📦 Jacob Kennedy 📣 Email & Phone Number

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Abandoning our boring lives amidst a recession, my partner and I are crafting our dream career through the development of a mascot focused lifestyle brand prioritising shared experiences, playful animations, stuffed plushies & unique apparel and accessories.👉 visit our store at www.studiogooos.com(We run pop-up shops at events and actively run our commerce store)

Greg is one of two mascots at the heart of Studio Gooos's brand identity. I crafted "Greg the Angy Freg" as a silly and playfully cute character that is always grumpy and hungry. Greg as a design and character is the intellectual property of ©StudioGOOOS.

I run a niche Instagram page focused around featuring and promoting community generated drawn and animated videos and memes from creators within the Kawaii Cute Culture niche. We have 91,000 followers and counting.

Purch-It is a Tech Start-Up with the mission of disrupting the traditional marketing sector. My role was the development and implementation of brand strategy as it relates to market positioning, community advocacy and lead generation.

"LetsTalk2021" was an event launched in the 4th quarter of 2020 inviting visitors of The Podcast Host website to start their first podcast. I worked with the team at The Podcast Host on the social media campaign strategy, content distribution and community engagement for the event.

Independently formulated and orchestrated the brand activation of MunchyMay through Instagram by developing a follower engagement framework, a community generated content system, as well as graphics and marketing materials that support and encompass the overall campaign.Result: 0 to 15,000 followers in 4 months of strategy execution.

Aided management with leadership and sales effort by directing a 4 person sales team.On many occasions I was acting manager during off peak hours.

Invited back by NewGen to lead a project for client North East Chamber of Commerce.

Developed creative concepts for various client projects.

5 years experience satisfying customer needs, aiding management in maximising revenue and mastering business system fundamentals.

Cohort 13, Story Structure & Emotional Persuasion

Best-selling author Bernadette Jiwa designed this workshop to demystify the craft of storytelling and open the door for you to bring your.

(1 Foundation Degree & 2 Btec Diploma'S), Illustration & Animation

Accredited Creative Professional in Illustration, Animation and Graphic Design. Documented proficiency in self-directed project.

Leadership, Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Storytelling

It feels wrong not to mention all the knowledge I have gained from so many business mentors through their detailed frameworks in book.