James Sweeney

Jargon Group

Account Executive

Junior Account Executive

One Million Mentors

- Mentoring students to maximise their potential and achieve their goals in life, whether personal, academic, professional or anything in between!

Mentor

The Youth Group

•	Being a proud & positive advocate for The Youth Group & our global youth movement
•	Promoting The Youth Group & our aspirations to help improve the odds for young people

Changemaker

Henley Business School

- Analysed the effectiveness & efficiency of the Henley Business School’s communications
- Produced a ‘Communications Report’ summarising my findings & recommendations for future improvements

Student Engagement Research Administrator

University of Reading

Student Engagement Ambassador

•	Aided in the creation & running of the MyName project
•	Created content to be used across the university’s digital channels 
•	Helped coordinate a team of Student Voice Ambassadors
•	Presented & included the student voice across numerous university projects

Communications Co-ordinator (Professional Placement Year)

CELTIC LEISURE

- Assessed Swimmers off of set outcomes 
- Communicated with students of all backgrounds 
- Helped build and strengthen swimmer's confidence and belief in themselves
- Planned and organised Swimming lessons and activities
- Supported students learning and development inside and outside of lessons

Swimming Teacher

- Communicated with people from every walk of life
- Completed regular staff and first-aid training
-  Developed first aid skills and techniques which were implemented to save a student’s life on a college trip in China. 
- Performed water rescues when required
- Promoted the safety of all pool users.

Lifeguard

hhruk Consulting

- Working with hhruk on our new Health & Wellbeing Partnership as a Health & Wellbeing Associate.
- Creating blogs & courses on a range of different topics.

Health and Wellbeing Associate

Wall Colmonoy

- Gained first-hand experience of work in a large-scale company. 
- Implemented employees onto the company’s systems.
- Organised and prepared the company’s sales records in a professional and sorted manner. 
- Resolved Technical Issues, under supervision

Work Experience 

AE @ Jargon Group 🧑‍💻 Founder of Sweeney’s Blogs 💬 Changemaker for The Youth Group 👐 Digital Storyteller 📚

Wondered what it feels like to jump out of a plane at 12,000 feet? 🪂

I’m James Sweeney, it’s lovely to meet you! 

Growing up in the Swansea valleys, I’m incredibly passionate about people - whether it’s our culture, background, passions or the ways in which we process and understand the world around us, it’s something that absolutely fascinates me 🌍

Having gone through life as somebody with a stutter, in addition to facing troubles with my physical and mental health, one of my biggest aspirations in life is to help shape a community in which I can help as many people as possible. 

I’m a very keen writer, starting my own blog page in 2018, called Sweeney’s Blogs, where I shine a spotlight on the topics that genuinely mean something to each and every one of us as people. The page has become a key part of my life, and is one of the reasons how I found out about LinkedIn too, as it goes ✍️

I run a weekly series here called Sweeney’s Song of the Week. For these posts, I shout out some incredible people, mixing in my love for music and making the world a better place at the same time. 

In October 2018, I jumped out of a plane at 12,000 feet raising over £900 for The Alzheimer’s Society, which has to be one of the best (and scariest!) experiences of my life 🪂

Do you want to join me on my journey! Be sure to drop me a request and a message, I’d love a chat. 

Thanks for checking out my profile and I hope you have a cracking day 👋

AB Marketing Group

In this position I'm continuing to share the need to build trust and efficiently use digital real estate. I craft and share marketing plans alongside the partners, making sure the ideas my clients and I create make an impact.

AB Marketing is a media marketing company that luxury brands trust. The team at AB is an exceptional group of specialists that dedicate their time to creating stunning content, build a consistent social media presence, and run ads that perform. Their team has surpassed my expectations with every project we tackle and I can't wait to see how we can help more businesses grow.

Marketing Strategist/BD Executive

Colony Media Collective

Owner and CEO. Managed all operations, marketing, and content creation.

Founder

River Of Beer

Uses problem solving to provide consistent high-quality customer service
Capitalized on Covid-related issues, creating solutions that have set the restaurant apart and allowed continued growth in revenue
Designed 3 best selling menu items this summer, bringing return customers and referrals daily
Conducts fluid and professional communication with customers
Trains incoming employees on extensive service and menu information

Bartender

Emergence Church

Plan, film and edit live events, creating stand-out summaries for presentation at services and on social media
Edits Emergence’s interview series, sewing cohesive stories to be shown at services and on social media.
Manage and distribute assets, including film and external media used across the creative team.

Videographer

Comport Consulting

Providing aid regarding marketing development funds, event planning, social media, as well as expanding Partner Database, CRM, and video library.

