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New York

Based in New York, my role involved developing and closing commercial partnerships between NewsWhip and major world media houses and brands including the Huffington Post, BBC, Mail Online, Mastercard, Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Canadian Press, The Press Association and the Ford Motor Company. - Built relationships, proposed and presented complex custom platform solutions on a client by client basis.- Liased with NewsWhip's tech, product and legal departments to ensure conformity of large customer solutions with overall company objectives. - Closed, renewed and upsold NewsWhip's largest corporate commercial contracts.

Dublin & New York

As NewsWhip first sales hire, I built and grew the company's sales and account management strategy from early stage, including:- Generating new opportunities from inbound/ outbound leads- Providing product presentations- Management of the trial process- Drafting of proposals & contracts- Client training & support- Ensuring account payment, account renewal and upselling- Full training of new sales executive in a growing team

Dublin, Ireland

MediaHub.ie is Ireland's leading media monitoring agency. They keep you informed of your brand’s performance across the full spectrum of Irish and International media. They track all critical issues of importance to you across print, TV, Radio, web and social media. Responsible for delivery of all services and overall strategic corporate direction of media monitoring operations plus Irish business news website – BusinessWorld.ie. • Leading a company of 25-30 persons. • Overseeing the splitting of Media World products so that all media monitoring products were branded under a new fresh identity - MediaHub.ie. • Strategic planning and development of completely new online proprietary software for both in-house production and delivery systems for clients of MediaHub.ie.• Reorganisation of staff and team relationships.• Successfully tendering for large corporate/public contracts

Dublin, Ireland

Responsible for all aspects of delivery of daily media monitoring services for a wide range of clients including corporate companies, Government departments, state agencies, PR companies, charities & interest groups.Responsibilities include:• Managing a staff of 22 plus additional part-time staff• Recruitment and training• Delivery of monthly business reports to Managing Director • Development, planning, and implementation of short and long-range strategic goals • Prioritising and scheduling work assignments• Employee development and performance assessment• Client management for over 150 clients • Tendering for corporate/public contracts • Identification and generation of new sales leads

Dublin, Ireland

Management of the day-to-day operations of a busy graphic design studio. Responsibilities included:• Credit control• Office management• Delivery of monthly activity reports to Creative & Managing Directors • Preparation and delivery of competitive quotes for tailored design solutions • Prioritising and scheduling of studio assignments

Dublin, Ireland

Providing a comprehensive daily online press monitoring/media research and analysis service for Government Departments and Irish businesses. Responsibilities included:• Liasoning with clients, ensuring all queries were dealt with quickly and effectively• Managing a team of 10 people • Staff training• Delivery of client content to strict daily deadlines

Bachelor Of Arts Degree (Hons), Media Production

Fundamentals Of Story Analysis For Film, Distinction

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