Experience

Imago Venues

• United Kingdom
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Marketing

  • Apr 2022 - Present

• Marketing Manager

  • Apr 2016 - Apr 2022

  We provide great venues for meetings and events. We're proud of our service and expertise - just ask us how we can deliver for you.


BodyPower UK Ltd
• Marketing Executive

  • Nov 2015 - Apr 2016


Freelance Event Management

• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Event Manager | Stage Manager

  • Jul 2015 - Nov 2015

  Freelance Event Management and Stage Management services including The Big Reunion 2015 Freelance Event Management and Stage Management services including The Big Reunion 2015



University of Warwick Students' Union

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Events Manager

  • Aug 2008 - Jun 2015

  Key Achievements: • 2013/14 - achieved a £230k profit against a budget of £206k profit. • Reduced Cost Of Sales by £57k and increased GP from 57% to 63%. • Successfully designed & took to market over 20 individual brands, including all collateral and campaign execution, notably driving a 70% increase in turnover of flagship student brand. • Achieved or exceeded budget targets every year. • Successful venue branding development to market a public live music provision, including all collateral, website, communication strategy, development of corporate identity, & building strategic partnerships • Directorship of “Summer Party” – annual 3000 cap music festival featuring chart acts such as Clean Bandit, Rudimental, Foxes, Labrinth, Katy B, Nick Mulvey, Zane Lowe. • 2014 Consultancy – contracted by Bedfordshire Students’ Union to provide commercial diagnosis, future strategic planning & marketing plan for a new, profit-making events programme. Responsibilities: • Responsible for the strategic planning, direct marketing and operational delivery of the Students' Union's 2500 capacity venue complex (The Copper Rooms), annually totalling several hundred regular events, live music concerts, dinners and conferences. • Responsible for annual income budget of £900k including budget compilation, business development & performance reporting with a record of achieving and exceeding financial targets. • Responsible for developing B2C marketing strategy and activating promotional activity including website, email marketing, print, press, POS, social media, ticketing as well as brand audit & market analysis. • Responsible for management of CRM software, eCommerce system, statiscs reporting and data analysis to monitor KPI’s and benchmark financial performance, audience profiling & stakeholder interaction. • Management of ticketless entry system, attendance reporting and demographic analysis of attendees. • Responsible for all contract negotiation & music licensing compliance Show less



HIGH ACTION MUSIC LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Musicians

• Managing Director

  • Jan 2008 - Jun 2015

  Providing bespoke original music compositions and commissions for synchronisation and multi-media platforms. Providing bespoke original music compositions and commissions for synchronisation and multi-media platforms.



Keele University Students' Union (KeeleSU)

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

• Venue Manager (Entertainments)

  • 2004 - 2008

  I progressed through several roles culminating with Venue Manager (Entertainments). Within this time I turned a budget deficit of £10k into a bottom line surplus of £6k at the end of year one, and in excess of £12k surplus in year 2. I was part of the Event Management Team for several large conferences including The NUS Entertainments Convention (2004), NUSSL Annual Convention (2003, 2004 & 2005), The AUA Gala Event (2004), The Abbey National Sports & Social Club Weekend (2002 & 2003) and The Round Table National Sports Weekend (2004). Show less

• Entertainment Technical Manager

  • Jul 2001 - Sep 2004

  I was responsible for all technical operations within the department, including the installation, maintenance and repair of Audio, Lighting and Video systems in addition to service provision for other departments. Further duties involved the training and supervision of all Entertainments casual staff, particularly Event Technicians.