Wooshii

Founder and CEO of the internets leading video production community.

We provide scalable video solutions for the worlds largest companies via an online network and software solutions

I've led the team through its bootstrapped beginnings and two rounds of venture funding.

Envoke-Demos

I played a small part in turning an idea into a product, winning early customers, and setting up for growth.

Co-Founder & Advisor

Flexy App

Advisory Board

Hartest Brewing Co.

Founder

MentorCamp

Business Mentor

Fergus & Permjot

Worked with Permjot Valia and over 100 entrepreneurial and start up companies in a variety of roles.

Helped companies ranging from small 2 man shops to business with turnovers exceeding £14M per year

Partner

New East Manchester Ltd

Working with start-ups and SME's both in developing growth and on-line strategies. Over 100 business aided through New East Manchester Ltd regeneration company

Created and ran the EnterPrize one of the North Wests leading entrepreneurial start-up contests

Enterprise Facilitator

Outgoing

Director at Outgoing which grew to be the largest UK student tour operator and where we also founded Snowbombing, Europe's largest winter festival.

Director

Dyer-Smith Consult

As a freelance web developer, I helped companies turn their visions into reality at a time when websites were a black art and companies would pay over the odds to get online !

Developed online marketing strategies and acted as an advisor to companies looking to expand their business online.

Web Developer

🤖 Lead a team that has built several AI products, including;

🤖 Assist - a new AI operating system for Marketing teams used by companies from Publicis to Toyota

🤖 BrandCheck - AI Video analysis tool used by companies from WPP to Google

🎬 Wooshii - Founded to help companies scale video operations and production.

🧬 Envoke - Co-founded a company that brought VR innovation into life sciences

🤪 Co-founded Snowbombing Winter Music Festival, a brewery and several apps

🏄🏽‍♂️ Surfer

If you're interested in how AI can transform marketing or AI agents can scale operations...

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Fergus Dyer-Smith

Shutterstock

VP, EMEA & APAC Shutterstock Studios

Senior Director, Production EMEA, Shutterstock Studios at Shutterstock

Director Production EMEA, Shutterstock Studios at Shutterstock

After Party Studios

Director of Content & Production

Diagonal View

Diagonal View is a Creative Content Production Studio owned by Sky.  
 
My role is to help sell and deliver creative and full production output of all brand funded projects across advertising, branded content and social.  

I set up a division from scratch, delivering over £1.5m revenue in the 1st year 150% vs target, and delivered further growth in year 2, with revenues close to £2m.  
 
Collaborating across the wider DV & Sky business I successfully pitched for and won work for brands that include Coke, Jacamo, Vice, Genting Casino, Renault, Dove, Hankook Tyres, Vitality, Budweiser and most recently the successful launch of a YouTube series for Sky Q achieving the highest organic views and engagement on the channel. 
 
As a senior member of the leadership team, I worked with senior management team on growth strategies for the company and department, detailed yearly revenue forecasting, and implementing core companywide objectives.

Director of Creative and Production Solutions

ITN Productions is a creative production company. 
 
I ran the whole commercial advertising offering, managing both the production and account teams. 
 
From initially setting up a small commercial production team, I grew revenues to over £5m across 5 years. Expanding the division to a team of over 10 people,  

Successfully set up a partnership with ITV as a creative & production partner across the launch of ITV AdVentures. Producing huge campaigns for Suzuki with Ant & Dec, The National Lottery & Team GB and Matalan The Show. 

Delivered new tech and socially driven live advertising, including award winning campaigns for the Territorial Army, Virgin holidays and Argos.  
 
The advertising team produced huge award-winning campaigns for Lego (2014 Cannes Lions Awards, 4 x Media Week Awards including the Grand Prix) and TA Live (2013 Cannes Lions Awards).

 Head of Commercials / Director of Advertising Production -  ITN Productions

The Picture Production Company

Co-ordinate Business Development strategies for the agency, maximising sales turnover, and new revenue opportunities.

Working with other departments at The PPC for multi platform opportunities across Film, Brand, Digital and production.
 
Maintaining  relationships with media agencies, creative agencies and direct with clients. 

Liaising with Production and Creative teams to manage all creative responses & tenders. 

Negotiating on price and longer term deal partnerships. 

Management of Business Development team, training, motivating and setting sales targets. 

Producing sales reports & forecasting for Finance Director.

Managing marketing communication output.

Business Development Manager

DUKE & EARL

Joined the independent creative agency to drive business growth, and establish the business within key broadcasters and to win direct client relationships.  

I pitched and won work for major brands including VW, Leapfrog and Reckitt Benckiser.

Head of Business Development

Trading Account Manager / Sponsorship Manager / Sales Assistant to Group Head

During my time at ITV I started in the sales team, making my way up from Sales Assistant to Trading Account Manager, working across all major agency groups, negotiating yearlong agency deals worth in excess of £100m, dealing with late market cash and selling bespoke event opportunities. 

I then joined the sponsorship team, responsible for selling and negotiating multi-million-pound sponsorship deals for key shows like Emmerdale, Dancing on Ice, Ant & Dec, through key client and agencies.

Trading Account Manager

TSMS

Traffic Assistant to Sales Executive

I am an experienced creative & content production professional, having spent over 20+ years working for broadcasters, agencies and production companies, specialising in creative & content development, full end to end production and account growth within marketing, commercial advertising, branded content. social and more recently in Ai.

Having worked across a number of different departments with media & content organisations, I have an extensive understanding and knowledge of advertising, branded content, social media and long form authentic storytelling. Successfully setting up and launching creative & production teams at multiple companies, with a track record in delivering large scale marketing and commercial creative solutions for global brands.

taplio

The Battle

Fergus Dyer-Smith

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