Sarah Hardcastle Email & Phone Number

Buckinghamshire, Uk

Hardcastle & Associates are there for those additional business school projects when there is simply not enough internal professional staff resource to allow focus and deliver results effectively.Combining experience in project management, marketing, market research and business development with business school specialist know-how and good old-fashioned common sense we will resolve those additional business school challenges and work with schools to implement practical solutions quickly.

Business development and account management to bring projects in from a range of business schools. Also project management and working on projects to provide the market insight to help them make informed decisions.

London

Business Development and Account and Project Manager, Market Researcher and Consultant.Responsibility for new business development and ongoing relationships with over 70 business school clients. Typical projects included programme reviews and new programme testing, school strategy development, brand repositioning, alumni engagement strategy, social enterprise curriculum innovations & business school organisational structures. While at CarringtonCrisp I was Invited to present my research Social Enterprise alongside Babson College and Plymouth Business School in Florida at the Academy of Management. This research is also referenced in An Overview of Systemic Entrepreneurship by Professor Gideon Maas (International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship, Coventry University) and Professor Paul Jones (Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Head of the Business Department at Swansea University School of Management). I conducted research, particularly interviews & focus groups at all levels and with global participants with prospective & current students, faculty & professional staff, employers, corporate partners & alumni. Contributed to survey design and carried out data analysis, report writing and presentation of annual subscription surveys.Our UK clients included Birmingham Business School, Cass Business School, Coventry Business School, Durham University Business School, Edinburgh University Business School, Lancaster University Management School, Nottingham Business School, Open University Business School, Plymouth Business School, Regent’s University, Sheffield Business School, Faculty of Management University of Stirling, Strathclyde Business School, Westminster Business SchoolInternational clients included Copenhagen Business School, ESCP Europe, IMD, INSEAD, Vlerick Business School Professional association clients included ACCA, Chartered Association of Business Schools & London Institute of Banking and Finance

Buckinghamshire, Uk

Some marketing freelancing while bringing up my son: writing marketing collateral and planning marketing strategies for local small businesses.

City Of London

Headed a team of 22 responsible for all aspects of the brand, marketing mix and the creation, resourcing, management and execution of all business development projects. Set up and managed the project office and direct marketing functions.Set up and managed promotional and educational events worldwide.Responsible for agency selection and management for corporate and product advertising and direct marketing.Responsible for preparation and management of divisional Business Development budgets.Responsible for corporate design: management of identity and creation and management of sub-brands.Set up the New York satellite office, working with the new team there to develop processes and effective communication with London.Other positions held in same organisation: Marketing Manager, Marketing Services Manager. Project Manager.

Mobilising People - Leadership Programme

Chartered Secretary, Professional Qualification In Law And Accountancy

Pg Dip, Project Management