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Ballymena, GB

Leading the creative strategy for digital marketing client campaigns across Northern Ireland. Bespoke content creation by combining my comedy skills and marketing experience to create organic growth for businesses.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Leading Client Services to help the company achieve their financial goals and KPIs. Attending meetings with key client stakeholders and acting as a leader to support a team of 2 Account Managers, as well as liaising closely with Head of Creative to ensure all projects and retained client works are fulfilled efficiently and to company standards. Writing.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Offering a one-stop Marketing solution to a diverse range of businesses including Print, Graphic Design, Web, App, Branding, Google PPC Social Media Management and Videography.
• Winning new contracts as well as managing existing client accounts.
• Brand Conception and Development with a number of start ups and established SMEs.
• Working with businesses to deliver key print and digital marketing campaigns.
• Ability to self-motivate to achieve and exceed KPIs.
• Ability to translate technical to non technical.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Stand Up Comedian, MC, Promoter, Booker, Marketer (all the hats 🎩 )Performing in Comedy Clubs all over NI. Founder and Promoter of my own brand of comedy clubs:📍 Kiwi's Comedy Club, Portrush📍 Clean Affronted Comedy, Bangor

Ballymena

• Managing a sales team of 8 and a staff of 12 in total.
• Leading morning sales meetings and cascading on the ground feedback to SeniorManagement and Director level.
• Delivering a local marketing strategy to help achieve budget as well as influence over theoverall group strategy.
• Mentoring new starts to the business and supporting experienced sales professionals indelivering an excellent customer experience.
• Delivering on-budget performances based on the group targets set from manufacturer.
• Representing my branch at senior management meetings and the brand to the highestprofessional standard.

Ballymena

• Assisting the Sales Manager and Business Manager in the running of a busy sales environment.
• Offering our range of F&I products to customers to maintain and exceed company KPI targets.
• Second facing customers in order to effectively negotiate and close sales opportunities.
• Overseeing the overall sales process in order to comply with FCA regulations whilst having a culture of Treating Customers Fairly.
• Expert in all aspects of the sales process whilst demanding the highest level in customer service from the team.
• Retaining existing customers whilst continually driving repeat and referral business.

Ballymena

• Selling new & used cars to a diverse range of customers in a fast-paced showroom environment.
• Undertaking FCA exams and becoming compliant with all of their procedures and regulations.
• A strong level of communication skills in order to qualify customers correctly, whilst implementing a sales process that allows me to turn everyday interactions into sales.
• Managing paperwork in an organised and time efficient manner.
• Top performing salesman for the past 3 years (Volume and profit).
• High F&I Sales penetration.

Leading the script writing exercise for Game to Learn, a comprehensive gaming platform for primary education. I have overseen the creative process of writing in game narrative and scripts for over 100 different scenarios and game missions, whilst exceeding weekly targets set by management. Also, implementing game mechanics to make the gameplay flow with.

United Kingdom

Designing puzzle style levels for upcoming iPhone title for their studio in Dubai.Communicating with online development team to meet targets and oversee general progression of the project.

My year will be the first line of graduates for this degree. Modules include: Game Design, Designing Game Mechanics, New Media Marketing, 3D Modelling and Animation, Professional Development and Project Management, Interactive Sound and Story Design, Fundamentals of HCI, and Finance, amongst others.

Manchester, London, Glasgow, Newcastle, Sheffield

As part of Gen Up North, a prestigious 5-week digital media training programme that I was selected for, I spent a week at Channel 4 which included pitching ideas for new media content to commissioners such as Jen Topping, Matt Locke and James Tatum. It was a great experience and insight into the way that TV corporations deal with New Media content and.

Effectively assisting customers with technical issues and answering general questions.Working positively and cooperatively with team members and building professional relationships with peers, management and customers.

Roles involved: Play Testing, writing pitch docs, generating ideas,testing gameplay mechanics, game progression, level design, sitting in on daily meetings, giving feedback, communicating with all the areas of games production.

Bsc, Computer Games Design And Production

3 A Levels, Ict, Technology & Design, Media Studies