Steve Harper Email & Phone Number

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the ideation, creation and development of B2B materials across Kelly UK and Ireland, with a particular focus on the development of sales opportunities within the Life Sciences Vertical. Sole responsibility for managing and producing all written proposal and presentation content across multiple solutions and core verticals while demonstrating Kelly’s value proposition clearly and concisely.Key responsibilities include:• Planning, managing and coordinating tenders to deadlines • Producing creative, bespoke and accurate documentation • Leading creative input into presentation creation for the client-facing sales teams• Working with Bid Management / Proposal Software• Starting the win-to-implementation phase to ensure a smooth transition• Management of live and historical bids to include status tracking and win/loss ratios• Creation and management of the central proposal library• Reporting upon all wins and losses to aid the future development of the bid function• Creation and delivery of client facing sales presentations aligned to volume opportunities• Organically building and engaging a database of prospects in core verticals

Managing and producing written proposal and presentation content across multiple solutions and countries. In addition, redesigning and developing go to market strategy for the Master Vendor product

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Leamington Spa

Providing recruitment solutions for permanent, temporary and contract positions in the Marketing and Creative team, covering Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and parts of Oxfordshire and the West Midlands, across all levels of experience.Completed course in advanced sourcing techniques through Social Talent Recruitment Training in Sourcing, Boolean Techniques & Headhunting Online, LinkedIn & Social Media.

London & Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Leamington Spa

The first placement on the Reed Graduate Training Scheme, working as a recruitment consultant primarily for temporary assignments. Achievement - Top billing graduate in the Reed January 2013 intake- Effective written and verbal communication to clients and candidates vital for success- Excellent organization required to simultaneously manage large numbers of clients and candidates- Forward thinking strategy creation key to best serve recruitment needs in my target area starting from a cold desk- Ability to work under pressure and strict timeframes to meet key performance indicators on a monthly basis- Established sales technique to market Reed to potential clients and candidates in a highly competitive area- Experience working a hybrid desk towards the end of the placement, recruiting for both temporary and permanent positions

London, Little Compton, Northampton

My second and third year placement was based at Reed Business School, part of the Reed group of companies. Over the course of the two years my responsibilities broadened as my competency increased, at the time of departure I was solely responsible for all marketing communications.Registered charity no: 328347Reed Business School is a UK centre of excellence for professional qualification tuition, established in 1972. Specializing in ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW and CII qualification provision. Responsible for both Digital & Traditional marketing including:- Content creation across online and offline platforms - Updating marketing materials, creation and sending of internal/external digital mailers- Responsible for content and visuals on website, ensuring content is relevant and regularly updated- Management of Google Adword campaigns, providing Key Metric/MI reports as requested before providing feedback and recommendations on its performance- Creation and management of PPC campaigns across Google adwords and social media platforms- Production of marketing literature and print advertising, communicating and negotiating with various external agencies- Work closely with and assisting Reed Global Marketing team where appropriate- Publicising industry news items, events and relevant articles across social media for the Business School- Experience using CMS & CRM systems- Training and experience with SEOCourses completed -'Everything you wanted to know about copywriting' - Reed Learning

Warwickshire

I worked as an Account Executive at a successful and innovative Digital Marketing company, a dedicated specialist in car dealer web design and online marketing. My role was focused on communication between external clients and internal teams. I was required to schedule, plan and ensure job requests were running within deadlines.- Rapport building between external clients and internal teams to ensure operations ran smoothly- Excellent communication and client focus to maximize satisfaction- Honed organizational skills to manage client expectation and to support the Account Manager in running of client accounts- Analysis of relevant data to feedback to clients and advise on various marketing solutions

Hursley

I applied to the highly sought after IBM internship scheme in the 3rd year of my degree. Extending my university course by one year was optional and provided me with the opportunity to gain an invaluable 1 year period of work experience at a large multinational company.I worked for the Marketing and Communications team in IBM's software development laboratory in Hursley, the largest of its kind in Europe, focusing primarily on internal communications to the IBM UK group. - Taking ownership for internal communications to the IBM Hursley site (Aprox 2,500 employees)- Working on the Smarter Planet initiative- Performed IBM UK internal communications work as required- Event planning- Content creation for internal intranet use

Economics & Management (Ind) Bsc - 2:1, Economics

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