Group Communications Director
London, England, Gb
Board director at Carat UK and also sit on the Carat Management Team (9 people). As a Group Communications Director my main role is to run a team (c60 people) who work across a raft of clients including Walt Disney (cinema, dvd’s holidays, TV channels) Diageo, Adidas, Reebok, Indesit, Hotpoint, Mattel, Air Asia. My total group billings are c£150million and within this team it is my responsibility to:- Quality control all of the work produced –Produce award winning work.- Motivate, challenge and inspire the team.- Ensure that we delivering exactly what the clients needs and retain business.- Generate additional income for the group and deliver income targets (including new business targets).- Collaborate with specialists (digital, data, event, mobile etc) to ensure that we are one team.Additional Responsibilities:People Champion for Carat.Overall responsibility for monitoring / managing the motivation levels and morale within Carat, identifying and managing talent and crafting the training strategy for the agency. As part of this remit I have:- Set up an Aegis mentor scheme- Developed a plan for our top talent- Run succession planning sessions across the business- Restructured the objective setting and development plans for all of our staff- Restructured the way we train our people and what we train them in- Put in place initiatives to help improve morale and team spiritCarat Planning BoardI sit on the planning board (5 people) which looks to:- Constantly evolve and refresh out planning approach- Train people in our approach to planning- Share work and inspire other- Quality control work across the agency
