Experience

Coram Beanstalk

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer Educational Literacy Assistant

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  My primary objective is to work with children on a one to one basis to improve their literacy skills. Focusing on reading, comprehension and vocabulary. My primary objective is to work with children on a one to one basis to improve their literacy skills. Focusing on reading, comprehension and vocabulary.



Time Inc. UK

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Food & Drink Category Director

  • Feb 2011 - Jan 2016

  Influencing multiple stakeholders to buy into a new strategy to make Time Inc famous for Food. Delivered 10% incremental commercial revenue through virtual teams.

• Ad Director woman&home

  • Feb 2010 - Feb 2015

  Created blueprint, restructured sales team and way of working delivering increased business, better service and greater depth & knowledge in a more profitable.



Hearst UK

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Associate Publisher Good Housekeeping

  • Apr 2006 - Feb 2010

  Role was to set annual advertising budgets, forecast and report figures & create the sales strategy to enable the team to deliver maximum revenue potential across all brand touchpoints and extensions. Also to work with editorial and publishing to devise new editorial product and brand extensions as well as to maximise licensing potential. Role was to set annual advertising budgets, forecast and report figures & create the sales strategy to enable the team to deliver maximum revenue potential across all brand touchpoints and extensions. Also to work with editorial and publishing to devise new editorial product and brand extensions as well as to maximise licensing potential.



Emap Advertising

• Shaftesbury Avenue

  • Jan 2005 - Apr 2006

  Set up and monitor agency deals across all 27 press titles, radio and TV stations to ensure revenue and growth across the portfolio. Account management of agency partners internally and externally.

• Head of the Business Planning Unit

  • Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Set up a centralised department to deliver comprehensive analysis of company sales performance as well as market performance in order to enable more effective planning and relevant strategy throughout the company.

• Ad Director Heat Magazine

  • Jul 2002 - Dec 2004

  Role primarily to recruit, develop & lead a display sales team of 6. Key challenge was to manage a fixed inventory in order to maximise revenue and increase the page yield commensurate with the consitent, incredible circulation increases.

• Ad Manager

  • Apr 2001 - Jul 2002

  Ad Manager of the women's portfolio which included Elle, Red, New Woman & Top Sante. Role included managing the flatplan and the sales team as well as retaining personal sales patch and putting together contracts for clients

• Sales Exec - Men's Portfolio

  • Jun 2000 - Apr 2001

  Managing a portfolio sell for the men's print titles, FHM, Sky, The Face and Arena



CIA MEDIANETWORK

• Paris Gardens, Blackfriars

• Media Planner Buyer

  • Aug 1994 - Apr 1998

  Active across all platforms for planning and all platforms excluding TV buying. Main accounts included LVMH, Lloyds TSB and ToysRUs Active across all platforms for planning and all platforms excluding TV buying. Main accounts included LVMH, Lloyds TSB and ToysRUs