Seller 274681 - Northampton, Northants, UK
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| Overview: | A market research and marketing professional with over 15 years experience & particular expertise in the financial sector. Other areas include: B2B/customer satisfaction/public sector. Fluent French. | |
CV
| An excellent all-round research and marketing professional. I have solid client-side and agency research experience, covering the spectrum from proposal writing through to focus group moderation, depth interviewing, interpretation, reporting, presenting and strategic direction. In addition, I understand all elements of the marketing mix, from advertising and PR to direct mail, branding and loyalty. Thus I know how research is applied to the real world to make informed business decisions, having been a buyer, user and practitioner. I have been a freelance Research Consultant for six years now. Areas of specific specialism include customer satisfaction, business-to-business, finance and the public sector. I speak fluent French. |
Employment History
(ongoing)
Various Marketing/Market Research roles
NorthantSeveral positions across the market research and marketing spectrum, from Head of Customer Satisfaction Research to advertising manager, marketing manager and marketing planning manager. Worked within several areas of the Group, from Barclaycard, to Barclaycall telephone banking, and Barclays Retail.
(Jun 2002 to Aug 2008)
Managing Director
RugbyUpon leaving the Barclays Group in 2002 where I was a market research and marketing professional for 7 years, I then set up own my freelance market research business, added insight, focusing mostly on qualitative market research within the financial arena. Have since managed a huge range of projects, with particular emphasis on B2B, customer satisfaction, finance and public sector, for clients such as Zurich, HBOS, OFT and HM Land Registry. Am entirely flexible and can offer everything from running focus groups to managing complete projects, and providing consultancy and coaching.
Professional Qualifications
| Member: MRS, ICG, AQR Market Research Society – Advanced Moderating Skills Cranfield Institute – Strategic Marketing for Directors & Senior Managers Chartered Institute of Marketing – Advanced Marketing Planning Market Research Society - MRS Winter School Qualified NLP Practitioner. |
Education
(Sep 1983 to Jun 1985)
Institut Cooremans/Leeds Uni
International Dip. Business Studies & Languages
(Sep 1978 to Jun 1980)
North East Surrey College
French A level, Spanish RSAII, Italian Institute of Linguists
(Sep 1972 to Jun 1978)
Dorking Grammar School
9 'O' levels
Language skills
| Fluent in French |
Categories & Skills
Education and Research
Categories
Skills
- Focus group facilitation (Research)
- French (Languages)
- Questionnaire design (Research)
- Research (Research)
- Senior Researcher (Research)
Healthcare (Non-Clinical)
Categories
Management Consultancy
Categories
Skills
- Market Research (Marketing Consulting)
Marketing/Advertising/PR
Categories
Skills
- B2B
- B2C
- Excel (Microsoft)
- Market Research (Market Research)
- Microsoft
- PowerPoint (Microsoft)
- Presentation Delivery
- Presentation Preparation
- Product Research (Market Research)
- Qualitative Analysis (Market Research)
- Quantitative Analysis (Market Research)
- Word (Microsoft)

