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Glasgow, Gb

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Writing creative selling-centred copy for ClickBoost’s clients in both long and short form. Staying consistent with each brands TOV and encouraging the audience to perform an action (typically ‘buy now’) on ads. I have written persuasive copy for different clients in a variety of industries including:Fashion, travel, tech, digital, home decor and furnishings & telecommunications.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

In charge of social media strategy, campaigns and analysis for various social platforms, along with community management strategies. Primary aim is to increase engagement and community, as well as drive sales, increase lifetime value and increase buying frequency.Achievements: -Reaching on average 2 Million accounts p/m-Follower count grew by 443% in 12 months-Clicks to website increased by 490% in first 3 months-Interactions increased by 274% in first 3 months-Total… Show more In charge of social media strategy, campaigns and analysis for various social platforms, along with community management strategies. Primary aim is to increase engagement and community, as well as drive sales, increase lifetime value and increase buying frequency.Achievements: -Reaching on average 2 Million accounts p/m-Follower count grew by 443% in 12 months-Clicks to website increased by 490% in first 3 months-Interactions increased by 274% in first 3 months-Total post reach increased by 630% in first 3 monthsViral content:-Viral tweet garnered 480K impressions despite only having 120 followers at time-IG post garnered 129K impressions despite only having 11K followers at timeDuties:-Co-ordinating freelancers and agencies including copywriter, branding specialist, PPC, photographer-Onboarding/ training new team members-Monitor and report on goals-Ensuring there is a consistent branding, (including overall brand assets and aesthetic, brand message & TOV) across socials, PPC, emails, blog posts, PR, podcast and events-Develop creative and engaging social media growth strategies-Oversee, create, plan and deliver content across socials using Later and Sprout Social-Create a photography concept and brief up to twice p/m-Storyboarding and coming up with concepts for photoshoots, including directing photographer-Taking social content on shoots (images and videos) and editing content for website, emails, PPC and socials-Helping Head of E-Commerce create landing pages and regularly update website -Source & create all content for socials, email and website (including graphics)-Building brand awareness via marketing techniques-Copywriting for landing pages, email marketing etc-Managing Facebook Group-Community management; building/ nurturing a highly engaged community of followers-Participate in the research and development of SEO content marketing on website with new blog and content ideas; assist in executing them in detailed marketing plan Show less

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Solely in charge of marketing strategy and creating engaging campaigns that increased UGC (heightened brand exposure), engagement, community, follower count, and clicks to website.Achievements: -A minimum of 1.7 Million Instagram page impressions per week-Increased Instagram followers from 3K to 80K in 10 months-Increased Instagram follower count by 42% in my first 8 weeks-Giveaway reached 154K accounts-Top performing Instagram post of 2020 reached 234K accounts;… Show more Solely in charge of marketing strategy and creating engaging campaigns that increased UGC (heightened brand exposure), engagement, community, follower count, and clicks to website.Achievements: -A minimum of 1.7 Million Instagram page impressions per week-Increased Instagram followers from 3K to 80K in 10 months-Increased Instagram follower count by 42% in my first 8 weeks-Giveaway reached 154K accounts-Top performing Instagram post of 2020 reached 234K accounts; 209K of those were not following us-Harry Potter bingo game created by me reached 450K+ people on Twitter-Created a hashtag campaign on IG that now has 3.3K+ posts (UGC and community) - #geekgearchallengeJob Role: -Creating and implementing successful social campaigns across Instagram (56.6K followers), Facebook (54K likes) and Twitter (4.9K followers)-Responsible for all social campaigns and growth strategies-Regular competitor analysis-Scheduling all content via Sprout Social-Creating e-mail newsletters using MailChimp-Responsible for all organic social media activity including selecting photos to post, writing SEO focused and engaging captions, posting IG stories etc-Sending out products to influencers in return for content in the form of photos and videos and to increase brand exposure-Creating and adhering to social media content calendar and plans-Responding to all customer comments and DM's -Taking photographs for website and photo content and editing them-Creating giveaways and tracking their results-Coming up with new product designs and ideas based on customer feedback-Analysing insights-Wordpress backend; inputting stock and writing descriptions to increase SEO-Creating graphics daily-Liaising with other members of the team Show less

