Kate Cunningham

Business Development Executive

United Kingdom13 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 10 years of account management experience.
  • Expert in delivering effective projects at pace.
  • Strong background in engagement management and stakeholder relations.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in Marketing and Engagement Management within the B2B sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engagement ManagementProject Delivery

Other Skills

TimelinesProfessional ServicesCross-functional Team LeadershipStakeholder ManagementMarket IntelligenceMarketingAnalysisNegotiationEvent PlanningProcess ImprovementProject BiddingProposal WritingProduct MarketingMarketing CommunicationsBid Preparation

About

Entrepreneurial spirit with a pro-active nature. Digitally savvy, passionate, organised, engaging and an excellent team player. With over 10 years’ account management experience, delivering highly effective projects at pace across a number of global and UK organisations.

Experience

13 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 11 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Confluent

2 roles

Senior Engagement Manager

Feb 2023Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

TimelinesProfessional ServicesCross-functional Team LeadershipEngagement ManagementProject DeliveryStakeholder Management

Engagement Manager

Dec 2021Feb 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Our cloud-native offering is the foundational platform for data in motion --- designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, our customers can meet the new business imperative of delivering rich, digital customer experiences and real-time business operations. Our mission is to set data in motion so any organization can innovate and win in a digital-first world.

Saentys

Senior Account Manager

Oct 2020Nov 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Che proximity

Senior Account Manager

Mar 2020Jul 2020 · 4 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Leading Australian and 3# most effective integrated agency in the world, creating meaningful
  • experiences and engagement between brands and their audiences in the moments that matter
  • most. Working across Mazda's multi-million dollar account within the Melbourne HQ.
  • Managing ATL and CRM campaign activity, from client brief and working collaboratively with
  • internal print, digital, TVP, Creative production, plus wider AM teams
  • Successful execution of 3 nationwide and 2 statewide multi-media campaigns to successful
  • completion
  • Optimising internal practices through auditing and improvement of project, platform, creative,
  • task and production processes
  • Effectively and profitably heading timelines and budgets to ensure account buoyancy; driving
  • client value across every agency and external party touchpoint, driving demonstratable ROMI
  • for the senior client
  • Weekly communications with senior client and internal stakeholders for account transparency
  • as well as holistic evolution of the account; flexing to market, industry and internal
  • fluctuations
  • Solving specific audience needs and requirements through troubleshooting sessions
  • Developing premium collateral, executed seamlessly to deliver strategic, cut through
  • advertising to maintain sales - delivering above YoY targets within COVID lockdown period
  • Support AD and MD on account forecasting and planning for organic growth, in line with
  • wider business targets
  • (Returned to UK from Australia due to family circumstance)

Hunterlodge advertising

2 roles

Account Management and New Business

Sep 2018Mar 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Account lead for luxury automotive brand; responsible for global account handling and client services, execution of marketing and advertising activity, strategic planning as well as management of key software solutions.
  • Also serving as the link between Marketing and Business Development; generating interest through marketing campaigns and managing follow ups on engagement as a sales function.
  • Identifying organic and new growth opportunities within preferred markets, as per the business plan, to drive revenue growth for the agency.
  • Support the Managing Director in order to drive efficiencies in new business, organic expansion and time management.

Account Manager & Internal Marketing

Nov 2016Mar 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Hunterlodge is an award winning full service advertising agency based in Rickmansworth, specialising in strategy, media, digital and creative to produce the most effective advertising possible.
  • Responsible for delivering integrated, multi-channel account-based marketing strategies to engage customers and differentiate from other agencies, as well as in house teams. Executing on brand content and communications to excite customers as well as deliver against performance metrics
  • Planning and management of events, hosted and external
  • Contributing to senior management activity, managing pipeline opportunities and lead generation in support of the Company’s goals, by communicating regularly and effectively with other direct reports to the MD.
  • Managing agency relationship with several local and global brands, across various markets.
  • Accountable for campaign and project management, accurate quoting of services, billings and forecasting.
  • Enjoy delivering successful brand campaigns, incubating new business whilst supporting SMT activity and a buoyant pipeline.
  • Taking project briefs, interrogating these and cascading them accurately to the applicable functions (planning, strategy, creative, production).
  • Presenting project plans and status reports, monitoring activity and performance, including management of data within the company CRM system
  • Lead for business communications and CMS updates
  • Production and analysis of databases for prospective markets
  • Brand guardian for social channels – manage and produce all content
  • Creating / delivering agency content - newsletters, prospective client e-shots, company magazine

