Experience

OMD Australia

• Australia
• Advertising Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Trading Director

  • Sep 2022 - Present



Carat Australia

• Australia
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Investment Director

  • Apr 2022 - Sep 2022



Havas Media UK

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Director

  • Jul 2019 - Nov 2021

  Leading the team responsible for planning and buying digital display and publications across all clients within the agency.Key achievements: - Collaborating with all internal departments to manage investment levels through COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in all commercial deals being delivered in 2020 and 2021 - Easing pressure on company value pots by negotiating over £1m in additional value - 100% client audit targets delivered since starting in the role - Developed junior members of the team, resulting in 4 promotions - Won a Newsworks award for implementation of O2’s Apple Watch 4 launch campaign - Shortlisted for a Newsworks awards 3 times across 2019-2021Main responsibilities: - Management of team of four including day to day support as well as coaching, progression and development - Collaborating with all client leads to maximise investment levels and increase client satisfaction - Forecasting client spend across the year to maximise commercial outcomes of agency deals - Supervising client implementation and delivery across the team including key clients such as O2, Kia, Hyundai, Royal Mail and Genesis Motors - Monitoring of client audit deliverables and data supply, including being main point of contact and attendee for all external meetings with auditors and clients - Monitoring and optimising all planning and buying to deliver on all agency deals - Liaising with internal departments to deliver on publisher deals - Tracking agency deals and reporting status to the Business Director and central trading team - Submission of new business pricing grids using market knowledge and relationships - Main point of contact for new business strategic responses - Updating agency and specific clients with latest market changes and new opportunities Show less

• Account Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Jul 2019

  Responsible for planning and buying press, radio and digital display within the Investment department. This was across a variety of clients including O2, Nandos and Kia. Responsible for monitoring and reconciling all agency radio deals across Havas and assisting with the monitoring of various publisher deals. This consisted tracking contract conditions across multiple media owners and ensuring the deals were met. This role included regular involvement with pitch activity and new business opportunities. Show less

• Senior Account Executive

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2016

  Responsible for planning and buying press, radio and digital display across a variety of clients including O2, Nationwide, Flight Centre and Dominos Pizza.Main responsibilities included liaising with media owners, clients and other internal departments in order to ensure all briefs were responded to in the best possible manner. Day to day consisted of negotiating appropriate rates, managing the campaign implementation and making sure that all billings systems were up to date and correct. Tracking audit scores across both press and radio and collating and supplying all the data necessary for this was also a large part of my role.As input to the wider team and using my radio experience from my previous agency, I collated and circulated the RAJAR update to the entire agency and various clients to make sure any industry changes and developments are available to everyone every quarter, taking care to incorporate industry trends and future opportunities into this. Show less



M4C- Integrated into GroupM

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Executive

  • Oct 2013 - Dec 2014

  Buying media on of the UK Government Account. Initially started working on Television, Press and Radio, however I later specialised in Radio.This role involves planning, buying and implementation of campaigns on a day to day basis. More specifically, being competent in all planning and buying systems across all 3 medias. I was regularly required to liaise with clients at various stages throughout campaigns and making sure that campaigns were delivered fully, to budget and achieving any KPI's outlined at briefing stage. This also included putting together post campaign analysis for the activity and suggesting changes for the future. This position allows me to start developing relationships with key media owners to ensure not only the best rates but also that campaigns are being delivered to the best of our ability. It was my responsibility to make sure that all billing systems and financial paperwork were correct and within budget whilst also passing on any industry trends and changes to clients and colleagues alike. Show less



MPC

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - Oct 2013

• Runner

  • Nov 2012 - Jan 2013