Work history
Classified Sales ExecutiveHearst Magazines UK
- Full Time
Client Acquisition and Relationships: maintaining and initiating business relationships with brands who bought classified and composite advertising space in a range of luxury and lifestyle titles, including ELLE Decoration, House Beautiful and Cosmopolitan.
Sales: pitching Hearst's luxury and lifestyle titles to clients.
Commerical Executive
- Internship
Commercial Executive in a six-person company; an internet start-up providing a digital marketplace and social network for activity providers and consumers.
My role involved three key areas:
Partnerships and Customer Acquisition - giving presentations to potential investors; writing sales pitches; developing and maintaining business relationships with clients and customers.
Branding and User Experience Development - copywriting with search engine optimisation for webpages and internet marketing campaigns; modelling and developing and user experiences; assisting with webpage design.
Market and Competitor Research - designing and conducting research interviews in person and over the phone; creating research reports.
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Skills
- Art Writing
- Analytical Writing
- Client Acquisition
- Advertising Sales
- Content SEO
Education
First Class BA Combined Honours, Art History and Anthropology
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Double Dissertation in History of Art, entitled 'Babak Golkar: A Visual and Cultural Encounter' (First Class grade, 84%)
Extra-Cirricular: Durham University Charity Fashion Show 2016; Collingwood College Charity Fashion Show 2014 and 2015; Collingwood College Netball Club; Life-Drawing Society; Student Mentor