Steve Bratt Email and Phone Number

Senior Account Manager at a creative agency based in Harpenden. My main role comprised of client liaison and project management. Clients were marketing managers, product managers and senior management of a global medical device company based in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, US and the UK. For many of these English was not their first language - therefore clear communication on my part was a key requirement.Quarterly and annual budgets ranged from €3 to €180k. I updated the team internally to assist in keeping projects on schedule, and sourced further new projects from existing clients.Role and activities:• Project quoting (in £, € and $)• Delegating & overseeing projects• Budget management (in £, € and $)• Client liaison• Project management• Video, photography & animation art direction• Creating purchase orders for suppliers• Chasing client purchase orders• Proofreading• Copywriting / editing

Started and ran my own design business. We created and produced creative design solutions for both print and digital channels. Clients included: Bacardi; Mune Drinks; ITAB UK; Omnia-Med; Sprout IT; Beechwood Homes; Qmotion UK; Freedom; Goodman Jones; Optical Support Ltd; SportsCourts UK; White Oak and Workflow.Roles and activities:• Running the company• Day-to-day project management and longer term company matters• Planning, overseeing and designing for main clients• Recruiting freelance designers / suppliers• Overseeing quoting and invoicing

A founding director of GolfScore LIVE, a live golf scoring application. Along with a friend and business partner, started the company after successfully sourcing finance to fund the design, build, implementation of the app, the website integration and purchase of the first 24 handsets.Worked closely with tech companies in India and China. I designed, supplied and oversawthe implementation of all graphics for the website and app. In readiness to launch we built upand secured a network of clients and venues for live scoring including: Your Golf Travel; Brentford Football Club; Woburn Golf & Country Club; TP Tour; Wentworth Club; Golf Aid UK; Back9Events and The Variety Club Golf Society to name a few.Role and activities:• Event sales• Event planning• Event liaison• Event management on the day• Handset briefing for players• On-course support• Social media comms• App and website management

Promoted from Senior Designer to Creative Director within 4 years and accepted directorship and company shares in 1998. In this time staff numbers increased from 3 to a team of 13.Roles and activities:• Heading up the design team• Running and contributing to brainstorming sessions at concept stage• Day-to-day project management and longer term company matters• Planning and overseeing projects for main clients including Whitbread, Argos and Sainsburys• Quoting and workflow management• Interviewing and recruiting designers, account handlers and admin staff• Company Director and shareholderClients included:• Argos• Beefeater• Bill Oddie’s Bird Food• David Lloyd• Denbies• Gala Coffee• Homebase• Leisure Vouchers• Premier Inn• Quainton Hall School• Sainsbury’s• Samsung• TGI Friday’s• Whitbread• Woolworths• Wyeth Laboratories

Started in 1991 as a first jobbing junior designer and rose to Senior Designer by 1994. Designing all and everything from newsletters to safety instruction manuals.Clients included:• British Telecom• ICL• Calor Gas• Reed Exhibitions• The Copper Foundation• Prestige Promotions