A digital magazine for owners of both classic and new Minis. Created and edited by me.

Design, production and management of the Mini Se7en Racing Club's newsletter. Managing freelancers, proofing, and editorial duties.

Subbing, editing, proofing, correcting, headlines, captions etc..Understanding of detailed technical components, their workings and usageMagazine workflow management with freelance commissioningNews and section content sourcing and story writing

Sub editing, re-writing, editing, captions, proofreading, standfirsts, crossheadsTechnical hardware reviews, games reviews, tutorials and news storiesDetailed knowledge of the technical workings and components of computersPR representative for the magazine on press trips and meetings Started the Future Pro Evolution Soccer leagueAdvanced software knowledge of Windows, Mac OSX, Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook), Lotus Notes, Quark, InDesign, Photoshop, PageMaker, Acrobat and various other applications

Newspaper cutting and rewriting daily financial news to blue chip clientsWriting and designing marketing monitoring reports for FMCG, Financial, Communications and Media sectors and clientsKnowledge of the financial markets for banking, insurance, life/pensions and investment industriesUnderstanding of target demographics and consumer spending habits

Created, designed, edited, wrote and produced an Oxfordshire lifestyleMagazine for 15-35yr olds Contacts include a comprehensive list of UK PR representatives in the music, games and film industryResponsible for team management, commissioning, flatplanning, budgets, marketing, distribution, strategy development

Cold calling businesses for advertising in an Oxfordshire newspaper Client management and customer relations including advertising designAdministration of sales data and general use of office equipmentCommercial and personal filing for reference and archives

Taking incoming calls from IFAs and customers for pensions illustrations Detailed understanding of the Personal Pensions marketCustomer service and administrationConsistently a high performer on the calls performance charts

Post Graduate Diploma, Magazine Journalism Pass Media Law, Public Affairs

PTC Post Graduate Diploma in Magazine Journalism

Ba (Hons), Journalism

Incomplete changed course to Corporate Communications (inc. marketing and graphic design) Incomplete

Education record

Adv. GNVQ in Media Studies Distinction Organised a charity concert for Comic Relief Work experience MiniWorld Magazine, IPC, Croydon

Education record

Gcse, English Lit; English Language, Maths And Combined Science