Account Director with broad experience in project management with superb communication and marketing skills. Evidences an excellant creative flair to provide innovative solutions to problems or create opportunities. Background in creative communications and publishing.• Plan and prioritise personal sales activities and customer/prospect contact towards achieving agreed business aims, including costs and sales - especially managing personal time and productivity.

• Plan and manage personal business portfolio/territory/business according to an agreed market niche strategy.

• Manage product/service mix, pricing and margins according to agreed aims.

• Maintain and develop existing and new customers through appropriate propositions and ethical sales methods, and relevant internal liaison, to optimise quality of service, business growth, and customer and satisfaction.

• Plan/carry out/support local marketing activities to agreed budgets and timescales, and integrate personal sales efforts with other organized marketing activities, e.g. promotions, advertising, exhibitions and telemarketing.

• Respond to and follow up sales enquiries using appropriate methods.

• Monitor and report on market and competitor activities and provide relevant reports and information.

• Record, analyse, report and administer according to systems and requirements.

• Communicate, liaise, and negotiate internally and externally using appropriate methods to facilitate the development of profitable business and sustainable relationships.

• Attend and present at external customer meetings and internal meetings with other company functions necessary to perform duties and aid business development.

• Selling display, recruitment and classified advertising for weekly publication.• Liaising face-to-face with CEO and management level clients.• Attending conferences/network meeting to promote magazine.• Ensuring clients are aware of relevant magazine features and supplements.• To structure page layouts for client advertisements.• To produce weekly advertising revenue reports for management.• Implementing and maintaining a business contact system.