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Former business journalist, handled external and internal communications projects for fmcg and institutional clients for London agencies before going independent. Broad skills and sector experience.
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| Hourly Rate / Cost: | £40.00 per hour |
| Daily Rate / Cost: | £320.00 per day |
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| Seller ID: | 322685 |
 : Offers a discounted hourly rate to registered charities |
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SkillsCV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé
NCTJ-trained (London College of Media), I spent four years as a business journalist before entering London agency PR to work on a diversity of blue chip accounts (Gillette, Avis, PaperMate, PriceWaterhouse), going independent in 1985. Have worked consistently since, amassing broad skills and experience across an equally diverse client sector base. I am also a music consultant with 10 years experience in label management, publishing, A&R and promotion.
Employment History
(Mar 1983 to Mar 1985)
Head of Media
London W1Managed external and internal comms for clients including PriceWaterhouse, Avis UK, Canada Dry Rawlings. Experience in news generation and distribution, feature writing and placement, customer publishing.
(Oct 1979 to Aug 1982)
Account Manager
London WC2Planned and managed PR campaigns for Gillette Shaving Products, Stock Distilleries, PaperMate Pens. Experience in product and press launches, advertising planning and implementation, news generation and distribution, feature writing and placement, customer publishing, broadcast.
(Sep 1975 to Sep 1979)
Section Editor
Benn Publications, London EC4Business journalist on monthly and weekly business magazines, specialising in furniture and furnishings markets.
Education
(Sep 1975 to Sep 1976)
London College of Media
National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) Diploma in Periodical Journalism.
(Sep 1968 to Jun 1973)
Malvern College
5 'O' and 3 'A' grade levels (Art, English)
Categories & Freelance Skills
Administration Support
Categories
Skills
- Complaint Handling
- Customer Service
- Excel (Microsoft)
- Letter Writing
- Microsoft
- Publisher (Microsoft)
- Word (Microsoft)
HR/Training & Development
Categories
Management Consultancy
Categories
Skills
- 10 to 20 (Project Consultancy - Staff (numbers))
- Advertising Strategy (Marketing Consulting)
- Business Development (Business Consulting)
- Business Intelligence (Project Consultancy)
- Business Plan Creation (Marketing Consulting)
- Business Plan Creation (Project Consultancy)
- Campaign Management (Project Consultancy)
- Communication All Levels (Project Consultancy)
- Communications Strategy (Marketing Consulting)
- Company Start-up
- Competitive Analysis
- Customer Care (Business Consulting)
- Direct Selling (Marketing Consulting)
- Distribution Management (Business Consulting)
- e-Business Development
- Excel (Microsoft)
- General Management (Business Consulting)
- Logistics (Business Consulting)
- Man Management (Project Consultancy)
- Managing Suppliers (Project Consultancy)
- Market Research (Marketing Consulting)
- Marketing Management (Marketing Consulting)
- Marketing Strategy (Marketing Consulting)
- Media (Project Consultancy)
- Microsoft
- New Product Launch (Marketing Consulting)
- PR Strategy (Marketing Consulting)
- Private Sector (Project Consultancy)
- Procurement/Purchasing (Business Consulting)
- Project Management (Project Consultancy)
- Small Business Development (Business Consulting)
- SME (Project Consultancy)
- SME Sector
- Staff (numbers) (Project Consultancy)
- Supply Chain Management (Business Consulting)
- Word (Microsoft)
Marketing/Advertising/PR
Categories
- Advertising
- Campaign Management
- Charity Fundraising
- Events
- Market Research
- Marketing
- Print/Production
- Public Relations
Skills
- Above The Line
- Annual Reports (Public Relations - Publications)
- Annual Reports (Public Relations - Copywriting)
- Artwork Production (Marketing)
- B2B
- B2C
- Below The Line
- Blogging (Public Relations - Web PR)
- Branding & Brand Management (Marketing)
- Briefings (Events)
- Brochures
- Campaign Evaluation (Campaign Management)
- Campaign Implementation (Campaign Management)
- Case Studies (Public Relations - Copywriting)
- Charity/Not for Profit (Marketing)
- Conferences (Public Relations - Event Management)
- Consultancy (Public Relations)
- Contingency Implementation (Public Relations - Crisis Management)
