Freelance Marketing Advisor for Small Businesses Solihull, West Midlands, UK
With proven track record in Marketing and Events I offer an effective service to implement creative solutions that puts creativity before captial.
| Rating: | Unrated (New) |
| Hourly Rate / Cost: | £27.78 per hour |
| Daily Rate / Cost: | £208.33 per day |
| Available From: | Now |
| Seller ID: | 317952 |
CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé
Profile: A confident and creative person with excellent communication skills, experienced in dealing with a wide variety of people across both the private and public sectors.
Proven track record in Marketing and Business Development, Project Management, Events Management with strong analytical skills combined with outstanding organisational skills and a 'can do' attitude who likes a challenge.
Internal Company Training Courses:-
Ramada Hotels:- Sales Handling, Customer Satisfaction, Fidelio Training, Health and Safety
British Aerospace:- Price Waterhouse Management Training Programme, Project and \risk Management courses Personal Development courses, Staff Performance appraisal training
Computer Literate
Employment History
(Jul 2008 to Mar 2009)
Marketing and Business Development Manager (Contract Position)
Knowle Responsible for producing a new Business Development Plan.
Review of company’s unique selling features and corporate image.
Identify all new business opportunities and development of Marketing Campaigns both in private and public sectors.
Design and Implementation of the new Website, Management of content.
Design of a new set of Marketing materials.
Production of copy for brochures and publications.
Project Management of all Marketing events.
Establishment of Customer contact databases and analysis.
Production of Tenders for Public Sector contracts.
(Oct 2007 to Apr 2008)
Functions and Events Sales Consultant
Dorridge Solihull Responsible for Enquiry handling for conferences, weddings and events, ensuring the enquiry is quoted effectively to maximise customer satisfaction and revenue.
Marketing and PR activities for the Hotel, including producing brochures, exhibition stands and identifying opportunities with the PR agency.
Manage the reception team and ensure the smooth running of the department.
Forecasting revenue for conference, events, weddings and bedrooms.
Monitoring Bedroom Occupancy and identifying ways to improve revenue
Project management of a series of wedding and conference open days
Identify new business opportunities for the hotel and actively pursue them.
(Mar 2004 to Oct 2007)
Senior Weddings and Events Consultant
Solihull Responsible for all wedding and events enquiries, from enquiry to on the day management ensuring the highest standards of customer satisfaction and revenue generation
Responsible for PR activities and advertising throughout the year.
Project managing a series of Wedding Open days.
Forecasting and monitoring of all Wedding and event business.
Identification of new business opportunities and analysis of market data
Awarded employee of the quarter (2006)
(Nov 1998 to May 1999)
Business Conference Producer
Learning in Business,, London Responsible for researching and organising business conferences for large blue chip companies on a variety topics including Project Management, Call centre management, Marketing and Best practice.
Organising the venues and on the day management.
Marketing and advertising of all conferences and events.
Forecasting and monitoring revenue and identifying new business opportunities.
(Sep 1997 to Nov 1998)
Senior Business Analyst
British Aerospace plc - , Head Office Farnborough Responsible for identifying best practice processes across the divisions of the company and the identifying ways to implement them in other areas of the business to maximise cost savings.
Project Management of conferences for top directors and management across the company to facilitate the company wide Business process re-engineering process.
Responsible for implementing a Risk Management process.
Responsible for producing briefing material and presentations for the Board of Directors.
(Jan 1997 to Sep 1997)
Senior Project Co-ordinator - Harrier
British Aerospace Military Aircraft , Farnborough, Hampshire Responsible for the Project Management of modification RAF Harrier aircraft to ensure budgets were met, timescales and specification achieved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Development of Project wide Risk Management process.
(Oct 1995 to Sep 1997)
Senior Project Co-ordinator - Eurofighter
British Aerospace Military Aircraft, Preston, Lancashire Responsible for the Project Management of pre production of the flight control systems of Eurofighter aircraft to ensure budgets were met, timescales and specification achieved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Management of the Project wide Risk process and acted as the company representative on the European Risk panel.
Organisation of the project’s business improvement conference and workshop programme.
Co-ordinator of the Project’s profit plan
(Sep 1994 to Oct 1995)
Senior Project Co-ordinator
Jaguar Aircraft , Oman Responsible for the Project Management of modification Oman Jaguar aircraft to ensure budgets were met, timescales and specification achieved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Development of Project wide Customer Satisfaction Management process.
(Sep 1992 to Sep 1994)
Bid Co-coordinator
Nimrod Aircraft -Ministry of Defence Worked as part of the bid team producing he proposal for the Ministry of Defence for the upgrade of the fleet of RAF Nimrod aircraft.
(Sep 1991 to Sep 1992)
Project Co-ordinator
Tornado Aircraft Responsible for the Project Management of modification of RAF Tornado engines following the Gulf war to ensure budgets were met, timescales and specification achieved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Education
(Mar 2008 to 2009)
Chartered Institute of Marketing
Member
(Sep 2000 to Jul 2003)
Merton College
RHS Advanced Certificae in Garden Design
RHS Certificate in Garden Design and RHS Advanced Certificate
(Sep 1986 to Jun 1989)
University College of Swansea
BSc ( Hons) Political Science
(Sep 1984 to Jul 1986)
Solihull School,
4 ‘A’ Levels
(Sep 1976 to Jul 1984)
Saint Martins School,
8 ‘O’ Levels

