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Saltburn-By-The-Sea, Gb

Stockton-On-Tees, England, United Kingdom

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

▪Driving success of leading digital marketing directory; working with leading brands such as Apple, Facebook, Google and Bing to sell market leading digital solutions to a diverse customer base▪Achieving 130% of performance target within two months of role▪Promoting success and prosperity of customers with approach of maximum exposure to all relevant consumers▪Managing extensive portfolio of products, ranging from Yell.com, other websites and social media platforms, to videos, display advertising, reputation management and Pay Per Click ▪Delivering excellent customer service to sustain strong working relationships and maximise repeat business opportunities ▪Collaborating effectively with peers to share expertise and proven approaches to ensure collective success of organisation ▪Maintaining confidence and self-motivation to manage own leads, working in alignment with service model to ensure fair, appropriate and reputable transactions balanced with self-generating leads, taking ownership and working within industry knowledge to propose the best solutions

North West England

▪Exemplary account management for popular directory of trusted traders to meet consumer and business needs, with 1mllion site visits per month▪Fostering strong and sustainable relationships with customers, driving further revenue through word of mouth recommendations▪Developing strong network of trusted tradespersons, meeting with individuals and teams to build relationships and tailor service plans and non-tangible marketing products to meet their needs and promote ongoing partnerships▪Utilising excellent self-motivation to manage own workload and diary, achieving coverage of 3,000 miles and over 60 visits per month, with quarterly visits to head office to touch base

Paphos, Cyprus

▪Fulfilled ambition to live abroad, developing successful experience in hospitality leadership within a bar environment in Cyprus▪Responsible for all aspects of day to day including staff management, financial management, resources, stock management and ensuring smooth running of fast-paced bar environment▪Recognised opportunity to use previous experience of sales and marketing to work on freelance, commission only basis to provide services to local publications; designing effective advertising and promotional material for local businesses▪Extending expertise into event promotion, as well as hosting networking events for local business to foster strong professional reputation within local region and maximise advertising opportunities; built up regular attendance of prominent business owners

▪Achieving monthly revenue growth by 20% within region through new business acquisition and SAM; instrumental in winning several time-sensitive, departmental, revenue targeted sales competitions ▪Driving up revenue and business growth through extensive account management, account management and field sales activities ▪Identifying opportunities through scoping out and securing partnerships with potential advertisers▪Utilising proven consultative selling approaches to best identify customer target audience▪Developing engaging and impactful proposals informed by ABC1/C2DE demographics and population data and tailoring to include portfolio of products and affiliates such as Google▪Cultivating and maintaining strong professional relationships with customers, maximising client spend to ensure ROI, repeat business and word of mouth

This role was very much similar to my role at Trinity Mirror. A field based sales and consultancy role which entailed identifying potential advertisers in a geographical area and approaching them on a face to face basis to sell advertising. This however was for a smaller company who tended to concentrate on their print portfolio.Achievements:•Increased digital sales on my area by 300% in a year in a company where digital opportunities were very much undervalued.•Increased revenue on my area by 35% in my time at the company.

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