Markus Stitz Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Director of a series of UK-wide gravel bikepacking events

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

After a successful three years at Scottish Swimming I am looking forward to use my skills and expertise in marketing and sponsorship to help companies achieving more by using powerful content online to achieve their marketing goals. With a particularly strong expertise in social media and integrated live communication I am happy to take on challenges, please get in touch.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I have become the first person to circumnavigate the world on a singlespeed bike, cycling 34,000km through 26 countries from September 2015 - August 2016, a world first. I have also been awarded for 'THE BIG TRIP' in the 2015 Bikepacking.com Awards, and nominated for 'ULTRA-ACHIEVERS OF THE YEAR' in the 2016 Bikepacking.com Awards.I am also the creator of the Capital Trail, a 240km bikepacking route that has been awarded 'BEST NEW ROUTE' in the 2015 bikepacking.com Awards, and of the Central Belter, a new bikepacking route to be finished in mid 2017.

Melrose

Leading the strategic development of all marketing and sponsorship activities for the Borders Book Festival, which has become established as one of the top three literature festivals in Scotland.

Stirling

Managing all Marketing, Communications and Sponsorship activities for Scottish Swimming

Stirling

Managing all marketing and publicity activities for Scotland's premier venue for young audiences and major cultural provider in the Scottish Central Belt.

Oversee the accreditation process for arts industry professionals at the world's largest arts festival

Coordinating the accreditation process for Festival 2010 and generating cross-media content for the festival website

Responsibilities:- Managing the production and archiving of 72 event programmes- Cutting and circulation of the festivals online and offline media coverage- Assisting in all aspects of the implementation and evaluation of the marketing campaign for the Edinburgh International Festival 2009

Responsibilities:- Planning, budgeting, managing and evaluating all marketing, PR and show related sponsorship activities and liasing with external promoters, organisations and festivals- Managing joint PR activities with the NZ Fringe Festival, NZ International Comedy Festival, NZ International Arts Festival and other events- Copywriting and managing design, production, purchasing and distribution of all online and offline marketing and PR materialsAchievements:- Highly contributed with an integrated marketing and PR strategy and its implementation to a successful 2008/09 season with a significant increase in audiences and a financial surplus- Developed close working relationships between Downstage and other arts institutions in Wellington and internationally- Significantly raised Downstage’s public visibility in Wellington and in the NZ arts community- Successfully liaised with local and national media to built an in-house media database with 280 contacts- Built and enhanced media relationships with the creation of regular media talks- Enhanced the existing Downstage website with more up-to-date and interactive content like slideshows, video clips, electronic flyers, links to online reviews and other multimedia content

Responsibilities:- Running the box offices of the Underbelly as the 3rd biggest Edinburgh Fringe Festival venue with app. 130 shows, more than 2000 performances and 26 staff during the festival

Responsibilities:- Co-founder, producer and director of the annual popular music festival Himmelblau-Festival from 2003-07- Planning, managing, evaluating and documenting all festival related marketing and PR activities- Initiating and managing the production of an annual DVD as documentation and promotion for the Himmelblau-Festival in co-operation with the University of Ilmenau- PR consultancy for local events and businessesAchievements:- Successfully founded, developed and managed the Himmelblau-Festival as a premier regional music event in the highly competitive German music festival environment, well perceived by artists, audiences and the media- Improved the festivals local, regional and national media coverage with maintaining and building strong strategic relationships- Advanced the festivals online visibility with the use of social networking sites and major German music and event websites

Responsibilities:- Assisting in strategic communication activities for DaimlerChrysler- Monitoring media sources and preparing evaluation and clipping reports

Responsibilities:- Facilitating development of new formats for children’s television- Managing PR activities of the fiction department

Master/Diploma, Media And Communication Sceinces

Diploma, Video/Live Radio Production, Popular Music, English