Experience

Cambridge Creative

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Marketing that just WORKS. A talented collective of creative artists, design gurus and digital experts with decades of industry experience, doing things well just isn’t enough for us – instead, we provide bespoke services tailored to you and your business to achieve end-to-end performance marketing solutions. We deliver measurable results that speak for themselves. Marketing that just WORKS. A talented collective of creative artists, design gurus and digital experts with decades of industry experience, doing things well just isn’t enough for us – instead, we provide bespoke services tailored to you and your business to achieve end-to-end performance marketing solutions. We deliver measurable results that speak for themselves.



Frank&Furious

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services

• Managing Partner, Growth

  • Mar 2021 - Oct 2021

  Part of the Branscombe Group. A strategic creative business for ambitious and purposeful brands. Solving problems whether that’s beating competitors or building brand advocates. Frank, in the way we interrogate briefs, we look deeper and if we believe there is a different and better way of achieving your objective we make no apology for challenging thinking. Furious, because we tackle every brief we take on with passion and energy. Part of the Branscombe Group. A strategic creative business for ambitious and purposeful brands. Solving problems whether that’s beating competitors or building brand advocates. Frank, in the way we interrogate briefs, we look deeper and if we believe there is a different and better way of achieving your objective we make no apology for challenging thinking. Furious, because we tackle every brief we take on with passion and energy.



Pierrot

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Director

  • Dec 2020 - Mar 2021

  Part of the Branscombe Group. Responsible for business development and marketing strategy targeting travel, healthcare, manufacturing, technology and charity brands looking to engage their audiences via digital and print design. Part of the Branscombe Group. Responsible for business development and marketing strategy targeting travel, healthcare, manufacturing, technology and charity brands looking to engage their audiences via digital and print design.



Fourleaf

• United Kingdom
• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Director

  • Feb 2020 - Nov 2020

  Responsible for defining and implementing new business strategy. Identifying and developing key priorities and new opportunities to engage UK and global energy, technology and environment marketers looking to showcase their commitment to sustainability (including carbon neutrality, eMobility, nature-based solutions (NbS), new energies, SDGs). Responsible for defining and implementing new business strategy. Identifying and developing key priorities and new opportunities to engage UK and global energy, technology and environment marketers looking to showcase their commitment to sustainability (including carbon neutrality, eMobility, nature-based solutions (NbS), new energies, SDGs).



Fetch

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Director

  • Sep 2016 - Feb 2019

  Responsible for driving new business amongst advertisers looking to achieve success in an increasingly mobile-first world: digital and mobile video, paid social, display, search, creative and mobile marketing, ASO, ASA, UAC. Connecting brands with strategic, creative and data resources to help them launch and grow their businesses, including the launch of Fintech Yolt, Virgin Money, Pokemon Go, Audible, Betbright, Good Energy and Ubisoft. Responsible for driving new business amongst advertisers looking to achieve success in an increasingly mobile-first world: digital and mobile video, paid social, display, search, creative and mobile marketing, ASO, ASA, UAC. Connecting brands with strategic, creative and data resources to help them launch and grow their businesses, including the launch of Fintech Yolt, Virgin Money, Pokemon Go, Audible, Betbright, Good Energy and Ubisoft.



Grayling

• United Kingdom
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• UK Business Development & Marketing Director

  • Dec 2015 - Mar 2016

  Responsible for driving and co-ordinating the agency’s business development efforts in the UK – marketing the agency, building and maintaining a healthy pipeline, and overseeing the development of appropriate collateral to help ensure Grayling is consistently delivered winning responses to pitches and tenders. Grayling is a global communications network developing inventive, integrated communications solutions that are rapidly scalable to deliver against organisational needs. Responsible for driving and co-ordinating the agency’s business development efforts in the UK – marketing the agency, building and maintaining a healthy pipeline, and overseeing the development of appropriate collateral to help ensure Grayling is consistently delivered winning responses to pitches and tenders. Grayling is a global communications network developing inventive, integrated communications solutions that are rapidly scalable to deliver against organisational needs.



Paloma New Business

• Guildford, United Kingdom

• Owner / Director

  • Dec 2012 - Dec 2015

  Paloma delivered new business strategy and implementation for marketing communications agencies, from traditional advertising and marketing to the latest visual media and interactive technology. * Marketing and new business strategy * Lead generation * Content management Clients included Slice (experiential arm of Engine Group), Rufus Leonard (Creative Agency) ID Comms (Media consultancy) Paloma delivered new business strategy and implementation for marketing communications agencies, from traditional advertising and marketing to the latest visual media and interactive technology. * Marketing and new business strategy * Lead generation * Content management Clients included Slice (experiential arm of Engine Group), Rufus Leonard (Creative Agency) ID Comms (Media consultancy)



TheBlogTV S.p.A.

