Key Skills

• Strategic Thinking: Strategic vision, ideas development, forward planning, research, analysis and evaluation, problem solving and management issues, business objectives focused, business process improvement, business modelling, business case development 

• Sales and Marketing: Sales and marketing strategy, confident spokesperson, sales management, presentation skills, marketing, campaign, PR and copy writing capabilities, competent in radio and television interviews and media work 

• Publishing: B2B and B2C magazine publishing experience, new titles launches, controlled and newsstand circulations, subscription sales, ad sales and sponsorship revenue generation, editorial policy and strategy 

• Event and Exhibition Management: Venue negotiations, contractor and supplier relationships, show concepts and delivery, floor planning, sales and sponsorship campaign management, key client responsibilities, marketing/communications strategies and interactivity programmes 

• Digital: Early web adopter, scripting, architecting and monetising web sites, SEO and PPC skills, online e-commerce, email marketing and e-newsletter campaigns, social media – twitter and facebook 

• Business Development: Business start ups, change management, business turnaround, creating new opportunities, understanding business drivers, entrepreneurial skills 

• Operation and Logistics: Issue identification, feasibility studies, improving productivity and time efficiency, reducing costs, project management, resource measurement, improving quality standards, installing best practice, health and safety audits, risk assessments, business closure 

• People Management: Communications at all levels, motivating, encouraging, mentoring and coaching, training and development, influencing, conflict management, identifying individuals’ strengths, facilitator and builds trust, succession planning 

• Customer Relationship Building: Negotiation, persuasion, client needs identification, business benefits, focused targeting, customer analysis, improve customer satisfaction, customer research and retention programmes 

• Financial Planning and Management: Forecasting, full P&L responsibility, budgeting, cost control and profit improvement, acquisitions 

• Market Positioning: Strong market awareness, new channel identification, markets and sector analysis, brand management and development