Sarah Walker Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Wotton-Under-Edge, Gb

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

Strategic marketing, business development and communications lead for a FE/HE College managing a new era at the College after merger of two colleges into one college ‘New College Swindon’, delivering strong ROI & striving for excellent customer experience.- Managing of the college rebranding project including the development and implementation of a new brand ‘New College Swindon’, developing brand guidelines, new website, overhaul of all branding across buildings, marketing collateral and comms- Building and training of the Marketing function to build best practice marketing delivery and a customer focused approach- Championing innovation and creativity across the marketing team leading to increased student recruitment across all learner groups and striving for award winning excellence in all that we do- Leadership and growth provided to the Business Development & Employability team to build the reputation of the college to be the leader in the Apprenticeship & Employability arena in the Swindon & Wiltshire region- Delivery and implementation of marketing, communications and business development strategic plans in line with the overall college mission – ‘Better Lives through Learning’ as well as recruitment of learners across 800 courses across our 3 campuses- Building cultural change through excellent leadership across my immediate teams and the wider college, building morale and a shared department vision as well as supporting and improving a more agile project management approach across the college- Review and implementation of new key college CRM systems across work experience, business development & marketing

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Nominated For Mentor of the Year 2018

United Kingdom

Wellbeing at Work World, part of Sonas Group, is an integrated multi-channel platform to make the wellbeing of the workforce a strategic priority in every organisation globally. I am the key lead for the EMEA region and have a clear focus to develop business and marketing in the region to support the wellbeing at work movement.For over eight years, Wellbeing at Work has been delivering trusted and independent content from global experts so you can create successful initiatives that have proven results. We are an authentic purpose-driven group of passionate people with strong values with three core offerings:- Wellbeing at Work Summits: Eight annual three-day summits taking place around the world in 8 locations including Middle East, Europe, South Africa, UK, Australasia, Asia, Canada and the US.- Wellbeing at Work Hub is our global membership-based, community platform providing business and HR leaders with the tools to achieve excellence in workplace wellbeing. Members have access to invaluable data, templates, toolkits, global studies, micro-learning and insights to help create successful mental health and wellbeing strategies. The Hub’s community app connects like-minded HR leaders around the world to help you build a workplace wellbeing network, exchange ideas and share best practice.- Wellbeing at Work Bespoke brings together a growing community of passionate C-Suite leaders that drive positive change in both the workplace and the wider society

Worfield, Shropshire, United Kingdom

Growth and management of social media channels as well as overall marketing advisory role.

Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

I supported Laura Polito with her Home Interiors marketing agency with trade marketing, PR, advertising and communications.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Invited to join the board of Threshold Studios, an amazing social enterprise working in the East Midlands area connecting young people with the world of digital arts.Supporting the organisation strategically to ensure progression and growth of the growing social enterprise as well as specifically for the well known digital Frequency Arts Festival via marketing and sponsorship/supporter/partner opportunities.http://frequency.org.uk/

Cheltenham

- Management & strategic leadership of 4 social media led brands – Zoella Beauty, Colab Dry Shampoo, Superdry Men's & Johnny’s Chop Shop grooming range across 27+ countries incl. USA, Germany, Australia, Russia and Asia via 25 distributors appearing in 15,000 doors globally- Key coach to all distributors/retailers to ensure best practice marketing plans are developed and implemented from launch to a successful range portfolio in store eg: launch Zoella Beauty new range in 6 countries (in store and on line) with key retailers like Rossmann, Ulta.com, Target Australia & London Drugs- Key day to day contact for all things marketing – social media & influencer campaigns, website & digital assets, retailer support (merchandising & POS), events & trade shows, PR, ATL, promotional marketing & CRM- Development of international marketing strategy & plans to increase efficiencies for distributor on boarding- Creative influencer and guardian on all brands being implemented across culturally diverse global landscape including development of 100’s of country adapted assets- Global strategic PR & branding lead across key activations: Cosmoprof, BeautyCon LA & launch country plans

London, United Kingdom

Brand Culture helps clients genuinely connect with their audiences through emotionally elevated marketing. Our b2b work focuses on the principle that even when we’re at work, people are still people. So we believe there is a huge opportunity for many businesses to humanise their marketing communications and transform the dynamic with their customers.Our b2c clients turn to us to bring more meaning to their brand stories, by creating partnerships and content that embrace people’s cultural passions.

Thames Ditton Surrey

Managing the client services function within this small but wonderfully creative design agency. Lead by Anthony Biles, this award winning design agency is going places with its collective of innovative but effective packaging designs.Check them out at www.bilesinc.com

Kings Cross

- Management, strategic development and directorship of £750K+ agency commercial accounts, namely; Arla Foods, Bluewater Shopping Centre, Bacardi, Atkins, Visa and Network Rail- Be the ‘go to’ person for key client support for campaigns /client crisis situations (Bluewater Christmas Campaign/Arla Milk Crisis/Arla Foods ATL brand launch campaign) building strategic and operational leadership across the portfolio- Development and leadership of account management teams (6 people) as well as driving better client service and increasing revenue and margin across the portfolio by adding value, driving innovation as well as championing quality, monitoring service levels and coaching account management- Identifying, leading and converting business development and new business pitch opportunities

London, United Kingdom

• Lead to a 63 person strong global dept developing and maintaining partnerships (independent & global brands eg: Universal Music, adidas) that deliver effective promotional rewards for client campaigns and loyalty programs• Re-setting a 2 year (Pre IPO) dept vision/strategy/comm plans to ensure high quality rewards and dept efficiencies are implemented globally across all reward product offerings (travel/dining/days out/pamper/cinema etc)• Responsible for existing global partnership relations with Universal Music, adidas, RCI and the acquisition and retention of new global partners that will increase revenue streams for new business• Key player in the global pitch advisory team to support and lead on all key global client pitches

Reading/London

• Management of the Partnership and Promotions function within the EMEA Brand Comms team and provision of guidance and management of the partnership function with the partnership managers in 23 subsidiaries• Identification of successful EMEA- wide partnership opportunities via continuous outreach program to help build awareness of next gen console Xbox One/game titles and subscription services as well as contributing to console and games sale targets (currently working on several EMEA wide partnerships – Skittles/Pepsi/Pizza Hut Delivery/Kellogg’s/ Coke/Duracell/adidas/Audi/Merlin Entertainment etc• Management and implementation of key Xbox One experiential events (Milan and Madrid Games weeks)• Development/implementation of promotional and partnership excellence across the region (with agency support) via provision of planning and measuring tools• Ownership of $1.5M budget and the development of legal best practice• Management of Wunderman 3 global WPP agency to help drive against business objectives, interfacing with key global departmental heads and studio leads• Key team contributor to EMEA wide brand campaigns including driving of Xbox Live subscription gold membership acquisition targets via own channels (newsletters/Facebook/Xbox.com/Social media)• Partnership achievements: Average partnership ROI of 15:1 + (min bar 10:1). Highest ROI in brand comms team/ 988M + on pack promotions delivered in EMEA via partnership activation increasing brand awareness

London, United Kingdom

I worked on the launch of the National Identity card with the Identity and Passport Service.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Leeds, United Kingdom

Leeds, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) Hons, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Member of the Business Club - organiser of May Ball and University events.Business Studies and Marketing

Diploma In Nlp

Yoga Teacher Training Qualification (200 Hours)

Diploma, Transformational Coaching Diploma

http://www.animascoaching.com

Mental Health First Aider Course, Mental Health First Aid

The Fundamentals Of Digital Marketing Course, Digital Marketing, Certificate Of Achievement

40 hours on line course