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Manchester, England, Gb

London, London, Gb

Continuing my remit within digital and content but expanding my strategy responsibilities to include brand strategy and comms planning.

London, London, Gb

Principal digital director across global group of studios and working across agency client portfolio including Tommee Tippee, Logitech, Hotels.com, Jameson, Gousto, Krispy Kreme, and many more.Responsibility for teams across social media strategy, content strategy, influencer marketing, digital strategy, and end-to-end delivery of both retainer accounts and high impact brand campaigns.

The North, Gb

Co-founded and concepted SocialNorth; the community and speaker event for the digital marketing community in the North of England - focused on Manchester but with other flagship and specialist events in Leeds, Liverpool, and Newcastle. Working with original founder of SocialMCR, Justin Clark, to create a new community and events brand built from the ethos of Northern England, the diverse talent in the regions, and the agencies/businesses making an impact.

Manchester , England, Gb

Short term contract with THG Ingenuity, the marketing / D2C agency arm of The Hut Group. Scope of the contract was to upskill existing teams across social media and content, create working relationships with the in-house design and UX teams in THG Studios, and give steer on the future social / content propositions (including appointing new heads of team) within the new agency model.

London, London, Gb

Agency lead for digital marketing - including social media, digital PR, content marketing, and influencer marketing - across agency client portfolio including PZ Cussons, Dr Oetker, Princes Food, Disneyland Paris, Compare The Market, and Aviva. Responsibility for an award-winning team of 10 across social media strategy, content production, creative studio, digital PR and link building, and end-to-end delivery of both retainer accounts and high impact brand campaigns. Created agency’s first in-house content production studio, agency proposition across digital, and worked with / developed WPP’s influencer proposition.

Manchester, Gb

Agency lead for digital marketing - including social media, influencer marketing, content marketing, SEO, and CRM - across agency client portfolio including Wilko, Magnet Kitchens, Dr Oetker, Chicago Town, Rekordalig, Merlin Entertainment and Dr Beckman. Consultant for agency’s Dubai office across agency portfolio including Disney, Palm Atlantis, and Wendy’s. Responsibility for social media strategy, digital strategy, digital integration, and end-to-end delivery of both retainer accounts and high impact brand campaigns. Devised agency’s full digital proposition across all channels and development of the in-house content studio, Brazen Live.

London, England, Gb

Principal digital strategist - including social media, SEO, and content marketing - across agency client portfolio including Lexus, Asics, Unilever, Co-op Group, Radisson Blu, Pizza Hut Restaurants, and The Saucy Fish Co.Responsibility for digital strategy, social media (from planning to publishing), and communications planning. Senior stakeholder and creator of agency content proposition; owning the editorial layer of services alongside structural (UX and build) and analytical (data intelligence and insights).

London, Gb

Agency lead for social media and content marketing across agency client portfolio including Red Bull, Converse, Expedia Group, WWE, Wagamama, Manchester City FC and Jones Lang Lasalle.Responsibility for social media strategy, digital strategy, digital integration, and end-to-end delivery of both retainer accounts and high impact brand campaigns. Devised agency’s first full social media proposition across planning to publishing, including focus on content strategy across digital channels.

York, Gb

Freelance writer and editor specialising in music, culture and arts editorial. One&Other was a web-based platform for local news, culture and conversations that inspire and empower communities for good in the city of York. In 2012, the platform was nominated for the ‘Digital Innovation of the Year’ award at the national Newspaper Awards.

Hull, Gb

Principal social media manager and strategist across agency portfolio of retail and e-commerce clients including Selfridges, Argos, Homebase, Arcadia Group, Carpetright and Rakuten (Play.com).Responsibility for social media strategy, community management, content strategy (including content design), and content production.Devised agency’s first full social media proposition across planning to publishing, including set up an industry-leading insights and social listening team.

Hull, Gb

Principal agency copywriter specialising in SEO copywriting, website content, and agency marketing.

Barton-Upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, Gb

Part of the founding marketing team setting up strategies, channels, and content for the new brand.

Howden, East Yorkshire, Gb

Following the closure of What’s The Future as a print magazine in 2008, my focus switched to re-platforming editorial and branded content to digital channels. Built in-house studio (photography and video) and took ownership of website content, SEO, and social media as vital brand and sales channels for the business. Responsibility for agency partners across SEO, paid media, and print media.

Howden, East Yorkshire, Gb

Editorial controller for in-house consumer technology magazine ‘What’s The Future’ responsible for editorial writing, sourcing, and licensing, as well as working with third party publisher Redwood on production and in-house sales/client teams on sponsored content and advertising.

Greenwich, Ct, Us

Music journalism specialising in editorial, interviews, opinions, and reviews across a wide range of national and international print and digital media outlets.

London, Gb

Contracted staff writer across media and branded magazine titles; specialising in lifestyle/travel editorial for Virgin Trains Magazine and music editorial for national media titles.

London, Gb

Continued management of live music listings with additional duties overseeing editors across cinema, theatre, and arts. Final copy editing and proofing of live pages across The Guardian and The Metro.

London, Gb

Management of live music listings for The Guardian, The Independent, The Mirror, and The Metro. Daily management of a database of 65,000 live music events across the UK and Ireland.