I enjoy working with ambitious businesses to help them find and retain their competitive edge through focused marketing and business development strategies and tactics. My portfolio includes a number of businesses from the life sciences and medtech sectors which are sectors I am hugely interested in. With many of my clients, I work as an outsourced Marketing Director and can assemble the appropriate client team with my colleagues at V Formation to provide the right support to help them achieve their objectives. We offer a full range of services, including:- marketing strategy and planning- brand launches, rebrands and brand development- vision and values development and workshops- digital marketing, SEO, PPC and social media marketing- business development and lead generation- creative copywriting- cross selling programmes- client service programmes- internal and external communications- mentoring and coaching- press and press relations- event managementI am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and have over 25 years of marketing experience and have held a number of senior in-house roles which include: Marketing Manager at BDO Stoy Hayward, Regional Marketing Manager at Tenon, Head of National Marketing at Tenon and Marketing Director at Berryman (now Shakespeare Martineau). My approach is to work with businesses as part of the team to provide focused, energetic and insightful support and advice.I am an experienced mentor and as an Alumni and Industry Fellow of Nottingham Trent University, I have volunteered over 50 hours to support students with their career journeys.Specialties: Outsourced marketing director, life sciences marketing, planning and budgeting, strategic marketing, branding, internal and external communications, digital marketing, social media, Adwords, PPC, marketing strategies and communications through change, PR and media relations, event management.