Alex Kirk
Senior Consultant - EMEA
I specialise in the full range of commercial roles across Digital, Branded Content and Influencer Marketing, helping businesses grow by connecting them with the right talent.
Roles include:
Head Of Brand Partnerships – Leading Heritage Publisher
Business Development Director – Influencer Marketing Platform (start-up)
Sales Manager – Major Digital Publisher
Account Director – Influencer Marketing Agency
My focus is on providing a bespoke service for both clients and candidates - acting as a consultative subject-matter-expert, while providing insights on the market and a tailored approach to each novel situation.
Area's of Specialism: Influencer Marketing, Digital Sales, Branded Content, Creative Solutions & Publisher Sales.
Alex Kirk's Jobs
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Commercial Copywriter/Producer - Events Discovery Platform
London, England
£28000 - £30000 per annum
Commercial Copywriter - Events Discovery Platform £30K - Salary A globally leading events discovery platform is recruiting a full-time copywriter-producer for its Creative Solutions team, based in their Camden office.They're looking for someone who is highly organised, can write quickly and entertainingly, and has some digital publishing or marketing experience. Day-to-day, you'll be creating fun, informative and shareable content for our commercial partners - awesome brands that want to engage with their strong audience of adventurous Londoners. As well as writing articles, you might be scheduling social media posts, liaising with their editorial team to organise a video shoot, or covering a branded event using Instagram stories.Keeping track of these tasks, across multiple campaigns, will be super-important; expertise with social and digital tools (e.g: Instagram Stories, Photoshop) is a major plus.You'll also help to generate creative ideas for new campaigns, and manage final feedback from our clients to ensure everything is on point. Attention to detail is really important here. From time to time, you may have the opportunity to contribute to the editorial team, but this role is first-and-foremost situated in the commercial department. Requirements: * Your written English should be perfect: creative, accurate, and idiomatic * You'll have previously published writing we can see for commercial clients * A flair for all things social media * Some experience in a digital marketing or editorial environment, from a newsroom to an agency, is highly desirable * You're calm and organised under pressure, managing a multitude of to-dos across different projects at any one time * You have an up-to-date understanding of the industry and how native marketing works * You're creative and commercially insightful, and can come up with good ideas of how to connect different brands with our millennial, urban audience * Naturally, you'll be pleasant to work with and warm and professional with our clients, who you'll be communicating with directly Notes on applying
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Sales Director - Global AI Driven Advertising Tech Business
London, England
£80000 - £100000 per annum + commission
Sales Director - Global AI Driven Advertising Tech BusinessSalary - £80-100K + commsFancy working for a disruptive AI company with expertise in computer vision built on people's imagination? Their innovative technical experts (scientists & engineers) and thinkers/doers are constantly working in tandem to overcome hard problems for some of the world's most successful businesses. Through a combination of computer science, creativity and grafting, they've produced a series of major technology innovations and solutions across a variety of industries-from advertising, to sports, to healthcare.Their advertising business is founded on a vision that a new type of ad exchange is needed, one that uses AI to understand the full content of any digital screen. They are trusted us to serve contextually relevant ads in and around brand-safe content where user attention is of paramount importance and they are well adapted at creatively grabbing that attention. Their London office is in the bustling centre of the city, surrounded by other innovative technology businesses and clients. Their dedicated and growing UK team flies the EMEA flag for this highly successful, global business. Currently seeking a dynamic & results driven UK Sales Director to lead from the front and deliver incremental revenue and managing an experienced sales team. The ideal candidate will be able to operate in a player/ coach role with the ability & contacts to drive revenue opportunities whilst also being able to motivate and help the sales team to exceed targets.The candidate will have strong relationships at all levels across the UK agency landscape. With a comprehensive understanding of the UK online media landscape and advertising community.They're looking for a track record of driving exceptional growth individually and as a sales team leader.ResponsibilitiesDriving revenue and new businessAchieve quarterly and annual revenue targetsMotivate and manage an experienced and driven sales teamIndividually responsible for incremental revenue opportunities across key strategic accountsCultivate strong relationships with agencies and clients to gain deep insight into their business and ultimately provide solutions for their marketing and advertising goalsAssist in development of a strategic sales approach for the UK marketMinimum QualificationsMinimum of 7/8 years of experience selling online advertisingStrong black book of agency contactsHistory of exceeding sales targetsMust possess superb written and verbal communication skillsMust be a highly motivated team playerPowerPoint, Excel, Salesforce and Word skills a mustBenefits & PerksPhone bill reimbursement (role dependent)Health insuranceMonthly happy hoursAbility to work from home if necessaryWeWork membershipPension schemeStock incentive programPaid holiday and sick leaveFitness reimbursementContinuous learning and professional developmentCompany-wide hackathonsStocked kitchen with plenty of snacksIncredible work/life balance with a collaborative and friendly work space Get in touch now to learn more and apply here!
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Account Manager - Influencer Marketing Agency
London, England
£35000 - £40000 per annum + bonus
Account Manager - Influencer Marketing & Social Content Agency Salary circa £35-40K + bonus The Opportunity: As an influencer and social content markting agency. This company delivers stunning influencer partnerships, creative solutions and social content strategy for a diverse variety of brands. Looking now for a superstar account manager, someone proactive, motivated and adaptable. They are trying to create a talented team of ambitious people to help drive continued growth of the business and team. Currently looking for an Account Manager with a strong background in account management, idea generation, and campaign planning and execution for the delivery of social media campaigns in an agency environment. Who they are: They are responsible for end-to-end social media marketing, from insights, marketing strategy, campaign planning & execution to content production. They have solid brand relationships across a range of verticals, which are naturally affiliated with Influencer & social marketing solutions. Who are you? Energetic, proactive and able to lead proposals & projects autonomously. You'll relish taking ownership of client relationships whilst being consultative and with a desire to help them learn and develop. This role is perfect for a highly organised and motivated individual who can think quickly and adapt to situations on a case by case basis. The role: Create and deliver proposals and presentations to new and existing clients.Take charge on the creative process for client projects, including writing creative briefs, reviewing and supporting the creative team in producing best in class work, while being able to, present and sell it to clients.Lead the execution of marketing campaigns on social.Top level project management experience: preempting issues while being solution driven. Must be able to proactively organise work and manage the team to stay on schedule.Manage the day to day running of the account and the effective management of all Client projects. If this all sounds amazing to you then please apply now - this is a really great opportunity at a progressive and authentic influencer marketing/social focused business!