Rob Ward Email & Phone Number

23 Cumberland Avenue, London, Gb

Developing and growing D2C channels for the UK's favourite drinks co. and a portfolio of in-house D2C brands. Took Telegraph Wine Cellar (JV with Telegraph Media Group) from concept to the launch of the industry’s first hybrid eCommerce & content platform offering.

Launched a fast-growing independent wine and spirits merchant and artisan wine importer, (doing everything from buying, ranging, marketing, ppc, dev, CRM…) and set up a super-cool low-touch outsourced fulfilment mechanic for d2c wines & spirits across multiple fulfilment centres. Hit me up if you want to know more :)

Consulting with founders, fundees and startups, advising on growth strategy, marketing and communications… and developed an industry-first wellness platform.

London, England, Gb

Managed global enterprise client accounts for preeminent marketing technology solutions vendor (part of WPP Group).I led the team that designed and implemented collaborative workflow and marketing automation solutions (basically a tool kit that allows marketers and creative services teams to work closely and more efficiently) and worked consultatively with global brands to get these systems implemented to save clients time and money, fast.

London, England, Gb

Early hire for disruptive decoupled advertising and post-production scale-up and SaaS technology venture. Responsible for global marketing and business development through period of explosive growth and acquisition by WPP. Established and led core marketing team to drive relentless client acquisition, iterating offering to meet market demands and positioning business for continued growth.

Digital marketing and eCommerce lead for for aggressively expanding US retail chain following acquisition by family office. Increased turnover and brand-awareness for a US-based wine retailer through development of multichannel marketing program. Redeveloped and launched eCommerce platform (plus logistics integrations) and launched PPC, social, Affiliates, Partnerships and CRM to measurably boost ROI and increase traffic to online channels and physical stores.Developed bespoke corporate wine and events portfolio for Silicon Valley clients including HP, Agilent and XL plus HNW private clients.(I also learned a bit about wine).

Coaching senior executives and Business Development professionals to improve win-rate in competitive bid, tender and RFP processes across EU public-sector processes.Developed cloud platform for client-side bid/tender management in regulated verticals.

London, Gb

Management of B2B bids and marketing for UK’s largest recruitment-advertising agency ($250m+ annual t/o)Management of B2B-marketing processes for traditional and digital media, and recruitment-specific products, including daily liaison with executive team to coordinate and negotiate bids across US and EU group operating regions - led funnel processes to bid for $100m+ of new business, and added clients including RWE, Npower, Car Phone Warehouse, Law Society, RBS, British Nuclear Fuels, London Midland Railways.

Folkestone, Gb

Freelance position, reviewing restaurants and venues across London for Viewlondon.com, and generating tailored content for one of the most popular online guides in Europe (2m+ monthly uniques).A great gig. Seriously, who wouldn't want to get paid to go out?!For examples, have a look here: http://bit.ly/viewreviews

Nanterre, Île-De-France, Fr

Marketing communications lead for UK arm of the world’s largest construction and civil engineering firm, VINCI Group (UK Turnover $2bn+) Developing on-brand marketing communications for competitive pre-tender process to sell high-value national contracts to the private and public sector. Of the $200m+ of jobs I bid for and won, some were quite glamorous (LEED and BREEAM certified structures, HQs for investment banks, architect-led projects at major universities)... others were not (multi-storey carparks and large sheds).

Ma, American Studies

Ba, English

Diploma, Wine And Spirits

Level Ii: Certified Sommelier, Wine

Wine Diploma, Wine

Technology Entrepreneurship, (Mooc Courses)

Wset Level 3 Wine And Spirits, Wine