• London, United Kingdom

• Business Development Director UK

  • Sep 2011 - May 2012

  Crowdsourcing Working with this Italian HQ'd UK start-up to establish a presence and develop business with companies including Orange, Comedy Central, MSC Cruises, UNICEF and Burberry delivering opportunities to create UGC (user generated content) from an online community of photographers, animators and illustrators. Crowdsourcing Working with this Italian HQ'd UK start-up to establish a presence and develop business with companies including Orange, Comedy Central, MSC Cruises, UNICEF and Burberry delivering opportunities to create UGC (user generated content) from an online community of photographers, animators and illustrators.



JD Business Development

• London, United Kingdom

• Business Development Director

  • Apr 2009 - Sep 2011

  Creating and implementing new business programmes as a freelance Business Development Director for the following agencies; Spinnaker Direct LLP Spinnaker is a marketing communications agency specialist in the development of advertising, direct and digital programmes. Clients include Sony Pictures, HiPP Organic, Explore Worldwide, Merlin Entertainments, School Food Trust, Twinings and the National Bingo Association. Panlogic Panlogic is a UK based interactive marketing agency with a specialism in digital strategy, social and community media and large enterprise web development. Silver Leopard LLP Silver Leopard Experiential Marketing Agency - creating the spaces where brands and people meet Silver Leopard works collaboratively with creative individuals and groups across all disciplines to create engaging moments that connect brands and consumers physically, intellectually and emotionally. Show less



Geometry Global

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• New Business Manager

  • Apr 2008 - Mar 2010

  Responsible for developing new business opportunities for G2 Branding and Design part of G2 Worldwide, delivering solutions across the design touch points - identity, packaging, graphics, merchandise, environment and NPD. (Now Geometry Global - A global brand activation network specialist in relationship marketing, interactive marketing, shopper marketing, promotional, experiential marketing, Branding & Design and data analytics.) Opportunities created with Birds Eye, Bernard Matthews, BAT, Boots, Del Monte, FIFA, Heinz, HSBC, Sainsbury’s, The Post Office, Terrence Higgins Trust, Trump Serrenia. Show less



RSW

• London

• Marketing Director

  • 2006 - 2008

  New Business Agency. Responsible for bringing new agencies on board to use our in-house account managers as their external new business resource. Management and account direction of a team five account managers creating strategies for them to proactively hunt for new business for their client agencies including RPM (experiential and events) EHS Brann (Integrated) and Rare (Design arm of M&C Saatchi). New Business Agency. Responsible for bringing new agencies on board to use our in-house account managers as their external new business resource. Management and account direction of a team five account managers creating strategies for them to proactively hunt for new business for their client agencies including RPM (experiential and events) EHS Brann (Integrated) and Rare (Design arm of M&C Saatchi).



Interfocus

• London, United Kingdom

• Account Director New Business

  • 2002 - 2004

  Integrated Advertising Agency specialist in direct marketing, sales promotion and brand experience. Responsible for generating new business, managing third party relationships; intermediaries, PR agency, developing compelling marketing collateral and creating responses to RFPS and PQQs. Created opportunities with clients including The Energy Saving Trust, India Tourism, Shark Energy drink and Spar. Integrated Advertising Agency specialist in direct marketing, sales promotion and brand experience. Responsible for generating new business, managing third party relationships; intermediaries, PR agency, developing compelling marketing collateral and creating responses to RFPS and PQQs. Created opportunities with clients including The Energy Saving Trust, India Tourism, Shark Energy drink and Spar.



Z-CARD® Europe

• Belgium
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Business Development Manager

  • 1998 - 2001

  Ambient media agency. Responsible for the sale of Pocketmedia solutions to clients including Guinness, COI, Famous Grouse, Ministry of Sound and DfES. Creating opportunities for prospects and clients to use the Z-CARD formats under the umbrella of PocketMedia for events, promotional marketing campaigns, direct mail, magazine inserts, tip-ons and POS. Generated over £600,000 of business per year and delivered the first million+ Z-CARD campaign: 2 million Z-CARDs for Guinness as part of their sponsorship activation of the Rugby World Cup. Show less