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Glasgow, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Freelance client servicing, working on Maker's Mark, Bacardi and Stock Spirits.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Account Director leading across key clients including Campari EU and US, Bruichladdich Malts Range and C&C. Experience in full 360 brand building and management, from strategy and positioning to design, production and advertising. Fully versed in the world of drinks, having also delivered on GTR, experiential and NPD.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Contract Account Director leading across key accounts.Lead on key accounts including Ian Macleod Distillers and Innis and Gunn. Scope of projects ranged from full html web builds to social planning and production.

Toronto, Canada Area

Senior Account Manager working on Tim Hortons and Subaru Canada. Managed complex campaigns and productions. One campaign involved coordinating and producing 28 photoshoots in 28 cities spanning 5 provinces in Canada. All delivered and in market in 4 weeks. Worked in a team of 2 tasked with onboarding Subaru as a new client to the agency. Involvement included helping to build a new look and feel for one of the agency’s biggest clients.

Led £1.1m above-the-line campaign for Royal Bank of Scotland including TV, radio, outdoor and social. Set up and managed a shoot in the South of France. Campaign was aimed at rebuilding the bank's brand after reputational damage from the financial crash.Made time to build real and lasting relationships with account handlers, creatives, production managers and clients, ensuring everyone felt listened-to and respected.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Chicago, Il

Internship in Chicago secured after winning a Saltire Scholarship, a highly competitive program funded by the Scottish Government aimed at helping high-potential individuals in early career stages gain global experience.Pitched a new deck of analytics to C-suite level executives to help track attributorsto bottom-line sales.

Mumbai Area, India

Working at DigitasLBi gave me real hands on experience working in a multinational digital agency, with global clients such as Budweiser and Listerine.

Ba (Hons), Marketing, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Co-President of the Marketing Society, Partricipant of the Entrepreneurship Society, Ambassador for Scottish.

Web Design And Authoring, Pass

During 10 weeks of night classes, the fundamentals of web design and authoring were learnt, becoming fully proficient in hand coding.