Sarah Powell Email & Phone Number

St Neots, England, Gb

Hybrid

As Business Partner I work collaboratively with different teams to reach and engage priority audiences to support business growth. Activities include development and delivery of annual MarComms plans, content creation, social media management, campaign planning and delivery, and agency resource management. I also support with internal communications and events.

Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Planned, delivered and managed Marketing and Communications campaigns and activities for AVH and its' businesses. Responsible for social media management, internal communications and digital content creation.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Contract role, leading the planning and delivery of internal communications for a major business change programme, (with investor targets), including providing comms advice and support to senior colleagues.

Hong Kong

Responsible for client account management and delivery of retainer and project-based work for global brands, (incl. Arcadis, JLL, TMF Group and Prudential). Managed delivery teams, developed new business proposals and produced wide range of digital marketing content for clients, (incl. whitepapers, social media posts, thought leadership articles, case studies and eDMs).

Hong Kong

As part of the CBRE GWS APAC Exec Committee, led regional Marketing & Communications activities (incl. internal comms), for CBRE’s biggest business line in APAC, (GWS). Responsible for developing & executing MarComms strategy & plans, to strengthen the brand & drive growth. Also provided MarComms Business Partner support to senior business leaders. Also rolled out global, corporate initiatives across the region.

Hong Kong

Led the Communications function across 30 markets, (260,000 employees), delivering a broad range of internal & external comms activities incl. crisis comms; corporate comms; c-suite comms; brand, PR, brand & reputation management; Health & Safety comms. Business Partner to regional Exec team & regional Sales team, Also part of the G4S global Corporate Communications team.In addition to strategy, planning & content creation, also responsible for people management - managing a team of direct reports, as well as developing in-country functional capability.

Hong Kong

Researched & wrote integrated marketing & events guidance for senior IBM Sales & Marketing Leaders in multiple markets, (incl. Europe, Asia & Latin America), with new & best practice recommendations for increasing event success & driving growth. Re-assigned to Client Services Lead (CSL) for IBM Mid Markets program in Jan. 2014, (after existing CSL taken suddenly ill), where the focus was on planning, executing & championing digital events.

Hong Kong

One-year contract, with responsibility for CSR activities & (internal and external) sustainability comms.

Uk

Supported Bid Teams, as well as Operations teams, (across 28 autonomous BU's), with a variety of sustainability, social purpose & stakeholder engagement planning & activities.

Uk

As Regeneration Manager, I worked with new business teams on the community engagement & (social & economic) regeneration aspects of multi-million £ bids for public sector projects.As Community Engagement Manager, I led a UK-wide team which developed & delivered programmes & events to enhance brand & reputation & build stronger relationships with public sector clients. Developed & managed the annual workplan of the team, measured & reported success, organised events, & created marketing materials for a range of community programmes & activities.

Uk

Started-up the Marketing Communications function of this specialist, highly successful social & economic development agency, (formerly known as The Wales Co-operative Centre). Responsible for developing & executing marketing plans, increasing brand awareness, & generating leads & enquiries. Activities included securing press coverage, creating a new range of marketing materials, organising events, & creating the website.

Cardiff, Uk

Responsibility for promoting local volunteering activities; recruiting, placing & managing volunteers; & managing relationships with the charities providing placement opportunities. A key achievement was successfully developing & implementing a pioneering new educational volunteer mentoring scheme, which increased retention rate of volunteers by 85%.

South Wales, Uk

Roles included representing student interests to senior decision-makers; developing & executing campaigns; organising training programmes & other events, (such as AGM's), for students & elected student reps.

Ma Strategic Marketing Management, Business School, Commendation

Achieved 'commendation' classification. Subjects studied: Corporate Strategy; CRM; Services Marketing; Branding; Segmentation.

Ba (Hons), Communication Studies, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Elected as a Course Rep for three years. Established the 'Communications Society' and elected as a member.

Iso 26000