Alex Kent
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Experience
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Whiteoaks International
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United Kingdom
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Account Director
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Jun 2022 - Present
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Berkeley Communications
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United Kingdom
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Account Director
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Jul 2018 - May 2022
Progressed from Senior Account Manager to Account Director and worked on a range of predominately B2B clients including Business Finland, Kaspersky, Alphabet (BMW group), Wirecard, PFS Commerce, NSSLGlobal, SOTI, Sugar CRM, Staples, ethiXbase, Eseye, Super Soco (electric motorcycles), and World Diabetes Day. Progressed from Senior Account Manager to Account Director and worked on a range of predominately B2B clients including Business Finland, Kaspersky, Alphabet (BMW group), Wirecard, PFS Commerce, NSSLGlobal, SOTI, Sugar CRM, Staples, ethiXbase, Eseye, Super Soco (electric motorcycles), and World Diabetes Day.
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Royal British Legion
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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National PR Officer
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Jan 2017 - Jul 2018
PR lead for the Legion on Great Pilgrimage 90, the Passchendaele 100 commemorations, team Legion at the London Marathon, London Poppy Day, D-Day 74/75, The Forces Media Academy run by the SSVC for which the Legion is the principal charity partner (providing an £800k grant), and the Sainsbury's, and Sky Bet Championship corporate partnerships. Also work as part of the National PR Team to prepare for the Poppy Appeal, promote the Legion in the media year round and field press office enquiries.
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The Honey Partnership
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Account Manager
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Oct 2015 - Dec 2016
Account manager, marketing campaign manager and PR consultant at integrated creative agency, The Honey Partnership, for B2C, B2B and creative industries/agencies clients including: Cheetah Mobile, Cubot mobile phones, hasan & partners group, and SoDA The Digital Society.Awards:Valio ‘Lemmy’ campaign (International PR lead):Campaign of the Year, Effie Awards Nominated for Best Viral Campaign, Social Buzz Awards Valio Gefilus campaign (UK PR lead and oversaw PPC campaign): Golden Drum, Grand PrixCannes Lions, BronzeEurobest, BronzeOne shot, Merit awardGolden Hammer, Gold + Grand Prix
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Berkeley Communications
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United Kingdom
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Account Executive
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Jun 2012 - Oct 2015
PR consultant at PR agency, Berkeley, for B2C and B2B clients including: Go Ape, VCE (now known as the Converged Platform and Solutions Division of Dell EMC), Yodel, Gigya, Mirriad, Cloudreach, ip.access, Datacenter Dynamics Converged, and Data IQ. PR consultant at PR agency, Berkeley, for B2C and B2B clients including: Go Ape, VCE (now known as the Converged Platform and Solutions Division of Dell EMC), Yodel, Gigya, Mirriad, Cloudreach, ip.access, Datacenter Dynamics Converged, and Data IQ.
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Tesco
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Post-A-level Scheme Management Trainee
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Sep 2009 - Sep 2010
Gained experience across a broad range of departments before specialising in managing a home shopping department - an individual business unit with 50 staff and 5 delivery vans. I completed the one year trainee programme before beginning my university degree. Gained experience across a broad range of departments before specialising in managing a home shopping department - an individual business unit with 50 staff and 5 delivery vans. I completed the one year trainee programme before beginning my university degree.
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Education
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Solent University
Bachelor’s Degree, Business and Marketing