Experience

Finisterre

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Marketing Officer

  • abr. de 2022 - - actualidad

  Finisterre designs functional and sustainable product for those that share a love of the sea. Finisterre designs functional and sustainable product for those that share a love of the sea.



Mindful Chef | B Corp

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Growth Officer (Interim)

  • sept. de 2021 - abr. de 2022

  Healthy eating made easy. UK's #1 rated recipe box + healthy food brand. Proud B Corp. Healthy eating made easy. UK's #1 rated recipe box + healthy food brand. Proud B Corp.



Patch

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing & Brand Director

  • abr. de 2020 - sept. de 2021

  - #8 fastest growing UK technology company in DeloitteUK's Tech Fast50- TheSundayTimesFastTrack #FastTrack100 Ones to Watch

• Head of Marketing

  • may. de 2018 - abr. de 2020

• Marketing Lead

  • abr. de 2017 - abr. de 2018

  Patch helps people discover, buy and look after the right plants for their space. Backed by the likes of Forward Partners and Octopus Ventures, we're on a mission to bring the joys of living with plants to those who don't know where to start. www.patchplants.com



Route1

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Marketing

  • mar. de 2016 - feb. de 2017

  Route1 is looking to cut out the middle-man in the £100bn white-collar recruitment market, starting with legal jobs.Route1 is an app that matches white-collar professionals with job vacancies, it's 80% less expensive for employers and much easier for the candidates than traditional recruiters. We launched the app for lawyers in the UK and Australia and built the marketplace to scale internationally and into any vertical with a linear career progression (i.e. accountancy and finance).We raised £850K from angel investors and built a team to 10 full time employees.



MarioTestino+

• United Kingdom
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digital Marketing Manager

  • mar. de 2014 - feb. de 2016

  Responsible for managing, running and developing all digital activities for Mario Testino and MARIOTESTINO+.Responsible for strategy and implementation of social media for the first time within the organisation as well as all content and communications across digital platforms – from ideas and concepts right through to the publishing, management and analytics. In 2 years, we grew from zero to 2.8 million subscribers across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Weibo and Snapchat. Working with internal creative teams and external partners including Instagram/Facebook, Snapchat, Google and Twitter to maximise Mario Testino's communication opportunities and develop digital services for MARIOTESTINO+ clients including Burberry, Michael Kors, Stuart Weizman, Carolina Herrera, Chanel, Cavalli, Cîroc, D&G, Etro, Furla, Mercedes-Benz, The Macallan, Versace, V Magazine, Vanity Fair and Vogue.



Omnicom

• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• DAS Accelerate Management Trainee

  • sept. de 2012 - ene. de 2014

  A fast track marketing graduate scheme.Over 16 months I worked at 5 leading brand consultancies, public affairs, public relations and digital advertising agencies within the global Omnicom Group. Personal development and corporate leadership coaching from Kaisen business psychologists and an end-of-program presentation to Omnicom agency leaders on "Agile Marketing: Why and how to increase your pace of learning".See below for details of each placement. A fast track marketing graduate scheme.Over 16 months I worked at 5 leading brand consultancies, public affairs, public relations and digital advertising agencies within the global Omnicom Group. Personal development and corporate leadership coaching from Kaisen business psychologists and an end-of-program presentation to Omnicom agency leaders on "Agile Marketing: Why and how to increase your pace of learning".See below for details of each placement.



Tribal Worldwide

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Digital Strategist (DAS Accelerate Trainee)

  • oct. de 2013 - dic. de 2013

  3 month placement as part of the DAS Accelerate Scheme: Social media listening and strategy for global FMCG brands. Special project on agency new business and recruitment via social media. 3 month placement as part of the DAS Accelerate Scheme: Social media listening and strategy for global FMCG brands. Special project on agency new business and recruitment via social media.



Flamingo

• Advertising Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research Executive (DAS Accelerate Trainee)

  • jul. de 2013 - oct. de 2013

  3 month placement as part of the DAS Accelerate Scheme: Qualitative research, cultural insight and semiotics for adidas and Diageo. Segmentation studies, brand strategy and positioning. New brand & product development and innovation. 3 month placement as part of the DAS Accelerate Scheme: Qualitative research, cultural insight and semiotics for adidas and Diageo. Segmentation studies, brand strategy and positioning. New brand & product development and innovation.



GPLUS

• Belgium
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Executive (DAS Accelerate Trainee)

  • mar. de 2013 - jun. de 2013

  3 month placement as part of the DAS Accelerate scheme: International political advocacy and public relations. Special project on the application of social media in the industry and agency. 3 month placement as part of the DAS Accelerate scheme: International political advocacy and public relations. Special project on the application of social media in the industry and agency.



Interbrand

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Brand Strategist (DAS Accelerate Trainee)

  • ene. de 2013 - mar. de 2013

  3 month placement as part of the DAS Accelerate scheme: Research and strategy for corporate and FMCG branding and verbal identity. 3 month placement as part of the DAS Accelerate scheme: Research and strategy for corporate and FMCG branding and verbal identity.



FleishmanHillard

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Account Executive (DAS Accelerate Trainee)

  • sept. de 2012 - dic. de 2012

  4 month placement as part of the DAS Accelerate scheme: Media and public relations, reputation and crisis management for corporate and consumer brands. 4 month placement as part of the DAS Accelerate scheme: Media and public relations, reputation and crisis management for corporate and consumer brands.



