Establishing relationships through engaging clients with our multi media packages incorporating print ads, editorial, advertorial, online ads, newsletters and social media.

Freelance Print Advertising Sales Manager for quarterly men's lifestyle magazine.Incorporating ad sales, composites, advertorials, inserts and creative solutions.30,000 print run. Sole responsibility for all commercial revenue for the title.

Team ManagementSetting of targets and KPIsSenior Account Manager sales - Multi platformAgencyB2CDirectEvent SponsorshipCreative SolutionsForecastingPitchingFlatplanningNew Business and account management.

Senior Account ManagerAgencyB2BDirectEvent SponsorshipCreative SolutionsPrint and onlineNew Business and account management.

Out of Home BDM for Clear Channel for Central and South East London Borough.

To develop and build the business through building relationships with portfolio of SIPP (Self Invested Pension Plan) providersAccount manage clients SIPP applications ensuring all deals are completed within the timeline expected.Manage a team of five sales staff who contacted clients by cold calling to discuss pension reviews.Achieve calls and sales targets as set by the Company Directors.Compile reports on a weekly basis to demonstrate deals processed and clients invested.Work closely with varying IFA`s (Independent Financial advisors) to ensure all documents are proofed and applications are submitted correctly to SIPP providers.Build relationships with staff at SIPP providers to gain information based on the completion of clients investments.

To achieve all Media Sales targets on Attitude magazine and Attitude online.Developed new business pipeline, having inherited only limited number of clients - no regulars.Maintained and developed relationships with Media Planners and Buyers at major advertising agencies.Ensured efficiency of order confirmations and cataloguing of orders against each issue.Pitched new business to new contacts at advertising agencies and B2B direct.Account managed and devised creative pitches to up sell from print to advertorials, competitions and online campaigns through banner / skyscraper and site take over creative online solutions.Developed advertorial opportunities – achieved new business with Pommegreat Juice and USN supplements in the new Attitude Active health and fitness section including a months online site takeover.Managed and implemented tactical sales for new annual 100 page travel issue.Managed the display advertising flat-planning of all client bookings against the editorial dummy (54 advertising pages)

To achieve all Media Sales targets on Gay Times (GT) magazine and GT online.Concentrated on all sales pitches being focused on market leadership, position and reader profile information.Up sell on-line for all magazine web sites and across the MPG publication portfolio.Developed new business pipeline ensuring profitable and collectable sales.Maintained and monitored sector performance, providing accurate forecasting, use of reports to set action points to address any shortfalls and base assumptions on common sense and sound facts, by use of technology and databases to assist accurate reporting. Confidently employed statistics generated from MPG reader surveys as well as other available statistics. Flat-planned all display advertising for GT. 42 advertising pages in total

Worked in the Advertising department providing administration support to the Sales Executives and Advertising Management for Wallpaper Magazine, learning on the job about how advertising sales worked within one of the most prestigeous of the IPC Media titles. First experience in dummy flatplanning, attending media agency high profile client meetings, learning sales pitches and general understanding of day to day running of the media sales department.

Assisted in all areas of contractual sales administration for two International Sales Executives within the sales team. Proof read all international sales contracts and arranged courier dispatches. Arranged all dispatches for Channel 4 title screeners to existing and new clients.Created marketing `Epros` for mass email to existing clients.Devised appropriate program lists to match client criteria.Raised territorial sales reports.Created new buyer contacts on internal sales web site.Supported sales executives with meetings and diary management.Updated sales agreements at all stages of the contractual sales process.Chased outstanding contracts with clients and managed meeting updates.

Calssified Sales Executive. Selling all classified print and online adverts for Bent Magazine. The UKs most successful free gay mens lifestyle title. Creating a new database of clubs and bars nationally and selling banner adverts online on tenency basis.Maintaining relationships with existing advertisers ion the classified section whilst growing pipeline and new business with a developing travel section.Hitting sales targets on a monhtly basis. Minimum of 60 calls per day.

To effectively respond to new casting briefs from a variety of Casting Directors providing options of suitability of artists based on aesthetic match and experience.To regularly provide extras for regular TV Series including Holby City, Casualty and Eastenders.To arrange and send call sheets with all correct information to all booked artistsTo contact artists on a regular basis to receive updated photos and stats, so as to update the web site and annual casting book.To negotiate deals, where necessary for featured and walk-on roles.To maintain positive and ongoing relationships with Casting Directors.To contact Casting Directors who Lees People did not currently work with and pitch the agency for their PSL (Preferred Suppliers List)

Sales Assistant within the Travel Goods & Fine Luggage department. As well as general shop floor sales I was also account manager for Bridge Luggage & small Leather goods, Jacob Briefcases and Tanner Kroll fine luggage. Involving stock ordering, merchandising and focusing on sales of those brands.