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United Kingdom

Sprint Partners is a specialist growth consultancy, helping supercharge marketing communications agencies and in-house teams to realise their creative and commercial potential.

The Rocks, New South Wales, Au

OGB is a full-service earned media agency with more than 150 experts based in hubs across London, Sydney, Amsterdam and the Middle East.We’re a multi-skilled team, with PR, social, influence and content capabilities, underpinned by strategy, creative and production expertise.We help clients find meaningful and creative ways to tell their story and earn attention and love from the people that matter.Lucky to work with some of the industry's most creative people and for the world's most recognisable brands: Apple, ASDA, Costa, Domino's, Durex, Expedia, Heineken, Huawei, Porsche, Qatar Tourism, Reckitt, Samsung, Sky, Singapore Tourism Board, Strongbow, The Body Shop, Tourism Australia, TJXE, TUI, Virgin (Active / Atlantic / Group / Holidays / Red / Start Up / Trains / Voyages), Vodafone.

Puteaux, Fr

Relocated to Qatar to lead the global advertising, PR and social account for Qatar Tourism.Involved building the team and infrastructure from the ground up; managing a team of close to 200 people across 20 markets over three years; running high profile through-the-line campaigns in the build up to the FIFA World Cup 2022 and to help the country achieve its ambitious tourism targets ahead of its 2030 plan.Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, with more than 23,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people.

London, Gb

Responsible for creating and building a leading digital consultancy and integrating it with the comms and advisory business and its clients.I was involved in supporting government, corporate and private entities, by delivering sophisticated communications programmes that shaped awareness, guided opinion and enhanced understanding on a national, regional and international basis.Market experience spanned Saudi, UAE, Bahrain, Turkey, Africa, US.Consulum is an international strategic communications consultancy that uses an in-depth understanding of public, commercial and political drivers to provide insightful strategic counsel and meet complex communications challenges.

Responsible for co-launching Engage by Bell Pottinger, winning multiple corporate, consumer and integrated awards. Its clients included HSBC, Cineworld, InterContinental Hotels Group, Amazon, Gartner, Qatar Airways and Huawei.Part of Bell Pottinger, an agency with 30 years’ communications heritage, Engage operated as a separate P&L and enjoyed the freedom of positioning and marketing itself differently to its parent.Formed by combining Bell Pottinger’s brand, consumer, corporate, design and digital divisions, Engage helped clients find ways to engage more audiences across more channels and avoid becoming just part of the noise. At Engage, we placed great emphasis on providing strong insight, creativity and personalised content to tell powerful stories that change perceptions and behaviour.

London, Greater London, Gb

In July 2012, Bell Pottinger completed an MBO from Chime Communications. To ensure the business kept a creative, digital edge I launched Bell Pottinger’s Digital and Content agency, called Bell Pottinger Wired.During this role, I learned an incredible amount about running a highly profitable business and leading an award-winning team, as well as keeping up to date with an ever-changing communications landscape. Some key achievements include:• Managing a healthy P&L ranked first The Drum’s Digital Census 2014• Running of key digital projects and integrated accounts, including South African Tourism, Virgin Media Business, Press Association, Fortnum & Mason, Experian, Emirates, Centrica, Bank of Ireland, Etihad, HSBC, Investec, British Gas, UNITE, Lidl, Volvo, Mondelez, Royal Albert Hall, Volvo, Ministry of Defence, Mubadala, the Dubai Prime Minister’s Office and numerous high-profile individuals• Delivery of £2.5m+ in annual new business, including lead generation, pitch leadership and contract negotiations• Launching of successful new internal and external initiatives, including Influencer Management, Real-time Marketing, Blogger Breakfasts, Online Reputation Management and an Insights & Planning toolkit, to name a few• Leading of a 30-strong team, including digital PRs; social and search experts; planners, strategists and creatives; designers; developers; film makers; and project managers• Managing a network of international suppliers, including technical agencies, content production freelancers, recruiters, industry bodies and intermediaries• Leading the agency’s marketing function and positioning it as an industry leader through thought leaderships initiatives

London, Greater London, Gb

Before completing its MBO in July 2012, Bell Pottinger was the largest PR group in the UK for nearly 10 years. Having worked in numerous roles across the group, in July 2010 I was promoted to Head of Digital and made responsible for embedding digital across 25 agencies within the Bell Pottinger Group, focusing on key accounts, the new business process and day-to-day delivery. Key achievements included:• Running a 12 month digital and social training programme for all employees from CEO to Executive• Sitting on Chime’s Digital Innovation Group to collaborate with all PLC company MDs to share and install digital best practice, including VCCP and Fast Track• Generating £1m of revenue in Y1 and a growing a team of 12 people

London, Greater London, Gb

London, Greater London, Gb

London, Greater London, Gb

London, Greater London, Gb

London, Greater London, Gb

Stockholm, Se

Bsc, Business Management

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