Responsible for launching the magazine in three brand new areas over the course of three years. Establishing relevant businesses across these three areas who would benefit from regional advertising across both our print and digital platforms. Reporting directly to the Publisher and playing a pivotal role in not just the launch but the continual growth in areas, by leading various additional revenue generating projects such as monthly education and health supplements that sit in the middle of… Show more Responsible for launching the magazine in three brand new areas over the course of three years. Establishing relevant businesses across these three areas who would benefit from regional advertising across both our print and digital platforms. Reporting directly to the Publisher and playing a pivotal role in not just the launch but the continual growth in areas, by leading various additional revenue generating projects such as monthly education and health supplements that sit in the middle of the magazine, and support the other 21 areas that the magazine is published in across Surrey and Thames Valley. I research relevant businesses that would benefit from advertising alongside these features and then produced suitable marketing material to approach them with, in order to generate additional revenue. Show less

Responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with top level contacts across a large range of independent hotel groups. Working closely with them and their booking systems meant I was able to highlight where the lower levels of revenue were within those hotel groups and work on a marketing strategy with them to increase the revenues during these particular times. This would be done by putting together a brief depending on where the hotel was located and which day’s occupancy of the… Show more Responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with top level contacts across a large range of independent hotel groups. Working closely with them and their booking systems meant I was able to highlight where the lower levels of revenue were within those hotel groups and work on a marketing strategy with them to increase the revenues during these particular times. This would be done by putting together a brief depending on where the hotel was located and which day’s occupancy of the hotel rooms was lower than it should be, which would then help to determine which Amazon customers needed to be receiving particular offers.Whilst regularly hitting and exceeding targets, I was still able to have a strong influence on the creative side of the role, which I felt really helped to generate a higher-level sales, generating over £100,000 worth of revenue on a monthly basis. Show less

Leading the sales team and overall sales and marketing strategy for Alison At Home. Providing Home Improvement/Interior related businesses with a platform to promote their products and/or services across a range of national newspapers (The Times, Telegraph, Observer and Evening Standard). Responsible for motivating and developing a young sales team, who had been without a manager for just over 6 months. This was achieved by implementing a structured sales process, strategy and high… Show more Leading the sales team and overall sales and marketing strategy for Alison At Home. Providing Home Improvement/Interior related businesses with a platform to promote their products and/or services across a range of national newspapers (The Times, Telegraph, Observer and Evening Standard). Responsible for motivating and developing a young sales team, who had been without a manager for just over 6 months. This was achieved by implementing a structured sales process, strategy and high standards to ensure that the overall effort was in line with the expectations of the CEO.80% working with clients direct, I was also responsible for my own sales in addition to the overall performance of the sales team. Generating in excess of £60k each month.Liaising with the editorial and design teams daily to ensure a “joined-up” approach when it comes to creative ideas to keep the features “fresh” and “exciting” as well as marketable and appropriate for our audience. Other duties included internal and external recruitment for the sales team and motivating the team with regular competitions, prize incentives and team building exercises. Show less

Dealing with the majority of Independent Media Agencies who place advertising across all N&S Plus titles, including the following:National PressDaily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star & Daily Star Sunday.Celebrity MagazinesOK!, Very, New & Star Magazines.Weekend Supplement MagazinesSaturday Magazine & S Magazine.• Maintaining and developing both existing and new relationships with the clients & agencies, thereby maximising Express Newspapers share… Show more Dealing with the majority of Independent Media Agencies who place advertising across all N&S Plus titles, including the following:National PressDaily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star & Daily Star Sunday.Celebrity MagazinesOK!, Very, New & Star Magazines.Weekend Supplement MagazinesSaturday Magazine & S Magazine.• Maintaining and developing both existing and new relationships with the clients & agencies, thereby maximising Express Newspapers share of the revenue and volume across all of our titles. • Responsible for constructing structured and planned schedules of activity, sourcing ways for these campaigns to fit in with the regular features within all titles.• Sourcing new business, This includes putting together attractive and strategic media packages that will benefit the client, both on a financial and brand awareness level.• Keeping an up to date record of the market share across all forms of national press. This allows us to see where the clients are spending their money, and at what stage of the week. Which helps us to pin point the clients requirements, in order for them to get the most from the adverts placed.• Overseeing the development of 8-16 page supplements that run in the Daily Express & The Daily Star, organising editorial content as well as generating the required amount of revenue, in order for the supplements to run. • Selling on-line advertising opportunities across both the Daily Express and Daily Star websites, both individually as well as incorporating the on-line advertising opportunities to those in print.• Regularly attend fairs, conferences, client events and seminars. Show less

