Darren Henderson Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

Earthfest is 4-day sustainability non-profit event across the impressive Kings Cross estate. School's day, B2B conference and the weekend open to the public, running from 5-8 June 2025.In April we attracted a crowd of around 10,000 with 4 stages (Google HQ, Samsung, Central St Martins buildings) and our own EF stage. Next year we'll also use the Aga Khan building. Plus we utilised Coal Drops Yard with a music stage and marketplace.We have a large expo in a purpose-built space on Lewis Cubitt Sq housing a green kitchen and the sustainable fashion zone, plus an EV and eBike test track. We have huge plans for the music stage for 2025 and a new Wellness Garden with yoga, gong baths and more. We're all about attracting audiences that are curious about sustainability, we want them to have fun and be engaged in an otherwise heavy subject.Last year our partners included Tesla, Zaptec, WWF, Samsung, Google, Autotrader, Elemis and many more with speakers including Sadiq Khan.If you'd like to know more please get in touch.

London, England, United Kingdom

The most awarded agency of 2023. The Think Tank are an international B2B marketing, digital and PR agency. Working with existing and new clients to help develop strategic marketing and PR plans that deliver a positive return on investment.

London, England, United Kingdom

Marble Ldn is an experiential marketing agency with sustainability at the core. we deliver insights, strategy & communication, creative production, brand experiences, thought leadership gatherings, project management, music services, event technology and data analysis.

London, United Kingdom

thinkpublic is a design agency. We co-create innovative and impactful solutions to help grow organisations and solve business and social challenges.We bring a combination of creativity, user research, design, social innovation, marketing and business strategy skills to help organisations improve their services and relationships.We’ve worked with organisations right across the private and public sectors to make a difference.My role includes the day-to-day management of the agency, new business, proposal creation and pitching, financial and team management.Clients include RSPCA, The Book Trust and the NHS.

Exeter, England, United Kingdom

Spent the summer of '21 creating the commercial and fan engagement strategy for my home club Exeter City FC.The strategy included maximising the new ticketing system through improved CRM, development of the hospitality offer, the creation of a new community engagement strategy, a new approach to commercial sponsorship and the appointment of 2 new key team members.

London Area, United Kingdom

SET Live, part of WPP, is a global experiential marketing agency who excel at communicating to live audiences.My role covered general day-to-day management of the agency plus specific business development responsibilities. I created the Value Of Experience research (see below for short film) to help clients put a value on our work.Set conceive, design and deliver events, activations and experiences that change the behaviour of those physically attending, as well as creating opportunities to influence many more 'following' virtually.For the last eleven years, they've worked with brands such as Google (working on the Cannes Lion beach), YouTube, Bentley (Motor Show car launches), and Heineken (Champions League Trophy Tour) to activate sponsorships, launch products and communicate services to a wide range of audiences from 1 to 1,000,000.

London, United Kingdom

Developing immersive exhibitions including The Elvis Experience and The Electronic Music Expereince.Hysteria Live also owned The Vintage Cinema - Here I co-founded the hugely successful experiential events company running immersive cinematic screenings. I sold this half of the business in 2017.

An agency specialising in art installations for experiential marketing activity. We also worked in the arts and architectural world.My role included the day-to-day running of the studio, financial and team leadership and diversifying the business into experiential work which led to a significant growth.The Sunday Times wrote an article about my success here entitled Time To Find A Pro To Run The Show https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/time-to-find-a-pro-to-run-the-show-83q9mqwl8bdOur clients included Coca-Cola, Becks, Aston Martin, Foster + Partners, BBC and Channel 4.We ran projects in China, Kuwait, India, UK, France, US and Canada.The business expanded by focusing on the US, China and Canadian markets.The business went from strength to strength with a new studio, projects from around the globe, new team members based overseas and a significant increase in turnover.Checkout an article I wrote whilst at Jason Bruges Studio:www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2012/oct/05/arts-business-success-economy-finance

Compass Management offer a full range of marketing and communication services to businesses focused in the design, entertainment and leisure industry. These can include large multi-national organisations through to start ups and SMEs. Services include the creation of the company PR strategy, marketing solutions, new business development, advertising, digital strategies and the overall company strategic direction.

Started as a Product Manager and gained promotion to SEnior Vice PresidentReformed Take ThatMarketing campaigns for Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and The ClashRe-invented Andy Williams for the UK marketElvis reinvention and co-produced the Elvis single boxset projectTook business from £8.5M profit to £40M in 4 years

I held various positions across the company working my way up from product Manager in 1997. I actually left Sony in 2002 to join BMG!

Hnd, Business & Marketing

A Levels, Psychology And Economics