About me
I'm Alex.
Currently, I'm looking to utilise my professional experience in advertising and my education in marketing to become a Marketing Manager.
I'm hard working and creatively minded account manager with 3 years agency and 1 year in house experience, preceded by a bachelors in marketing & advertising management. Strong expertise in: controlling and optimising large budgets, strategising digital and traditional campaigns, leading projects from concept to delivery, collaborating effectively with internal teams, and upselling concepts to clients. Multi-faceted skills include: building and managing relationships, ensuring the financial health and profit maximisation of projects, and providing exceptionally professional and thoughtful client service. Premise: passionate about curating great work in a happy and enthusiastic manner.
Core competencies
Hitting deadlines Excelling under pressure Presenting and pitching Precise attention to detail
Interpersonal skills Managing multiple workloads Traffic & time management Data analytics
Negotiation skills Microsoft office suite Adobe experience Training and development
Adaptable Curious and enthusiastic Motivating and encouraging Work smart mentality
Work history
Account ManagerM&C Saatchi
- London, United KingdomFreelance
• Came on board to drive the £1m campaign budget for Fujifilm’s instax national campaign, using extensive marketing and industry knowledge to execute the creative across social media, digital and traditional mediums
• Piloted the development and implementation of media plans to ensure exact scheduling and deployment of creative campaigns across the UK
• Conducted all communication with senior clients, crafted and led presentations with internal teams, and guaranteed all third parties were on track to deliver
• Contributed heavily to the foundation of successfully reaching our target to overtake Polaroid and become the UK’s no.1 instant camera brand
• Synergised with designers and personally wrote copy simultaneously for social media posts, email marketing, and banner advertisements for deployment across instax’s social account and database
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Account Manager / Senior Account ExecutiveFrontera Group
- London, United KingdomFull Time
• Steered EMEA level campaigns for healthcare and wellbeing brands, from strategic concept through to delivery of materials to global clients
• Oversaw and comprehensively streamlined budgets by continuing daily project ‘health’ check-ups, making sure we allocated time as efficiently as possible, and discussing where we could learn and save for similar future projects
• Mentored a junior level employee who reported to me, whereby we devised personal development strategies, which included one-to-one training and monthly reviews
• Formed and improved business relationships with third parties, regularly finding new partners and negotiating costs to enhance profits and/or reliability
• Extremely attentive to the quality checking of work, often projects having high regulatory standards and large financial and legal implications
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Skills
- Strategy Development
- Presenting
- Research
- Data Analytics
- Creative Approach
- Campaign Organisation
- People Development
- Hard Working
- Client Handling
- Copy Development
Education
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Leeds Beckett University
- Leeds, United Kingdom
2.1 – Marketing & Advertising Management, CIM accredited
Advertising Strategy I 84%
Management & Leadership for Marketing 74%
Work Placement 70%
Advertising Strategy II 68%
Media Planning 68%
Digital & Interactive Marketing 65%
Strategic Marketing 61%
Contemporary Brand Management 60%
Innovation & Change 60%
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AlevelsLord Williams's
- Thame, United Kingdom
Business B
English Language B
Geography B
Awards
IPA Foundation QualificationThe IPA (The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising)