Susan Thomas Email & Phone Number

Shrivenham, England, United Kingdom

Reading, United Kingdom

Having joined SecureCloud+ in its second year of trading as Marketing Manager, I was responsible for leading, collaborating and executing a wide range of cross-functional projects aligned with the Company's vision as well as the marketing and communication strategy.Due to the explosive growth of the Company and the limited resources available to a start-up in their infancy, my role was varied and comprised of:• Workplace acquisition to include lease negotiations and completion of legal documentation• Design and project management lead of new offices to include completing the installation of a List X facility• Identifying and building the Company’s extensive outreach platform within the local community and across Defence primes (e.g., RAF Girls Festival of Rugby)• Working with the sales team across bids and framework agreements• Creating, implementing and driving Campaigns• Project managing events both internally & externally • Creative development of promotional materials• Brand consistency, awareness and development through multiple streams and platforms• Budget ownership and management SecureCloud+ provides secure communication and collaboration services to Defence and Government at all tiers of the government’s IT security classification system, including TOP SECRET. Users are given access to their networks, resources and applications using secure solutions delivered as an end-to-end managed service.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Worked with SMEs throughout Berkshire to drive essential lead generation through sales and marketing and corporate events. My role as a contractor enabled me to learn new skills and gave me the flexibility needed to maintain a positive work-life balance when my children were young.Working predominately with charities, IT Companies and Print and Marketing agencies my scope of work included:• Project management and events management. Project managed product launches, events and exhibitions which aimed to generate leads• Marketing In order to generate sales leads and increase brand awareness, I conducted market research, coordinated campaigns, developed brand guidelines, and created engaging marketing collateral and website content • SalesFrom prospecting to presenting through to sales completion in order to generate more revenue for the businesses I was engaged with

I founded and ran an end-to-end sales, marketing and event management agency, working with clients including 3M, Financial Times, Reuters, De La Rue, Unisys and Siemens. My commitment to fostering great customer relationships and my extremely high standards for quality of delivery enabled me to maintain 100% customer retention. My ability to work in a high-pressure environment to tight deadlines, combined with my skill at building positive relationships with clients, contractors and suppliers was key to my success. Managing all aspects of a small business allowed me to develop a wide variety of skills, including:• Sales, lead generation and customer relationship management. I generated leads through cold calling and fostered relationships with my customers throughout the briefing process all the way through to final board presentations • Marketing strategy. I worked with customers to identify and research their market and position their offering delivering marketing collateral and integrated creative campaigns• Creative problem solving. I used purposeful creativity and graphic design to achieve results for my clients• Project management. I coordinated an array of specialist organisations in order to deliver projects on time and within budget – from design through to build ensuring maximum impact for my customers.• Financial planning and budget management. I successfully managed the finances for every project and for the business as a whole.• Interpersonal relationships. The ability to build good relationships with all kinds of people was key to the business’ success.• Skilled multitasker. My role as director required me to be adaptable and balance lots of different responsibilities, usually under considerable time pressure to hit deadlines.