Polkit

• Founder

  • ago. de 2011 - sept. de 2012

  Polkit Studio was a small design agency offering good value digital products - website, social media consultancy, app development and graphic design for small businesses. I came up with the concepts and then project managed various freelance designers and developers to bring them to life. I built and marketed the Notting Hill Carnival mobile app, acquiring 25,000 users in one weekend. We also made 15 websites, an exam revision app and a fully fledged e-commerce website. Polkit Studio was a small design agency offering good value digital products - website, social media consultancy, app development and graphic design for small businesses. I came up with the concepts and then project managed various freelance designers and developers to bring them to life. I built and marketed the Notting Hill Carnival mobile app, acquiring 25,000 users in one weekend. We also made 15 websites, an exam revision app and a fully fledged e-commerce website.



AdSoc

• Founder and Chairman

  • 2009 - sept. de 2012

  I founded the Student Advertising and Marketing Society (AdSoc), aiming to inspire and support students with an interest in the creative and communication industries. We provide online resources, host speaker and recruitment events and run an advertising agency for student enterprises. Creating and implementing a business plan to provide funding, speakers and writing the blog for AdSoc has been fun, motivating and extremely satisfying. I aim to continue to expand AdSoc to universities across the UK and build its presence as a valuable recruitment tool within the marketing industry."An astute networker with entrepreneurial spirit and real enthusiasm for the business; Franky is the brains behind AdSoc, by students, for students, and has even created an agency within his uni to practice what he preaches. A great all-rounder."Janet Hull, IPA Director of Marketing“I was very impressed by the Advertising Society. It felt vital, energetic, lively and brimful of curiosity about our business. I was asked to speak about the factors influencing brands in the digital age: we had a great debate and provocative questioning – continued over dinner afterwards”Miles Young, Ogilvy& Mather, Global CEO.



CHI&Partners

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • oct. de 2011 - dic. de 2011

  Intern working on the Argos account as things hot up for Christmas. Writing tactical TV ads, writing and submitting substantiations to Clearcast and creating reviews of competitors' marketing activity. Intern working on the Argos account as things hot up for Christmas. Writing tactical TV ads, writing and submitting substantiations to Clearcast and creating reviews of competitors' marketing activity.



APG

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Young Talent Award Judge

  • jul. de 2011 - sept. de 2011

  I was invited to judge the APG Young Talent Award judge. The Account Planning Group, the world’s leading authority in brand and communication planning, holds this competition to celebrate the power of young people’s creative thinking. It was an honor and very informative to judge the interesting entries along side some very interesting people. I was invited to judge the APG Young Talent Award judge. The Account Planning Group, the world’s leading authority in brand and communication planning, holds this competition to celebrate the power of young people’s creative thinking. It was an honor and very informative to judge the interesting entries along side some very interesting people.



St Catz Ball

• President

  • mar. de 2010 - feb. de 2011

  I chaired a 25-seat committee generating and spending a budget of £150,000. This role took me through a steep nine-month learning curve. Based on research into my target consumers and competing events; I devised strategies, budgets and timelines for 8 subcommittees. I learned more than I could have imagined from this incomparable experience - particularly in dealing with managing a large team, combining my creative and business strengths and, most of all, actually making big ideas happen. I enjoyed leading our marketing strategy, etching out an original approach in a very competitive market. It proved fantastically successful, selling out all 1,700 tickets over a month before the date of the event. I was lucky enough to be invited to Buckingham Palace for a reception with HRH Prince Philip, feature in the local press and on BBC 2.



MCBD

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • ago. de 2010 - ago. de 2010

  At MCBD I carried out the data collection and analysis for a social experiment investigating the stigma faced by people with mental health problems for an ad for Time to Change - which has subsequently been shortlisted for the APG 'Best Use of Research' award. It is exhilarating to see my work used in the final ad and it was extremely useful to be able to contrast MCBD with Fallon. At MCBD I carried out the data collection and analysis for a social experiment investigating the stigma faced by people with mental health problems for an ad for Time to Change - which has subsequently been shortlisted for the APG 'Best Use of Research' award. It is exhilarating to see my work used in the final ad and it was extremely useful to be able to contrast MCBD with Fallon.



Fallon London

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • jul. de 2010 - ago. de 2010

  I worked on numerous accounts contributing to both the creative and planning process across the agency. It was a great introduction to day-to-day working life and I became accustomed to communicating on a professional level. I also thoroughly enjoyed the life in a creative agency, the business culture and the way it requires one to think. I worked on numerous accounts contributing to both the creative and planning process across the agency. It was a great introduction to day-to-day working life and I became accustomed to communicating on a professional level. I also thoroughly enjoyed the life in a creative agency, the business culture and the way it requires one to think.



Oxford Fashion Week

• Marketing Team and Concept Show Production Team

  • nov. de 2009 - jun. de 2010

  My role involved the design, production and distribution of all marketing materials for the Concept Show plus a range of creative and logistical tasks to bring together a complex, sell-out catwalk show. This was great experience in following leadership constructively, coordinating large groups of people and working within a professional business structure. My role involved the design, production and distribution of all marketing materials for the Concept Show plus a range of creative and logistical tasks to bring together a complex, sell-out catwalk show. This was great experience in following leadership constructively, coordinating large groups of people and working within a professional business structure.