Phil Deakin Email & Phone Number

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

I am responsible for creating all original PR and managing product-related copy. This is used in multiple channels including socials, email, web and printed articles.I am also involved in setting out advertisements for the national press and proofing all copy and emails before going live. I manage internal comms through a weekly newsletter collating updates from Area Managers and advising all staff of updates relating to product lines and campaigns. I liaise with influencers and journalists to secure test products for inclusion in magazine titles and online publications.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

I am adept at creating new websites and freshening up existing sites, re-appropriating language to make it more punchy and incisive or simply more relevant to the audience.I write witty lifestyle blogs and interesting articles which inform, without patronising. I provide web auditing and consultation services for large organisations and institutions.My most significant clients have been University of Nottingham, City College Nottingham, NK Motors, Page + Looker, Essentially Floral and The Growth Enterprise. I have worked with agencies, including Boom Online Marketing, Quibble Content, Mocha, Fishpool and Kelso Jones. I have also taken the lead in creating and editing content for a church in Phoenix, AZ.I have a keen eye for detail and am an excellent proofreader able to suggest alternative phrasing, and spot technical, spelling, grammatical and typing errors.I have an interest in a great many fields from travel and languages to motorbikes and music, from current fashion to ancient history. I am adept at crafting interesting, engaging articles across many varying spheres which both inform and enlighten.

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Working within an in-house marketing team to tight deadlines for multiple vendors and stakeholders. Multi channel comms, for internal digital content, social media and external marketing in a B2B environment. Liaising with designers, stakeholders, marketing ops and vendors, I am involved in conceptualisation, planning and presenting ideas for approval before completion.

Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

I was responsible for writing all of the creative copy for NeoTimber, Tekflo, Teksmart and Alpen Signs under the Buyrite Group umbrella. Lead creative in three product launches, managing Tone of Voice, PR and all internal comms. Involved in marketing strategy, product development and rollout across all channels.

Kegworth

One of 12 associates successful in claiming a place on the Amazon Step Up Team Lead Programme out of a total of 177 applicants.Shadowing Team Leads to provide proxy cover for the Inbound Receive Department in their absence.

Kegworth

After achieving one of the highest rates for performance, along with perfect attendance and high quality I was one of ten temporary associates offered a permanent contract just 9 weeks into my contract.Cross-trained to provide support to Stow.

Kegworth, Nottingham

Temporary Christmas contract in Inbound Receive. Achieved targeted rates swiftly and was cross-trained as Jambuster, to work on the Corral and in the Dock.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

A temporary contract on behalf of Haddonstone, writing product descriptions on a large range of cast stone architectural pieces; from Jardinieres to Temples, Sundials to Statues.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Working in-house with a team of freelance contractors to audit the University's web presence. Monitoring Tone of Voice, Primary Audience, Content and Quality. Recruited for my content insight and marketing expertise, I took the lead in streamlining reporting processes for the whole team. I identified and rolled out effective strategies to enable multiple users to access large amounts of data simultaneously.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

An in-house contract writing short-form copy product descriptions for the online catalogue for Spring/Summer 2018 range.

Annesley, Notts

Creating copy and content for Stratstone and Evans Halshaw's various brands. From Rolls-Royce to Renault and from Ford to Ferrari, I would receive my brief from Brand Managers or Stakeholders and SEO Team via the Content Manager. These briefs were both proactive and reactive, promoting new cars, offers, benefits and features.I wrote blogs, articles, reviews and web content. I liaised with Design, SEO, Social, Events, PR and other members of the content team. I had a say on the tone of an article and gave creative input into the general look of the artwork and layout of the digital content.I used my unique, inimitable style to make the cars interesting and to inform without patronising.I was the go-to guy for proofreading, giving sign-off on emailers, internal comms and for the HR/Policy team for any high-level policy communications.

Nottingham, England

In the Savings Team I provided administrative input in responding to all written enquiries and requests as well as phone enquiries.Duties involved processing transactions, filing, testing new systems, training up staff and representing the company at conferences.I was the first point of contact for all new enquiries and made it my job to give each customer a unique experience when calling in. Dealing with primarily treasurers from not-for-profit organisations and personal customers, I provided guidance on the services and products available.In the absence of the Manager I was called upon to provide supervision of processes, ensure interest adjustments were calculated correctly and oversee print run for statements each month.Upon rebranding the website, I volunteered to write the copy for the Savings pages as I enjoy creative writing. My copy was used comprehensively throughout these pages (see link to company website pages below) and my insight into the role helped me to design a more logical UX layout for the pages, especially in regard to the product summaries and rates.I also developed and saw the rollout of a new ISA product, a 2 Year Base Rate Plus ISA, which was unique in that it offered a fixed rate of 1.75% on top of base rate irrespective of changes to the base rate. This product was extremely popular in attracting new money and exceeded its intended target in just 6 months.Its sibling, the 1 Year Base Rate Plus ISA, was launched a couple of years later and saw massive buy-in from rate comparison sites.It was also featured in the national press with The Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday listing it as Best ISA (see attached link below). So popular was this product that it had to be withdrawn within a week of launching having exceeded its target by 50%.

Nottingham, England

I manned the service desk routing IT queries and service requests. Originally employed as liaison for 5 international offices, I was drafted into the Service Desk when ITIL was implemented. I was made redundant due to a downturn in the construction industry.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

After 2 years I was promoted to a specialist Prototype Team who would trial sales of new products before they were rolled out to the call centre. I was also responsible for dealing with escalated calls.

Gnvq 3, Leisure And Tourism

Activities and Societies: Basketball Team, Bronze Pool Lifeguard Award.Leisure & Tourism, involving modules such as Customer Service, IT.

Gcse

Activities and Societies: Drama Club, Athletics, Cricket.Excelled in English and Languages achieved B in German, C in French and C.