Chris Stowell

Chris Stowell

Head of Commercial Strategy & PartnershipsLondon, United Kingdom
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Chris Stowell

Chris Stowell

Head of Commercial Strategy & PartnershipsLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Ambitious, Driven, Creative, Strategic, Enthusiastic and highly experienced. Having extensive commercial experience across multiple platforms within the Media Industry. Key Strengths: Commercial Partnerships, Creative Strategy, Commercial Content Strategy, Creative Solutions, Cross media solutions and partnerships, Media selling, planning, buying and trading. Attributes: Creative Partnerships/Solutions, Strategic Partnership Solutions, Content Integration and Partnerships, Project Management, New Business Development, People/Team Management, Product Innovation/Development, General Media Strategy, Sponsorship Sales, Media Sales, Buying & Trading. Sectors/Platforms: Radio & AV, Digital, Mobile, Social, Video and Print. Working with clients across all sectors... Most major household brands, Sports, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Travel, Financial, Motoring and so on. Experience both Agency and Client Direct, UK and some International markets. Large base of Tier 1 Media Agency contacts from senior level – exec (Group M & Aegis/Publicis) Major Managed Accounts: (from proactive - £2.5m managed accounts) Homebase, Ford, Argos, Vauxhall, Booking.com, Europcar, Heineken Group, Samsung, Nike, M&S, Unilever, P&G, FCA, Three, Jack Daniels, Yahoo, Aer Lingus…. And more!
Projects
  • Virgin Radio - Europcar
    Virgin Radio - Europcar http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/news-uk-promote-europcar-across-sun-virgin-radio/1430912 http://virginradio.co.uk/Europcar/index.html http://virginradio.co.uk/comps/europcar/index.html https://www.facebook.com/VirginRadioUK/videos/456837094684916/https://www.facebook.com/VirginRadioUK/videos/456837094684916/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/4045909/this-is-what-you-should-be-wearing-to-festivals-this-year/?editorialView=yeshttps://www.thesun.co.uk/living/4045909/this-is-what-you-should-be-wearing-to-festivals-this-year/?editorialView=yes https://www.thesun.co.uk/competitions/3816062/win-festival-tickets-with-virgin-radio/#commentshttps://www.thesun.co.uk/competitions/3816062/win-festival-tickets-with-virgin-radio/#comments
Work history
    Manager Business Development
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    TalkSPORT, TalkSPORT 2, TalkRADIO, Virgin Radio, Sport Mag Radio, Digital, Print Working across Denstu Aegis. Partnerships Manager and Content Solutions based role. I have carved a niche for Wireless and leading by example to the rest of the business by creating, pitching and securing business that utilizes the wider News UK portfolio of brands, creating partnerships/pitches that incorporate cross platform solutions with radio and seamless content integration across digital platforms and networks. (Unruly, Sun, The Times print and digital, native, Storyful, the Wireless group of stations & social integration) This has been highly proven in several key client wins, new business and more notably, a recent piece of work secured with Europcar (£600k deal new biz) , which has had attention from Mediaweek and has had commendations from Rupert Murdoch and Rebecca Brooks themselves. (Example assets: http://virginradio.co.uk/Europcar/index.html - http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/news-uk-promote-europcar-across-sun-virgin-radio/1430912 )
    Group Partnerships Director
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    Group Head – Partnerships (Group M) - Startup company focused on football statistics. - Build/open up relationships and conversations within agency network for Squawka. Leverage trading opportunity and innovate through creative pitching and strategy with Squawka. - Help launch into media landscape, market brand and create agency engagements, through likes of agency roadshow and seminars. - Digital and content integrated solutions, mainly across social media, particularly twitter and FB. - Generate new business onto all digital platforms. - Work in partnerships with and find collaborative partners to aid advertising revenue. Digital networks, Data Management providers. Utilize Native, Dark Social and targeted data across all digital platforms. - Product Innovation and development for new Fantasy Football Game Launch. - Regular monthly reporting to board, forecasting and creation of sales strategy for all agencies, creating quarterly business plans - Manage and mentor other sales team and sales support members, particular focus around content solutions and agency buying/trading.
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Skills
  • Advertising
  • Music
  • Lifestyle
  • Project Management
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Strategy
  • People and Team Management
  • Content
  • Broadcast
  • Partnerships
  • Media Agency Contacts
  • Product Innovation and Development
  • Content Solutions
  • Creative Partnerships
  • Ad Strategy
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Content Integration
Education
    All
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    GCSE, A-LEVELS