Experience

Anyday®

• Canada
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Management Lead

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  A brand & technology company. On a mission to make digital experiences more human, caring, and connected. A brand & technology company. On a mission to make digital experiences more human, caring, and connected.



Clearco

• Canada
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jul 2021 - Jul 2022

  Lead Project Manager for Clearco’s creative department, responsible for facilitating and executing creative requests across the entire business, with a particular focus on the Marketing and Product teams. During my time at Clearco, I helped develop and deploy the briefing, project management and resourcing systems, instilling proper process amongst teams to ensure collaborative working and expectations met from brief to delivery, whilst continuously improving on best practice and work flow over time. With offices in North America, EMEA and APAC, I was responsible for communicating and working with teams around the world to lead the execution and delivery of project and campaign work across multiple territories, including business launches, seasonal campaigns and day-to-day marketing initiatives across digital, video, broadcast, social, print and events. Show less


Bensimon Byrne
• Canada
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Project Manager

  • May 2019 - Jul 2021


ESI Media

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Mar 2017 - Apr 2019

  Project Manager for the Evening Standard and Independent‘s commercial content creation team, ensuring the smooth running execution and delivery of multi platform campaigns on time and to within budget. Working across the London Evening Standard print and online, as well as the Independent online titles, my role included managing the entire campaign delivery - from sale to execution and post campaign analysis - of multiple cross media campaigns. Projects included print, digital, film, live video production, photo shoots - fashion and editorial, graphic design, microsite builds, animation and VFX. Clients included brands across retail (consumer, fashion, travel, food, drink, health and fitness), sport, film and Government Services. Show less



10 Global/NFG 11/ Ten Toes Media

• Creative Solutions Project Manager (Contract)

  • Aug 2015 - Jan 2017

  A start-up business service for high profile sporting stars that manages their social channels and commercial deals, as well as working across the Public Relations and Media Management of 10 Global’s football academy and football agency. I provided a full range of services that together allow our clients to reach their social and digital media potential, ensuring to build our success on a very personal approach that allowed us to intimately understand our clients. Responsible for developing, implementing and delivering innovative and high-quality content solutions across the NFG Ltd. client portfolio from brief to completion. My role ensured all integrated campaigns were delivered to the highest standard within contracted time frames and agreed budgets, and best practice process was consistently applied from initial briefing to final post campaign analysis. On a day to day basis my role involved heading up a team of creatives, management & designers to look after and collaborate with talent 24/7 on their social media. This in turn helped to maximise their fan base and engage in conversations, increasing the scale of their audience as well as seeking out content opportunities & features in global publications. Projects included digital, film, social asset production, photo shoots, graphic design, VFX. Show less



Opera Mediaworks EMEA

• Account Executive

  • Apr 2016 - Jul 2016

  Opera Mediaworks is the world’s leading mobile advertising platform, helping to power the global mobile economy. We improve advertising efficiency, through technology innovation, transparency and trust, to create an open and vibrant marketplace for publishers and advertisers across the globe. Through innovations such as intelligent ad mediation, targeting, analytics and rich-media ad formats, Opera helped enable over $400 million in revenue for its customers in 2012. Opera Mediaworks is part of the Opera Group. Show less



Bauer Media

• Ireland
• Broadcast Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Solutions Project Manager

