LFW - Marketing / Advertising / Publicity

[Bude David]

Seeking a return to a full-time marketing role after five years as a freelancer;

My career to date has been in European-wide marketing and publicity services with a multi-national industrial (English China Clays / Imerys Minerals). I have all the skills you are looking for (marketing, advertising, PR, events management, presentation skills and more) and I would appreciate the opportunity to convince you in person of my suitability for the design/marketing/publicity position you need to fill.

Precis CV:

Name: David Stephens
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email: [e-mail]

Career December 2000 - Present;
Self-employed Marketing & Publicity Consultant.
Providing full-service marketing & publicity resources to corporate and private clients in the South-west.

Career January 1988 - December 2000;
Imerys Minerals Ltd (formerly English China Clays plc).
Responsibilities included :
- Providing a professional resource for the company sales units by creating advertising, sales literature, press releases and presentation materials.
- Supervising the work of third-party suppliers of goods and services such as exhibition contractors, printers, and media suppliers.
- Supervising the production of publicity materials including exhibitions, seminars and conferences.
- Maintaining the integrity of the company’s corporate identity and design standards and supporting the continuing achievement of ISO 9000 Quality Assurance standards.

Further;
Microsoft Office (Word/Powerpoint/Excel) and professional publishing packages including QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop and CorelDraw, to expert levels. I have also attended workplace training in presentation skills, risk assessment, two-yearly training courses held by Devon and Cornwall Fire Authority (I was a fire marshal at ECC/Imerys).

To summarise;
I come from a design background and understand the needs of creatives as well as the importance of sales and winning new business.
I have experience of traditional and modern marketing technologies.
I have experience of working in a large organisation with multi-departmental structure, in small team-based groups and alone.
I have direct supervisory experience.
I have a confident, clear, diplomatic manner and am good with ‘people issues’.
I am team-spirited, adaptable & calm under pressure and am able to work flexibly.
I enjoy challenges and problem solving and have a logical, organised working style which helps me keep on top of the sometimes hectic demands of ‘customer’ groups.
I am fully aware of the requirements of compliance with Data Protection, Copyright and HASAWA law.