Awa Jaram
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Michelle Chow
I am extremely privileged to be mentored by Awa. ‘Experienced’ is hardly strong enough a word to describe the extent of knowledge she has under her belt. Awa approaches every client and project with the highest amount of professionalism – she goes straight in, listens, learns and delivers above and beyond what clients are looking for. But just as she is expectational in her work ethics, she is a fantastic mentor. Awa never listed out what I’ll be learning; she doesn’t do the textbook approach. She taught me by going through each project together and guiding me in my work. She taught me by making sure I gained experience first. The fact that I always think of what Awa would have done in a situation I am handling, for me is a mark of how great a mentor she was. One of the best quality of her, amongst many, is how humble she always remains. Something she always said was,
Gilmar Wendt
As a business owner, working with Awa you’ll know that there’ll never be a problem. Or if there is, it will be sorted before you know it even existed. Our clients loved working with her. She is committed and thoughtful, and she gets people. I’ll happily work with her again.
Michelle Chow
I am extremely privileged to be mentored by Awa. ‘Experienced’ is hardly strong enough a word to describe the extent of knowledge she has under her belt. Awa approaches every client and project with the highest amount of professionalism – she goes straight in, listens, learns and delivers above and beyond what clients are looking for. But just as she is expectational in her work ethics, she is a fantastic mentor. Awa never listed out what I’ll be learning; she doesn’t do the textbook approach. She taught me by going through each project together and guiding me in my work. She taught me by making sure I gained experience first. The fact that I always think of what Awa would have done in a situation I am handling, for me is a mark of how great a mentor she was. One of the best quality of her, amongst many, is how humble she always remains. Something she always said was,
Gilmar Wendt
As a business owner, working with Awa you’ll know that there’ll never be a problem. Or if there is, it will be sorted before you know it even existed. Our clients loved working with her. She is committed and thoughtful, and she gets people. I’ll happily work with her again.
Michelle Chow
I am extremely privileged to be mentored by Awa. ‘Experienced’ is hardly strong enough a word to describe the extent of knowledge she has under her belt. Awa approaches every client and project with the highest amount of professionalism – she goes straight in, listens, learns and delivers above and beyond what clients are looking for. But just as she is expectational in her work ethics, she is a fantastic mentor. Awa never listed out what I’ll be learning; she doesn’t do the textbook approach. She taught me by going through each project together and guiding me in my work. She taught me by making sure I gained experience first. The fact that I always think of what Awa would have done in a situation I am handling, for me is a mark of how great a mentor she was. One of the best quality of her, amongst many, is how humble she always remains. Something she always said was,
Gilmar Wendt
As a business owner, working with Awa you’ll know that there’ll never be a problem. Or if there is, it will be sorted before you know it even existed. Our clients loved working with her. She is committed and thoughtful, and she gets people. I’ll happily work with her again.
Michelle Chow
I am extremely privileged to be mentored by Awa. ‘Experienced’ is hardly strong enough a word to describe the extent of knowledge she has under her belt. Awa approaches every client and project with the highest amount of professionalism – she goes straight in, listens, learns and delivers above and beyond what clients are looking for. But just as she is expectational in her work ethics, she is a fantastic mentor. Awa never listed out what I’ll be learning; she doesn’t do the textbook approach. She taught me by going through each project together and guiding me in my work. She taught me by making sure I gained experience first. The fact that I always think of what Awa would have done in a situation I am handling, for me is a mark of how great a mentor she was. One of the best quality of her, amongst many, is how humble she always remains. Something she always said was,
Gilmar Wendt
As a business owner, working with Awa you’ll know that there’ll never be a problem. Or if there is, it will be sorted before you know it even existed. Our clients loved working with her. She is committed and thoughtful, and she gets people. I’ll happily work with her again.
Credentials
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Learning Confluence
LinkedInNov, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Online Marketing Foundations
LinkedInNov, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Business Development: Strategic Planning
LinkedInOct, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Customer Experience: Journey Mapping
LinkedInOct, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Google Analytics Essential Training
LinkedInOct, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Learning Data Science: Understanding the Basics
LinkedInOct, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Social Media Marketing Foundations
LinkedInOct, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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GW+Co
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Client Partner
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Mar 2021 - Present
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Profusion
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United Kingdom
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Interim Project Lead
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Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
Employed to support and lead the Translation part of a large global email campaign (SalesForce Marketing Cloud) - 8 journeys, each with up to six emails, in 8 languages delivered within a four month period. Employed to support and lead the Translation part of a large global email campaign (SalesForce Marketing Cloud) - 8 journeys, each with up to six emails, in 8 languages delivered within a four month period.
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GW+Co
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Client Partner
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Dec 2017 - Sep 2020
GW+Co is a creative, strategic branding consultancy whose ethos is to align strategy, culture and brand. Always with the client and their people at the centre, our objective was to dig deeper into the problem, identify a strategy for development and work alongside them to implementation. Responsibilities included:- Business development – identify and secure opportunities from new and existing clients- Lead pitch proposals- Relationships management – manage the relationship with the client- Project management – lead multidisc team to interrogate project brief and create, develop and deliver outcomes- Long term and day-to-day running of the office including: resourcing of appropriate resource for projects and permanent team; studio work flow, budget management (short and long term)
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Clinic
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Project/Account Director
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Dec 2016 - Aug 2017
Collaboration with Board and Client Services Director to identify and pitch for new business opportunitiesResponsible for overall annual budgets and delivery of appointed client accountsLead and advise junior members of the account management team, including evaluation of goals and achievements
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Project Director
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2013 - Dec 2016
Working alongside Account Directors to grow and look at environmental and experiential opportunities within existing client base and new businessRelationship lead for all Network Rail environment-related client servicesIntegration within account teams to oversee and refine project processesManagement of key supplier relationshipsAverage yearly NR revenue: £450kAchievements: Increase of margins through tighter in-house processes and suppliernegotiation
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Senior Project Manager
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2009 - 2013
Overall responsibility for Network Rail environment-related client services, including development of key client contacts, identification future opportunities and budgetsSupporting role to Account Director on marketing, passenger and internal communications, yearly forecasting and managing monthly targetsOverseeing and support of Account Managers ensuring projects are delivered on time and budget and to brandWork with in-house creative teams to develop account and project creative strategies
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Project Manager
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2007 - 2009
Responsibility for delivery of Network Rail environment-related projects, including reporting of project status to Account Director, working with creative teams and third party suppliers for delivery of project from concept through to final delivery, project and budget planning
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BD Network
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Freelance Artworker
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2007 - 2007
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Project Manager
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Sep 2005 - Sep 2006
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Creative Artworker
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2004 - 2005
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Sainsbury's
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Freelance Artworker (POS team)
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May 2002 - Sep 2004
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Creative Artworker
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1996 - 2000
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Creative Artworker
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1996 - 2000
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Education
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Westminster Business School
Prince2 Practitioner, Project Management
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