Dave Barton Email & Phone Number

Lydney, Gb

Tbc/Wtf, Oo

Mission: to help burgeoning businesses make a bigger impact through different creative marketing methods.For the last few years, the wtf team has worked tirelessly to help complex companies with a myriad of mixed marketing messages communicate with clarity and creativity.See it's not about their SaaS savvy, awesome APIs, or mould-breaking business models – it's about the value they can provide for their customers: whether they can make things simpler or more effective, save them time, or make them money. All of this can be expressed in a consistent, creative way. With business bells on.After all: B2B doesn't mean 'Boring 2 Bullshit'...

Mission: to create intelligent conversation around cannabis, challenge social stigmas, make marijuana mainstream, and celebrate cannabis culture – through content-led creativity.thermidor< is UK-based, internationally-focused, cannabis-specific marketing agency. Over the last couple of years we’ve been steadily navigating the international cannabis scene – attending events like Spannabis, ICBC, Cannabis Europa, CB Expo, Lift Toronto, and MJBizCon – while creating blogs, videos, podcasts, and exploring different ways to help medical and recreational cannabis-focused companies succeed.We also run the lobsterpot< podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@thermidor510/) in which we interview professionals operating in the international cannabis sector, to get their take on how the industry's taking (literal!) root where they live and work.

London, Gb

Scribbling, storytelling, and strategy for some impressive tech brands.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

Ennis, Co Clare, Ie

Helped maintain a steady flow of English language content for one of the World's leading e-reading platforms.

Helping startups get their copy decks, propositions, websites, and any other word-stuff sorted before they hit the investment trail.

Helping get the 'idea economy' on the blockchain!

Dallas, Tx, Us

Bigging up some blockchain innovation with a suitably decentralized team of healthcare and technology experts.

Helped some very smart people share their tales of how they're changing the Future of Television using blockchain technology.

Worked on some very exciting blockchain-based marketing projects, alongside some leading lights in the crypto community.

In August 2014 I joined UCAS Media’s brand new marketing team – at a time when the commercial arm of UCAS wanted to extend its engagement with youth audiences and diversify its products and services.As well as content creation across numerous on and offline channels, my work is now more strategic as I’m involved in the broader marketing process right from the campaign planning phase.Key Achievements:Creating ‘Digz’ – an online video series (parodying MTV’s popular ‘Cribs’ show) in which current undergrads showcase their student accommodation,Developing ‘Vine Your Future’ – a series of six-second Vine videos, promoted across different UCAS channels, created to encourage sign-ups and attendance at UCAS Events’ two biggest higher education conventions – ‘Compose Your Future’ and ‘Design Your Future’.

My side hustle freelance brand. Keeps evolving like a Pokemon.

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Gb

Working within an in-house agency team, I was responsible for writing all of UCAS’ marketing materials – both print and digital – from sales collateral to email newsletters, banner ads to tweets, as well as convention guides, video scripts, direct mail, and print ads. The core of my role was creating engaging content for numerous audiences with an interest in higher education – pre-applicants, applicants, parents, advisers, commercial partners, and higher education institutions. I’ve also dabbled in internal comms, copyedited key sections of the new website, and served as editor-in-chief of the organization’s adviser magazine, Illume.

I was employed as an in-house copywriter for Bristol-based behavioural change consultancy, Brand Biology. Tasked with crafting case studies, concepting new DM campaigns and rewriting the company website. Also involved in scenario scripting, researching and writing white papers, and co-ordinating PR efforts.Specialtiescopywriting; advertising; marketing communications

Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, Gb

Taking the PR lead on all of Renegade’s B2B PR clients, I looked after a number of international businesses operating across the marketing communications spectrum. These included ad agencies: Creature (based in Seattle and London), DMG (China’s leading independent ad agency and film production/distribution unit); Amsterdam Worldwide (Netherlands) and Perfect Fools (Netherlands and Sweden); media buying and planning agency, Arena Media; market research agency, Flamingo International; customer experience marketer, Epsilon International and the Internet Advertising Bureau UK. I have also worked with several brands directly – Under Armour, Converse, MINI – on a project basis in social media monitoring, blogger outreach, video seeding and content creation. Specialtiespublic relations; editorial; copywriting; advertising; marketing communications

Gb

Suffered endless tyranny - not kidding.

Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Gb

I was a core member of a small PR team working across a varied portfolio of clients in the b2b arena including Henkel, AkzoNobel, Greenled Lighting, Bradfords Building Supplies and MMI Automotive. I directly managed an Account Executive, was regularly involved in new business pitches, co-ordinating advertising and newsletter briefs, in addition to media relations project handling, which involved a great deal of writing press release and feature articles according to client needs. I’m a strong advocate of new media, and consistently sourced new opportunities for both the company and its clients, both on and offline. I had a great working relationship with journalists in my client’s sectors, and successfully garnered increased coverage by organising face-to-face interviews, including co-ordinating a meeting with a key Daily Telegraph section editor.

London, Gb

My role was as a PR executive, working for a small, international Public Relations company that has a variety of construction and lifting equipment manufacturers as its major clients including: Manitowoc Crane Group, Brigade Electronics, Volvo Construction Equipment, Metso Minerals and Sandvik Tamrock. I was able to successfully sell the services of SE10 to Brigade’s marketing manager, successfully devised a name for a new product marcomms staff had difficulty branding – National Crane’s ENVI machine. In addition to traditional media relations work, it was due to my research, influence and persistence that SE10 is now offering podcasts as one of its services. I presented, directed and conducted interviews for audio and video podcasts at two major international trade shows. I also took personal holiday time from my current job to co-ordinate, direct and present a video podcast for Manitowoc Crane Group at this year’s CONEXPO trade show in Las Vegas.

Ma, Film

Ba (Hons), Theatre And Performance

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