Heading up the commercial partnerships offering across the Telegraph's award-winning sports coverage

Responsible for brand partnerships across Telegraph Sport.

A voluntary role as a Trustee board member, sitting on the Income Generation Committee

- Leadership accountability for identifying and establishing brand partnerships across The Athletic UK.- Devised and implemented sales, commercial and partnership strategies to drive subscription acquisition and revenue growth.- Collaborated with stakeholders across both the US and UK business including editorial, marketing, product and finance to drive a cohesive approach to partnership development.- Directly managed the UK Sales Team and utilised motivational techniques to drive… Show more - Leadership accountability for identifying and establishing brand partnerships across The Athletic UK.- Devised and implemented sales, commercial and partnership strategies to drive subscription acquisition and revenue growth.- Collaborated with stakeholders across both the US and UK business including editorial, marketing, product and finance to drive a cohesive approach to partnership development.- Directly managed the UK Sales Team and utilised motivational techniques to drive employee engagement and retention.- Established robust sales strategies and worked with team to deliver advertising and brand partnership revenue.- Understood and analysed the industry landscape to identify and target potential partnership opportunities.- Developed a portfolio of propositions and contacted key decision makers with direct clients and agencies to discuss partnership proposals.- Conducted partnership negotiations and utilised sales and influencing techniques to secure mutually beneficial agreements.- Maintained partnership relationships and exploited new and existing opportunities to drive long-term corporate value and partnership growth.- Oversaw the selling and delivery of significant partnerships, shared partner insights and sales lessons across the teams to maximise growth opportunities. Show less

- Promoted and awarded overall responsibility for the Telegraph Sport commercial proposition.- Led and developed the Sports Team, set and monitored challenging targets, and provided development opportunities to drive team competency and achievements.- Defined partnership strategies and worked collaboratively with internal teams to deliver award-winning campaigns.- Converted commercial relationships into high-value and long-standing partnerships.- Directed and led key growth… Show more - Promoted and awarded overall responsibility for the Telegraph Sport commercial proposition.- Led and developed the Sports Team, set and monitored challenging targets, and provided development opportunities to drive team competency and achievements.- Defined partnership strategies and worked collaboratively with internal teams to deliver award-winning campaigns.- Converted commercial relationships into high-value and long-standing partnerships.- Directed and led key growth initiatives, projects and campaigns to secure lucrative sponsorship and partnership deals.- Managed key account relationships and optimise growth and revenue generation opportunities.- Established robust processes and procedures to ensure streamlined new partner onboarding and management.- Leveraged industry insight, performance metrics and reporting to drive strategic developments.- Oversaw all financial activities including departmental P&L, budgeting, forecasting and cost controls. Show less

- Promoted to jointly lead the Sport Sponsorships and Partnership division.- Recruited and directly managed a new team member to support all division activities.- Identified and established a robust pipeline of prospective sponsors and partners.- Collaborated with editorial teams to ideate and develop new initiatives to drive revenue growth opportunities.- Leveraged cross-departmental collaboration to deliver holistic partnership opportunities including cross-platform content… Show more - Promoted to jointly lead the Sport Sponsorships and Partnership division.- Recruited and directly managed a new team member to support all division activities.- Identified and established a robust pipeline of prospective sponsors and partners.- Collaborated with editorial teams to ideate and develop new initiatives to drive revenue growth opportunities.- Leveraged cross-departmental collaboration to deliver holistic partnership opportunities including cross-platform content, video, games, podcasts, events, social media, competitions and access to sporting talent.- Worked with research and audience teams to analyse insight data and develop data-informed proposals and ideas.- Monitored partnership performance, created presentations and reports to disseminated back to client teams. Show less