  • Jul 2014 - Jan 2015

  Managing Bauer’s larger cross media deals post sale across the total Bauer portfolio, I was the main point of contact between the client, agency and our brands, ensuring booked activity is delivered to the highest possible standard across our platforms, whilst continually being aware of opportunities to maximise revenue and offer value.Working across the entire entire delivery of Bauer Media’s larger cross media deals across their multiple platforms, my role included:• Project Management: day to day Project Management of campaigns, involving managing the creative approvals process, as well as regularly updating key stakeholders and internal team members with progress and achievements throughout the campaign and after it finishes.• Team Leadership: heading up a team of specific brand project managers when working on campains, as well as leading key client meetings.• Campaign Delivery: managing the entire delivery of Bauer’s larger cross media deals across their multiple platforms, implementing and managing all elements of booked campaigns including budgets and timelines so that these large projects ran to budget and on schedule. This required working closely with agencies and clients to get copy, artwork and web design created and approved so that it could be rolled out across our brands, whilst ensuring the highest level of service to key clients and agencies through an efficient understanding of the clients wants and needs and all KPI’s can be met.• Post Campaign Analysis: I was also accountable for Post Campaign reporting, which included analysis of the entire campaign, highlighting achievements and learning’s that would improve on the campaign should they decide to rebook. Show less

• Radio Project Manager - Film Promotion and Sponsorship

  • Mar 2013 - Jul 2014

  Managing Film Promotion and Sponsorship across the entire portfolio of Bauer radio stations, notably KISS, Magic, Absolute Radio, Gem 106, Free Radio, Heat Radio, Kerrang, and Planet Rock.The main function of my role was the planning and implementation of all aspects of radio sponsorship and promotion for Bauer’s film clients, both theatrical and home entertainment. My day-to-day responsibilities included communicating closely with station programming, producers and S&P departments, in order to respond to agency and client direct briefs quickly and creatively in order to win new business, as well as coordinating internal teams to ensure the smooth running and execution of booked activity to the highest possible standard so as to ensure repeat booking.Working in conjunction with my Account Manager to maximise revenues for Bauer, I undertook monthly competitive analysis reports to keep us ahead of our competitors, as well as contributing productively to final pitch presentations and Post Campaign reports that helped win repeat business and hit our targets quarter on quarter.Campaigns ran from between £10-£100k and included experiential, content and OOH promotions across radio and their online digital platforms that engaged with set target audiences, creating a closer bond between the consumer, our brands and the film we were promoting. It was my job to project manage the entire campaign lifecycle internally amongst its stakeholders, as well as reporting back to agencies and clients over the duration of the campaign, keeping them updated with progress and achievements, as well as providing opportunities for reinvestment in order to bring in further revenue. Show less



Feref

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Executive Internship - Client Services, PR & Marketing

  • Feb 2012 - Sep 2012

  FEREF is an integrated marketing communications agency specialising in film and the entertainment industry. We have one simple aim, to make marketing FUN for our customers. How we do this, by making a commitment to two ideals; gaining ‘deep insight’ into every aspect of the business challenge and a belief in the power of ideas to create competitive advantage. At Feref we specialise in Marketing, Advertising, Communications Planning, Public Relations, Branding, Design, Print, Online and Digital, all in-house under one roof. Clients I am working for: Vodafone (Music and Telecommunications), Walt Disney, Pixar, Paramount, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Sony Pictures, Codemasters (F1 Game) Show less



INITIALS Marketing

• United Kingdom
• Business Supplies & Equipment

• Internship

  • Dec 2011 - Dec 2011

  An independent creative communications agency whose devotion in life is to develop marketing and design solutions that get noticed and change behaviour. Exciting things happen when you brief INITIALS. We like to be the agency known for brave but rigorous thinking. We love challenging preconceptions. We develop new ways of doing things and work out how to deliver the undeliverable. But we also respect the world we live in. Blue sky should not result in pie in the sky. We always strive to deliver to our clients’ bottom line. I worked on clients including Sainsbury's Active Kids, Sony Pictures, Barbie, Marketing Agencies Association, The Eden Project and Cadburys. Campaigns: Marketing Agencies Association, Responsible for producing a document for the MD to be used at the meeting all about interning within marketing. Sony Pictures, Carried out extensive market research to help with the launch of Spiderman release on DVD within Supermarkets. Barbie, Responsible for organising competitions as well as sourcing all the relevant prizes at the lowest cost. Show less



