Sophie Lyons
Solutions Development Manager at LOCALiQ_UK- Claim this Profile
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David Jones
Sophie earns my highest recommendation. It is rare to come across a real talent and colleague who stands out like Sophie. I have had the pleasure of working with Sophie, While collaborating on several projects in our team. Sophie’s ability to handle multiple projects is second to none and makes a dramatic increase in the productivity level of our company. No matter how tense or long a meeting, Sophie makes sure everyone leaves with a smile.
Simon Sarahs
I managed Sophie directly for 2 years, both of which were an absolute pleasure. She became a focal point of communication to our local centres and managed to bring about a new standard of service, going beyond the call of duty on numerous occasions. She would be an asset to any team, in any role, she additionally is an excellent product manager working in an agile environment.
David Jones
Sophie earns my highest recommendation. It is rare to come across a real talent and colleague who stands out like Sophie. I have had the pleasure of working with Sophie, While collaborating on several projects in our team. Sophie’s ability to handle multiple projects is second to none and makes a dramatic increase in the productivity level of our company. No matter how tense or long a meeting, Sophie makes sure everyone leaves with a smile.
Simon Sarahs
I managed Sophie directly for 2 years, both of which were an absolute pleasure. She became a focal point of communication to our local centres and managed to bring about a new standard of service, going beyond the call of duty on numerous occasions. She would be an asset to any team, in any role, she additionally is an excellent product manager working in an agile environment.
David Jones
Sophie earns my highest recommendation. It is rare to come across a real talent and colleague who stands out like Sophie. I have had the pleasure of working with Sophie, While collaborating on several projects in our team. Sophie’s ability to handle multiple projects is second to none and makes a dramatic increase in the productivity level of our company. No matter how tense or long a meeting, Sophie makes sure everyone leaves with a smile.
Simon Sarahs
I managed Sophie directly for 2 years, both of which were an absolute pleasure. She became a focal point of communication to our local centres and managed to bring about a new standard of service, going beyond the call of duty on numerous occasions. She would be an asset to any team, in any role, she additionally is an excellent product manager working in an agile environment.
David Jones
Sophie earns my highest recommendation. It is rare to come across a real talent and colleague who stands out like Sophie. I have had the pleasure of working with Sophie, While collaborating on several projects in our team. Sophie’s ability to handle multiple projects is second to none and makes a dramatic increase in the productivity level of our company. No matter how tense or long a meeting, Sophie makes sure everyone leaves with a smile.
Simon Sarahs
I managed Sophie directly for 2 years, both of which were an absolute pleasure. She became a focal point of communication to our local centres and managed to bring about a new standard of service, going beyond the call of duty on numerous occasions. She would be an asset to any team, in any role, she additionally is an excellent product manager working in an agile environment.
Experience
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LOCALiQ_UK
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Solutions Development Manager
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Apr 2019 - Present
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Newsquest Digital
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London, United Kingdom
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Digital Commercial & Product Manager
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Aug 2012 - Present
Commercial and Product Manager of Newsquest's online Business Directory, Click2find. Responsible for achieving Budgets in excess of £800k across 31 sales houses in the UK. Significantly increasing audience, by 78% (c.600,000 Unique Browsers) and revenue by more than £50k on year, through working with local sales teams to ensure their knowledge and confidence in the product to be the best it can be. Key results/projects: • 8% year on year growth in online directory sales in a tough Classified Services market. • Active & regular communication of product development to the wider business. • Creation of accompanying marketing material and sales presentations. • Hands on approach to motivating and influencing colleagues across the group. • Delivery of effective ongoing digital training & coaching to local sales managers & print reps. • Online directory champion, providing support function for all technical, user and sales queries. • Exploration and management of new opportunities. • Listening and acting on feedback from Local Managers around the Business. • Product development and ongoing strategy to ensure customer satisfaction. • Working in an agile way to put forward business cases and project objectives. • Liaising with stakeholders at all levels. • Monitoring performance against Budget and taking action where necessary. Show less
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Newsquest
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Newspaper Publishing
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700 & Above Employee
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Digital Services Coordinator
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Jul 2007 - Aug 2012
• Training colleagues across the business –transferring knowledge and strengthening capability. • Product Manager for a new national competitions website. • The “voice” of Newsquest, having recorded over 1,000 audio announcements for use by the group’s newspapers, websites and dating service. • Implementing the seamless integration of SMS services to our centralised publishing system and across 180 newspaper web sites. • Creating PowerPoint presentations and taking them to clients and agencies. • Speaker at both the annual Newsquest Advertising and Editorial conferences, presenting new mobile services to the group. • Building client relationships and managing their accounts. • Producing daily reports detailing the Mobile and Telephony figures from the previous day. • Updating internal Newsquest web sites to market the latest developments. • Managing the demands of more than 300 staff through knowledge, patience and good humour. Show less
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Novartis
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Switzerland
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Asset Management Analyst
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2006 - 2007
• Meeting strict first patient deadlines whilst accommodating any late requests for laptops. • Dealing with overseas shipping times, insurance and customs requirements. • Liaising with site investigators. • Answering user queries. • Chasing up missing study information and confirmation of laptop shipments. • Meeting strict first patient deadlines whilst accommodating any late requests for laptops. • Dealing with overseas shipping times, insurance and customs requirements. • Liaising with site investigators. • Answering user queries. • Chasing up missing study information and confirmation of laptop shipments.
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Education
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2003 - 2006
Lancaster University
First, Criminology -
2001 - 2003
The College of Richard Collyer
A Levels: Psychology, Law, History AS Levels: English Literature, Sociology -
1996 - 2001
Millais
12 GCSEs: 2A*s, 9As, 1B
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