CV

Having been agency based for the last seven years I have a broad experience on a range of clients from construction companies and housewares retailers, to food manufacturers and a world leading aerospace business.

I have left my most recent agency due to my relocation from Nottingham to Sheffield, however my previous employer has offered me several days a month freelance work as they are so keen to keep me on a key account.

My main skills and interests developed at agencies in the East Midlands are:
• Marketing – Strategy development and implementation using a broad range of tactics
• Copy writing – For brochures, newsletters, reports, magazines, websites, promotional material, packaging
• Design - Competent at taking client briefs and ensuring that these are conveyed to the design team in such a way that client receives appropriate creative work that exceeds expectations
• Digital - Successful at winning contracts to develop websites for a variety of businesses; writing site maps, creative briefs and copy for each. Experience in optimising websites for search engines and generating positive coverage on relevant blogs, portals and social networking sites. Skilled at writing, adding, editing and managing website content using open source platforms Zen Cart and Drupal, and possessing basic html coding knowledge
• PR - Vast experience at successfully promoting varied companies and their products or services to both consumer and business markets using a variety of tactics. Recent successes have included launching a luxury luggage brand in the UK with press coverage achieved in Time magazine, Vogue, Tatler and the Sunday Telegraph, amongst others
• Advertising – Forming a seamless link between client and creatives, ensuring that key messages are identified and identifiable in the final execution whilst also providing copy writing and image sourcing services
• Branding – Consulting with clients and researching their needs to create powerful brands
• Event management – Creating real value from live events including exhibitions, trade shows, product launches, club nights, press events

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