A self employed web designer creating websites for local businesses and restaurants. This also includes getting small business's marketing online through other channels such as social media, travel sites and online intermediaries, all to enhance custom base.

Duties • Working closely with Managing Directors to pitch, qualify and close new business.• Gaining a strong knowledge and understanding of a client’s business, needs and goals.• Being involved in weekly team meetings to discuss our current progression and how we can achieve the set goals that we have been assigned.• Monitoring my own personal performance on a week to week basis.• Resolving clients concerns and issues in a timely and professional manner.• Creating strong relationships with key decision makers in order to retain revenue.Key Skills • Excellent account management skills. • Strong negotiation and presentation skills.• The ability to source out and communicate with key decision makers.• Plan and organise my day.• The ability to follow up with clients in a timely manner.• Good understanding of how to use campaign databases.• A successful track record in new business development within the SME sector.Areas of Expertise:Business Development B2BDirect SalesTelephony Sales Marketing Campaigns Client Retention

• I have previous employment at Apex, a debt collection firm, where I worked on behalf of a variety of banks which allowed me to gain significant knowledge of the financial sector.• This role entrusted a significant amount of responsibility and being flexible to an individual's needs was imperative as you were often dealing with very venerable people in hard financial circumstances

• I was a manager for one of UK's leading events management companies situated in the heart of London. I was in charge of running the site at The Tower of London for each corporate event for over a thousand people six days a week. • This was a extremely high pressure role with tough time constraints so strict planning of every aspect throughout the day was necessary.• I was in charge of a large team of people whilst also liaising with different high end clients everyday to make sure all their demands were met• Working fourteen hour days six days a week, the most important lesson working with concerto taught me was what hard work is really like.