Glasgow, United Kingdom

In charge of all social media and influencer outreach and marketing strategy and activity: Grew Instagram followers to 13.3K and was in charge of Facebook page that had 344K followers. Achievements:-Increased our Instagram page views by 1182% in my first 2 weeks-Created a large database of influencers-Increased average engagement rate from 0.6% to 9%-Created Pinterest account and grew unique monthly views to 150K Duties included:-Create and implementing… Show more In charge of all social media and influencer outreach and marketing strategy and activity: Grew Instagram followers to 13.3K and was in charge of Facebook page that had 344K followers. Achievements:-Increased our Instagram page views by 1182% in my first 2 weeks-Created a large database of influencers-Increased average engagement rate from 0.6% to 9%-Created Pinterest account and grew unique monthly views to 150K Duties included:-Create and implementing marketing strategy and creative campaigns (FB lives, content creation, takeovers and Q&A’s, giveaways)-Develop a creative content plan and social media calendar-Continually monitor the online channels and grow community-Create and publish high-quality content on social media including those sent to us by bloggers and vloggers-Regularly create interesting and engaging Instagram stories-Write all social media captions and research hashtags to increase engagement rates-Respond to all customer enquiries-Use a variety of applications to create and edit high quality social content including videos and graphics-Create and adhere to social content calendars and plans-Regular completion of competitor analysis-Schedule social media content in advance-Analyse social metrics on a monthly basis and report to CEO-Use Mailigen to create email marketing content-Evaluate blogger’s social media channels and reach out to them if they are current, relevant and have high engagement levels-Develop key partnerships with bloggers and vloggers-Report outreach performance to the company’s CEO and identify key areas for improvement Show less

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Regularly write fashion and lifestyle based articles about member retailers to promote on social media and drive traffic to Trendify's website.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Services include professional editing, enhanced editing and rewriting and paraphrasing. In all cases, it involves proofreading as well as rewriting and restructuring the document to strengthen the quality of the overall work. When working, my aim is to improve flow, clarity and academic quality. With the rewriting and paraphrasing service, I take the clients work and completely transform it whilst retaining the original meaning. I have also written blog posts for ProofMaster aimed at… Show more Services include professional editing, enhanced editing and rewriting and paraphrasing. In all cases, it involves proofreading as well as rewriting and restructuring the document to strengthen the quality of the overall work. When working, my aim is to improve flow, clarity and academic quality. With the rewriting and paraphrasing service, I take the clients work and completely transform it whilst retaining the original meaning. I have also written blog posts for ProofMaster aimed at University students. Show less

Glasgow, United Kingdom

-Generate blog ideas and produce appealing written content for clients in various industries including performing arts, construction and interior design-Write press releases-Write email content for different clients-Assist with the account manager’s workload-Meet with clients to create content plans

Writing editorial content for Northern Revive magazine, primarily focusing on writing fashion based blog posts. Focus on SEO.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Writing content for John Nolan’s new Clinical Hypnotherapy website. I have given him fresh ideas and innovative viewpoints such as suggesting a testimonial page and a frequently asked questions section. Having conveyed the importance of both social media and writing blog posts, I will be helping to produce content to drive attention to his website.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

-Write 4 news articles a week for the website on various topics that are both interesting and relevant. -Thoroughly research news articles and fact checking articles written by other interns. -Publish articles online and raise awareness via social media platforms. -Work closely with the Director of the company to share and develop my innovative ideas about how the company can expand and improve. -Give feedback to the company Director suggest how to improve the website, drive… Show more -Write 4 news articles a week for the website on various topics that are both interesting and relevant. -Thoroughly research news articles and fact checking articles written by other interns. -Publish articles online and raise awareness via social media platforms. -Work closely with the Director of the company to share and develop my innovative ideas about how the company can expand and improve. -Give feedback to the company Director suggest how to improve the website, drive more traffic and get more clicks.-Measure articles' analytics and using the findings to improve on future content.-Create digital marketing content for the weekly subscription emails. Using Canva and Lightroom to create interesting, funny and relevant meme's for the news letter. Also photoshopping header images to mirror the article title. -Write email content-Focus on SEO and specific key words to increase the website's organic rating. Show less

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature, General, 2:1

I received a 1:1 for my dissertation which placed me in the top 5% of my cohort. 4th year classes included: Journalism and Popular.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Prefect, student tutor, won academic awards, nominated for by peers and teachers and won respect ambassador.