Frank PR

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Work Placement

  • Nov 2011 - Dec 2011

  Reporting to the Account Manager, I worked on clients including nPower Football League, Disney XD Aim High, Hard Rock Cafe, Pizza Express, Quality Street and Honey Monster Foods. - Responsible for selling in products and events to Newspaper, Radio and Online Blogs. - Ensuring the smooth running events I attended. - Organised and contributed to brainstorms. - Helped with administration and other various ad-hoc duties. Reporting to the Account Manager, I worked on clients including nPower Football League, Disney XD Aim High, Hard Rock Cafe, Pizza Express, Quality Street and Honey Monster Foods. - Responsible for selling in products and events to Newspaper, Radio and Online Blogs. - Ensuring the smooth running events I attended. - Organised and contributed to brainstorms. - Helped with administration and other various ad-hoc duties.



RealService

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Work Placement

  • Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

  Founded in 1999, RealService is a London-based consulting business specialising in customer service. Over the years we have developed a large international client base including some of the biggest and most influential names in the real estate industry. Founded in 1999, RealService is a London-based consulting business specialising in customer service. Over the years we have developed a large international client base including some of the biggest and most influential names in the real estate industry.



Argyll Scott

• Hong Kong
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Analyst

  • Nov 2010 - Feb 2011

  Argyll Scott Technology is a specialist business managing permanent and contract business facing technology roles across a broad range of industries and sectors. Our leadership team has, together, over 25 years IT recruitment experience in London and the South East and can offer an unparalleled level of insight and advice to clients and candidates alike. We provide a genuinely consultative service and seek to build long term partnerships with all our key stakeholders, which we believe is why our clients not only continue to choose to work with us, they recommend us to others. Show less



Fast Track

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Internship

  • Jul 2010 - Sep 2010

  Emirates - Produced a media evaluation on conclusion of the Emirates Cup. Compiled various 200+ page monthly press cutting booklets for every sport sponsored by Emirates. Brainstormed how to promote Emirates at major sporting events including the Ashes tour 2010 as well as use of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires Sponsorship where I attended a meeting with Metro to discuss coverage of the competition that would promote both Metro and Emirates. Wrote various press releases for Emirates coverage and promotios. Accountable for a 400+ page report based on Emirates Worldwide coverage of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Visited Emirates head office to discuss plans for their sponsorship of the 2010 Ryder Cup in Wales. Spent a day at Arsenal Football Club in order to see how Fast Track works closely with the Arsenals on site sponsorship and marketing teams. Researched celebrity fans of Arsenal Football Club to which they could involve in future promotions. UK School Games - Helped with preparation for the UKSG Championships (2nd-5th September 2010). The competition is paramount to the success of future world athletic champions and through it I gained so much being able to see how a major competition like this is planned and run so smoothly. G4S (www.G4Ssport.com) - A global sporting initiative supporting 14 aspiring young athletes from developing countries. Helped research athletes to incorporate in the campaign, as well as brainstorming how we can promote international athletes currently involved in the campaign Land Rover - Brainstormed activation ideas for Land Rover's sponsorship of England Rugby. Lucozade - Brainstormed activation ideas for Lucozade's sponsorship of both Premier League and Grassroots football. National Express - Helped on conclusion of National Express sponsorship of the England Football Team on their road to the South African World Cup 2010 Show less



Essentially Group

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Internship

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2010

  A part of Chime Group of which Fast Track also belongs to, focusing on sports marketing, media and management services, dealing with rights sales and event management. • UK Basketball – drafted plans and created a document to be sent out to high profile companies detailing the benefits of sponsoring the British Basketball League and what benefits they might receive from their sponsorship. • London 2012 Olympics – Responsible for letters being sent out to potential sponsors detailing the rights overview and what the company is entitled to in sponsoring the London 2010 Olympics and Glasgow 2014 as UK Athletics Coaching Partners as well as similar letters for club sponsorship as well. Show less