J2*

Account Manager

Mar 2016Nov 2016 · 8 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • J2 is a fully integrated creative agency supplying concept, design and development solutions for a wide range of marketing channels including digital, print, outdoor and video.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Working across multiple high profile accounts, specialising in commercial property
  • Day-to-day management of client projects whilst working closely with creative teams to deliver fresh and innovative integrated campaigns to specific time frames whilst delivering within an agreed budget
  • Clients' first point of call, ensuring the smooth and successful delivery of all marketing projects, from the client brief right through to the delivery of the project, across all channels
  • Producing creative briefs, cost estimates, timing plans, status reports, budgets whilst managing multiple suppliers
  • Presenting concepts and design to the client
  • Proofreading and copy-editing
  • Accurately monitoring and managing resources allocated to projects, ensure profit margins are achieved
  • Supporting Account Directors when required
  • Achievements:
  • Building fantastic client relations allowing for open communication and creative license of campaigns to best serve the client objectives
  • Management of budgets and account team forecast
  • Creative brief writing
  • Campaigns delivered have been proven to build brand equity through a number of KPI's achieved; increased CTR - eDM campaign delivered 41% open and click through over the average 17-22%, speed of letting and highly competitive lease terms.
  • Successfully developed and implemented print, digital and event planning projects including brand conception
  • Developed a strong working knowledge of effective processes and information capture to successfully engage both client and in house stakeholders

Interserve

2 roles

Marketing Assistant

Promoted

Sep 2015Mar 2016 · 6 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Commercial Graduate

Sep 2013Sep 2015 · 2 yrs · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Interserve is one of the world's foremost support services and construction companies, operating in the public and private sectors in the UK and internationally. UK based and listed in the FTSE 250 index. The Commercial graduate programme at Interserve offers rotational placements, allowing experience in all aspects of support services and operations management.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Assisting Business Development through the bid process; building compliant PQQ and tender responses, produced with creative agencies for an aesthetic bid delivery
  • Using my analytical and deconstructive approach to proof bids for fluency and marking against qualification criteria
  • Supporting the Marketing Manager to organise, deliver and report on nationwide and international road shows post acquisition of Rentokil Initial for a workforce of 50,000
  • Collecting information to build case studies and good news stories from our client sites to distribute across the business and externally at prospective business events
  • Providing event management support to the Communications Manager; supporting attendees, building presentation materials and administrative and for a business wide annual recognition event
  • Managing corporate media platform and supplies for events and across the business, working with creative agencies to design bespoke materials
  • Building client relations amongst senior BBC stakeholders to achieve buy in for introduction of new processes
  • Directly reporting to the Operations Manager for all creative and design works from site marketing material and communications to space planning and office refurbishment as the site is developed

Philips lighting

Marketing Placement

Jul 2011Sep 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Philips Lighting is a leading provider of solutions and applications for both professional and consumer markets.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Supporting the B2C Marketing Team in building POS design for product launch and roll out across flagship retailers
  • Leading market research to identify new and organic growth opportunities for the Major Projects team to pursue
  • Supporting FMCG products and services positioned within a highly competitive market, from remodelling fast moving consumer goods to developing marketing strategies for successful business generation.
  • Achievements:
  • Created a successful business case to act as a national blogger for events to provide social media coverage and produce advertorial materials
  • Analysing product life cycles to forecast replacement opportunities, creating retrofit marketing pitches to be delivered by sales to existing customers and those of competitors

Education

University of Portsmouth

Ba (HONS) — Marketing

Jan 2009Jan 2013

Sandringham School

Jan 2002Jan 2009

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