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My Consultancy role involves reviewing client requirements to develop best practice and working solutions in order to deliver best in class promotional and marketing campaigns.My vision is to work in partnership with clients to advise on the best route to take to deliver compelling, creative and customer focused campaigns utilising stakeholders and new technologies where appropriate.

Sydney Australia.

Head of Marketing Production responsibilities included management of multi-million dollar budget, development and management of marketing teams and industry partners.Responsible for production and delivery and quality control of all in store POS campaigns, distributed to all areas of Australia.Managed teams responsible for concept and weekly production of 8 million sales brochures, weekly National Press activity, broadcast media and in store compliance.Commenced a review of Campaign and creative workflow efficiencies resulting in the appointment of a technology partner to deliver a web-based Creative workflow portal to enable improved efficiencies and accountability within the marketing campaign lifespan.Instigated an agreement for volume purchasing of paper, saving 20% of paper costs. Unfortunately, changing family circumstances demanded my return to the UK.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Managed a team of 53 marketing production specialists, dedicated to providing best in class point of sale and promotional material to the Boots UK & Ireland stores estate of over 2000 stores and 1200 opticians.Developed concept for bespoke digital campaign management solutions, providing greater efficiency and clarity of briefing for all internal stakeholders and external suppliers from creative concept through to delivery.Responsible for establishment of purchasing processes tools, best practice and relationships with all marketing suppliers across the full marketing spectrum to ensure stores were fully supported and enabled by maintaining brand compliant marketing material availability.Managed review and migration of annual print contract to new supplier, reducing costs and improving efficiency and speed to market.

Bradford, United Kingdom

Developed internal systems and procedures to manage POS and advertising print budget of £10m across store estate consisting of 425 stores nationwide.Managed the development, strategy and rollout of branded marketing material for 49 smaller high street stores, forging the way for the later expansion into Morrisons Local store network.Managed all disciplines of marketing campaign channel output from national press advertising through to digital, large format screen, outdoor, events and promotional campaign materials. Contributed to the design development and introduction of new Morrisons brand identity, producing brand guides and application directives for multi channel application and stakeholder usage.Developed plan to consolidate deliveries of bespoke marketing packages to national store network. Implemented cost and quality controls across all aspects of the marketing mix improving consistency and reducing production expenditure.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Responsible for the setting up and continuous development of the internal creative services facility into a state of the art operation, adding complementary systems and services to offer a comprehensive range of flexible solutions.Working on the Peugeot account, developed and implemented centralised dealer support network using digital asset management portal technology and on line dealer publishing tools.Managed staff of 40 creative, print, press, studio and reprographics specialists, responsible for the output of all press and print ready material on behalf of the agency and its clients.Increased turnover in creative services facility from £750k to £3m in first year by applying new technology. Extended capability of department to include all stages of production from concept and digital photography through to high resolution imaging and print purchasing.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Managed a department of print and production professionals, responsible for the output of agency press and print in conjunction with the in-house studio facility and third party print and production suppliers.Developed in house facility to support national and international clients’ marketing needs whilst maximising agency profit from available revenue and extended service offering to attract additional client business.The position of Production Director involved a broader responsibility in the activities of the company, such as client campaign strategy, new business development, budget management, P&L and personnel management.