PromoVeritas

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  Promo Veritas provide independent promotional verification services to a wide range of top broadcasters, companies and brands, including BBC Sports Personality Of The Year, Coca Cola, Visa and Unilever. • Barclays Take One Small Step Competition – giving ten people the chance to win £50,000 towards their business, I provided both customer support and general coordination of the competition. • I also moderated entries for a Mikado biscuit contest as well as undertaking general admin work. Show less



Sauce Communications

• United Kingdom
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Internship

  • Aug 2009 - Sep 2009

  A placement within Sauce Communications Marketing department where I was participating in large restaurant opening projects as well as engaging in extensive market research including creating a buzz for a new restaurant within its catchment area. A placement within Sauce Communications Marketing department where I was participating in large restaurant opening projects as well as engaging in extensive market research including creating a buzz for a new restaurant within its catchment area.



Quintessentially Soho at The House of St Barnabas

• Work Experience

  • Jul 2009 - Aug 2009

  The House of St Barnabas is a non-profit members club raising funds for the Quintessentially Foundation and The House Of St Barnabas. Whilst working here I helped out on the planning and running of events put on at the house, as well as their PR, marketing and general admin. The House of St Barnabas is a non-profit members club raising funds for the Quintessentially Foundation and The House Of St Barnabas. Whilst working here I helped out on the planning and running of events put on at the house, as well as their PR, marketing and general admin.

• Internship

  • Aug 2008 - Sep 2008

  Marketing and PR Consultancy specialising in restaurant, chefs and food. Working closely with the PR team my duties for various accounts included; • Mark Rossi – produced a press release around his his nomination for the prestigious Acorn Award recognising the outstanding achievements of industry professionals under the age of 30. • Devonshire Terrace – helped organise the launch of the new city bar/restaurant. • Ferran Adrià – the world renowned 3-star Michelin Spanish chef and Heston Blumenthal’s mentor, I helped produce a PR Campaign for the launch of his first English Language Cookbook • Ella’s Kitchen – undertook a competitive market analysis study on behalf of the client. Show less



AMV BBDO

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Internship

  • Jul 2008 - Aug 2008

  A placement within the Account Managing department shadowing various account managers, in particularly engaging myself in hands on projects for both Camelot (Lotto), Sainsburys Food, Walkers and Pfizer (Chanitx/Champix antismoking tablets); performance of research and market comparisons providing support documentation to the account team, participation in project meetings internally and with the client and provision of administrative support meeting the needs of the project team. I also worked very closely on a restructuring project, which was an incredible experience to see and take part in an intrinsic global warming project. Show less



Quintessentially

• United Kingdom
• Travel Arrangements
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Internship

  • Jun 2008 - Jul 2008

  Quintessentially, the luxury lifestyle group, is a private members' club with a 24-hour global concierge service. With offices in almost every major destination and thousands of suppliers worldwide, Quintessentially can hand you the virtual keys to any city. Having worked at Quintessentially for consecutive summers since 2004, departments I have worked in include; • Membership – general admin as well as researching wealthy individuals to write to for membership. • Marketing. • Events. • Quintessentially Website – produced an article on Gadgets for the website. Show less



Imperial Tobacco

• Poland
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Internship

  • 2007 - 2007

  Attached to the Finance Department of Imperial Tobacco working regularly once a week whilst at University on administrative finance issues. Attached to the Finance Department of Imperial Tobacco working regularly once a week whilst at University on administrative finance issues.



The Times

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jul 2006 - Aug 2006

  Closely aligned to the politics department for the duration of my time there, as well as working for the features section. I feel I benefited greatly from my time spent there as it taught me a lot about working to pressured deadlines, as well as improving my interpersonal & relationship building skills. Closely aligned to the politics department for the duration of my time there, as well as working for the features section. I feel I benefited greatly from my time spent there as it taught me a lot about working to pressured deadlines, as well as improving my interpersonal & relationship building skills.