Business Director
London, United Kingdom
• Led the high-level implementation of an integrated marketing strategy with drinks giant, Pernod Ricard, launching Year 1 of Chivas Whisky’s global social enterprise campaign • Owned the strategic direction of the brand belief, ensuring that the multi-channel ideas that our multi-disciplinary teams developed truly demonstrated the Chivas brand point of view in a relevant, unique and modern way to the discerning Millennial drinker• Led all communication aspects of “The Venture” competition – a year-long global event that culminated in a star-studded week in Silicon Valley that whittled 16 social entrepreneur finalists down to 5, giving away a total of $1m to the winning start-ups. The Venture is now in its 5th year• Managed the budget and spearheaded the production of over 100 branded assets including digital films, documentaries, editorial content, visual identity, print, TV, outdoor, website platform, point-of-sale, PR and social media content. Production included international shoot in 7 countries (including China, USA, Brazil and South Africa), multiple celebrity negotiations, internal stakeholder sell-in and external worldwide roll-out • Managed strong team of 4 account managers, 2 creative directors, 2 planners, 2 producers and 4 external agency partners• Result: Directly responsible for dramatic increase in client satisfaction reviews. The campaign was heralded as the ‘best ever Chivas campaign’ by Pernod Ricard’s Global CMO, and highly regarded by the CEO as ‘the modern way for brands to behave”• Negotiated a 50% fee increase for the agency and created the agency’s new digital offering with an integrated team tailored for the client