Jon Barber Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Driving positive change by supporting organisations and individuals to access high-impact sustainability training solutions in partnership with world-leading institutions and academics.

London, England Metropolitan Area

Director of online education experts supporting businesses investment in employee learning and development, retaining top talent and growing professional development. Specialist in online postgraduate master's programmes, academic short courses & customised learning solutions. Responsible for achieving Pearson’s regional business development goals across UK, Asia & EMEA b2b & b2c markets Leading relationship management with corporates, governments, regional bodies and NGOs. Responsible for providing sustainable learning solutions, with emphatic programme selection, expert advice and values added benefits to fit business requirements. Overseeing strategic direction, marketing and operational management for core markets Inspiring outstanding consultative management by growing Pearson's online learning presence and access to higher education & postgraduate course for professionals

Greenwich

• Team leadership of specialist educational account managers and marketing in UK• Ownership of P&L budgets for sales and marketing targets• Responsible for delivering commercial targets (10m revenue, 70% retention, 20% + margin)• Contracting overseas suppliers & maximising cost-saving • Launched bespoke CRM. Managing data for sales and marketing communications plans. Grew new lead capture and conversion by 20%• Devised & launched a unique range of sustainability-themed program specific for Higher Education

Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Commercial responsibility for sales, marketing, product and operations for school expeditions and specialist walking holidays.Built and grew commercial B2B partnerships with schools by 70%Launched specialist product range for Nordic & Asia regions - achieving 250k annual contribution Negotiated & contracted supplier partnerships. Maximising cost savingsDevised a content strategy and functionality specification for the new company website. Keynote speaker at industry and consumer travel events

Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom

• Managed sales, customer service and business development teams for all brands within the company portfolio • Set annual sales targets, implemented weekly client contact plans. Increased conversion by 30% & reduced churn rate.• Fully supported the roll-out of new booking and CRM system. • Built product for families, walking and adventure holidays. Agreed itineraries, contracted suppliers, executed launch campaigns • Managed paid search campaigns, in line with demand, trends and sale intelligence • Created fluid pricing structure for producing pricing based on margin gain. • Managed trade partnerships. Secured commercial agreements, delivered product training & marketing collateral • Built innovative sales campaigns, for key commercial targets.• Managed client feedback and complaint handling Minimised impact, whilst ensuring client retention. Improved client retention rate to over 70%• Produced monthly management reports for sales, customer feedback and QC scores

Alton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

• Team management of industry sales consultants across EMEA region. • Achieved 2m in year 1 sale for the division • Increased team size by 50% in 3 year period• Management of sales operations – targets, performance, contact plans• Implemented a diarised follow-up process for lead management. Increased conversion by 20 %• Managed regional product and operational training

Bachelor'S Degree, Tourism And Heritage Management, 2:1

A-Level, English Language And Literature, General, C

History, C

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Maths - C English - B,B History - B Geography - B Combined Sciences - C,C,C Design - C IT- C

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