- Copywriting (Marketing - Direct Marketing)
- Copywriting (Public Relations - Newsletters/In-house Journals)
- Copywriting (Public Relations - Publications)
- Copywriting (Public Relations)
- Copywriting
- Crisis Management (Public Relations)
- Customer Magazines (Public Relations - Publications)
- Database Management (Public Relations)
- Direct Marketing (Marketing)
- e-Brochures (Public Relations - Web PR)
- E-commerce (Marketing - Direct Marketing)
- Editing
- Editorial Planning (Public Relations - Newsletters/In-house Journals)
- Email Marketing (Marketing - Direct Marketing)
- e-Marketing (Marketing)
- Event Management (Public Relations)
- Event Management (Charity Fundraising)
- Exhibitions (Events)
- Exhibitions & Conferences (Marketing)
- External Communications
- Feature Negotiation (Public Relations - Media Relations)
- Feature Placement (Public Relations - Media Relations)
- Features (Public Relations - Copywriting)
- Internal Communications (Public Relations)
- Internal Communications
- List Broking (Marketing - Direct Marketing)
- List Building (Marketing - Direct Marketing)
- Media Buying (Marketing - Direct Marketing)
- Media Buying
- Media Planning
- Media Relations (Public Relations)
- Merchandising
- Newsletters/In-house Journals (Public Relations)
- Podcasting (Public Relations - Web PR)
- Point of Sale Material
- PR Fulfilment (Public Relations)
- PR Strategy Development (Public Relations - Consultancy)
- PR Strategy Implementation (Public Relations - Consultancy)
- Presentation Delivery
- Presentation Preparation
- Press Conferences (Events)
- Press Conferences (Public Relations - Event Management)
- Press Enquiries (Public Relations - Media Relations)
- Press Releases (Public Relations - Copywriting)
- Press Releases (Public Relations - Media Relations)
- Product Launches (Public Relations - Event Management)
- Production Liaison (Public Relations - Newsletters/In-house Journals)
- Promotions
- Proof Reading
- Publications (Public Relations)
- Publications
- Publicity Material (Public Relations - Copywriting)
- RSS (Public Relations - Web PR)
- Sponsorship
- Staff Communications (Public Relations - Internal Communications)
- Strategy Development
- Survey Reports (Public Relations - Copywriting)
- Surveys (Market Research)
- Web PR (Public Relations)
Media & Creative
Categories
Skills
- Advertising & PR (Specialism)
- Annual Reports
- Business & Finance (Specialism)
- Business to Business (Journalism - Magazines)
- Business to Business (Writing)
- Business to Consumer (Writing)
- Business Writing (Writing)
- Commissioning (Journalism)
- Commissioning (Editing)
- Construction (Specialism)
- Copywriting (Writing)
- Creative Writing (Writing)
- CVs (Writing)
- Digital Media Creation (Broadcasting)
- Editorial Management (Editing)
- Education (Specialism)
- Entertainment (Specialism)
- IT & Internet (Writing)
- IT & Internet (Specialism)
- Magazine Editing (Editing)
- Magazines (Journalism)
- Magazines
- Management (Journalism)
- Manufacturing (Specialism)
- Marketing Copy (Writing)
- Music (Broadcasting)
- Music (Specialism)
- News (Broadcasting)
- Newsletters (Writing)
- Newspaper Editing (Editing)
- Press Releases (Writing)
- Promotional Material
- Proof Reading (Editing)
- Radio (Broadcasting)
- Specialism
- Specialist (Specialism)
- Sub-editing (Editing)
- Technical
- Voice Overs - Male (Broadcasting)
- Web Content (Writing)
- Website Editing (Editing)
- White Papers/Reports (Writing)
Sales/Account Management
Categories
- Account/Client Management
- New Business Development
- Proposals/Bids & Tenders
- Sales Management/Strategy
- Sales Support
Skills
- Account Management (Account/Client Management)
- Account Planning (Account/Client Management)
- B2B
- B2C
- Client Accounts (Account/Client Management)
- Client Assessment (Sales Management/Strategy)
- Client Liaison (Account/Client Management)
- Client Management (Account/Client Management)
- Client Prospecting (New Business Development)
- Client Researching (New Business Development)
- Competitor Analysis (Sales Management/Strategy)
- CRM Development (Sales Management/Strategy)
- CRM User Experience
- Excel (Microsoft)
- Job Level (Sales Management/Strategy)
- Market Analysis (Sales Management/Strategy)
- Microsoft
- Negotiation
- Outlook (Microsoft)
- Presentation Delivery
- Presentation Preparation
- Product Sales
- Relationship Building (Account/Client Management)
- Sales Manager (Sales Management/Strategy - Job Level)
- Solution Sales
- Tender Preparation (Proposals/Bids & Tenders)
- Word (Microsoft)