• Dealing with both regular clients direct as well as the media agencies within the property, health & lifestyle market on a face to face level. Across the whole of the UK. As well as maintaining and developing both existing and new relationships with these clients, thereby maximising Express Newspapers share of the revenue and volume within the property market. • Responsible for constructing structured and planned schedules of activity, sourcing ways for these campaigns to fit in with… Show more • Dealing with both regular clients direct as well as the media agencies within the property, health & lifestyle market on a face to face level. Across the whole of the UK. As well as maintaining and developing both existing and new relationships with these clients, thereby maximising Express Newspapers share of the revenue and volume within the property market. • Responsible for constructing structured and planned schedules of activity, sourcing ways for these campaigns to fit in with the regular property features within our titles:Daily Express, Daily Star, Sunday Express, Daily Star Sunday, OK!, New, Star & Channel 5.• Sourcing new business, This includes putting together attractive and strategic media packages that will benefit the client, both on a financial and brand awareness level.• Overseeing the development of 8-16 page supplements that run in the Daily Express, organising editorial content as well as generating the required amount of revenue, in order for the supplements to run. • Selling on-line advertising opportunities across both the Daily Express and Daily Star websites, both individually as well as incorporating the on-line advertising opportunities to those in print.• Regularly attend fairs, conferences, client events and seminars.• Bringing in over £60,000 worth of revenue for the Team on a weekly basis. Show less

Liasing daily with both regular clients direct as well as the media agencies that represent clients. Maintaining an ongoing relationship, and keeping up to speed with the scheduled marketing plans for each of the clients, sourcing ways for these campaigns to fit in with the regular features within our titles:Daily Express, Daily Star, Sunday Express, Daily Star Sunday, OK!, New, Star & Channel 5. Sourcing new business, and developing relationships with previous… Show more Liasing daily with both regular clients direct as well as the media agencies that represent clients. Maintaining an ongoing relationship, and keeping up to speed with the scheduled marketing plans for each of the clients, sourcing ways for these campaigns to fit in with the regular features within our titles:Daily Express, Daily Star, Sunday Express, Daily Star Sunday, OK!, New, Star & Channel 5. Sourcing new business, and developing relationships with previous advertisers.This includes putting together attractive and strategic media packages that will benefit the client, both on a financial and brand awareness level.Bringing in over £50,000 worth of revenue for the Lifestyle & Health team on a weekly basis. Show less

Liasing with both existing and new clients, whilst also maintaining contact with previous advertisers.Putting together strategic and financial rewarding media campaigns, across both of our National Education titles: Education Executive : Primary Education Executive : SecondaryRegularly attended media exhibitions to pitch new clients, and to discuss up coming campaigns and product launches with existing clients.

Started my sales career at Round & About Magazine in May 2007, where I learnt and developed the provisional skills required to sell local media advertising.Predominantly sourcing and speaking with potential new clients, including spending time in the field, canvassing and promoting the magazine especially to new business within the areas the magazine is distributed.There was some minor input with regards to generating ideas with the client to determine the best way to get the… Show more Started my sales career at Round & About Magazine in May 2007, where I learnt and developed the provisional skills required to sell local media advertising.Predominantly sourcing and speaking with potential new clients, including spending time in the field, canvassing and promoting the magazine especially to new business within the areas the magazine is distributed.There was some minor input with regards to generating ideas with the client to determine the best way to get the best possible results from their local advertising. Show less

Administration duties to the Sales Manager, as well as database admin for the field sales team. Regularly constructing databases and spreadsheets to monitor the performance of the sales team.Regularly attended weekly and monthly sales meetings, and spent time in the field with the reps to ensure all data was filed and input correctly.Introduced and implemented a new database to record and display latest sales figures.