Marketing Intern

Thank you for taking the time to check out my page!
Long story short: I'm a Marketing Strategist and Content Producer devoted to trust building.  
Long story long:
After my father's passing at age 13 I knew I needed to start covering some of my own expenses. I pitched party tents at 13, stocked a deli at 14, and caddied the greens at 15. Shortly before my 16th birthday I became the first hire at a new Thai restaurant. This kicked off an 8 year career in the service industry, where I excelled as the highest-earning server and bartender at every restaurant I worked in. This sales and marketing experience made Marist's marketing program a simple decision to make, and I continued my service career throughout COVID.

During this time I simultaneously grew an interest in video production. As a tech-savvy 13 year old in reading class I was NOT interesting in writing essays, and was given the option to create a video report instead. This project kicked off a school career full of videos of all kinds, from movie trailers to news shows to puppets on green screen. As I continued into college I was hyper-aware of the impact of video in the marketing world, and committed to a minor in video production.

I worked hard throughout my college career, which was ended half a semester early by COVID. This led me back to bartending, giving me the opportunity to capture photos of food and drinks, as well as all the new COVID dogs that were being brought to our outdoor dining. Complimentary dog photos led to paid car photos, weddings, and my first business projects.

In September of 2021 I dedicated myself to providing marketing material that does more than just shows the obvious. I found out the BEST way to differentiate yourself is to build trust and saw that many do this through face to face networking, but lack the capability of connecting with others online. I found ways to help my clients build trust with strangers to grow their businesses the right way.

In summer of 2023 I met with the partners of AB Marketing and found that we have quite a few similarities, values offerings, and experiences as business owners. After much conversation I received an offer to acquire my clients, and myself as a business development executive. Now I get to focus entirely on my client's marketing needs and growth goals, as well as spend time making new friends. This came at the same time I moved into a new home and married my wife, Katee, and I am so looking forward to this next chapter.

Looking forward to my time spent on here, and I truly hope to meet you. Much love!

Michael Harrison

My most valuable handshake to date...Katee Harrison (Kim) deserves all the thanks this year 🙌

Word of Mouth -​> Building Trust Online w/ Video 🤝 Marketers and Founders 🤝

13 years ago I made a huge mistake as I sat next to my future best man. And it was all on camera. 😭

I always tell people I made the "silly" mistakes in video when I was in middle school. 

I still make silly mistakes, but I know that you need to fully light a green screen in order to get the right key color. (spoiler: that was the mistake)

After this I did a marginally better job using green screen with popsicle-stick puppets. Honestly that still looked bad.

I look back on these times so fondly for many reasons, and to this day I'm grateful for the experiences editing as a 13 year old. 

Patrick has since spent a ton of time in front of the camera, and hopefully we have him on NYC news in no time.

What you're missing from only having the image? We pitched our voices down to sound like adults and not pre-pubescent kids 💀 

You live and you learn. How cool is it I get to make videos for work now? 

Send me a DM and I probably still won't send this unlisted video to you (jk I so will, and a movie trailer we made later that year)

To quote my presentation yesterday:
“See Michael? Think camera. See camera? Think Michael.”

Andddde I hope you do just that 🫡 

Christina Mendez and I always have a blast interviewing Servant's Heart Ministry volunteer and staff. 

Normally I’ll focus on the conversation and have a team member focus on the shot - but I LOVE Christina’s intention she brings to each of these light-weight captures, not solely relying on my experience to fulfill her specific marketing vision.

If you’re a marketer without a trusted video dude (who you actually like hanging out with) I’d love to brainstorm and share some recent work I’m so excited about!

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$1,765,355 saved for nonprofits and 106 trade program graduates in 2024. 2025? Well I’d love to have you at Servant's Heart Ministry’s Year End Celebration to hear how it went.

I can’t speak enough about how impactful the work at SH is. They truly give everything to support their community and others supporting their community. 

If you can’t make this (but make it!) I’d still love to show you our amazing locations in Paterson and Franklin (including a future National Park Welcome Center we’re building).

Sign up now! 

https://lnkd.in/ewEGHNq8

My life through the .5 selfie…

If you haven’t gotten in one of these with me that’s a big 🚩🚩🚩

Let’s change that over a coffee or zoom! I want to know what you’re up to!

My office the other day… interviewing celebs for Netflix’s social media! They handed me these tickets after the activation 😵 

I’m sure we all have perks of the job, and this night was pretty perky. 

I got to chat with an all time favorite musician, athletes, and other celebs - and they actually wanted to talk to me so they can get some publicity 😆 

I could feel actual power saying “Hey I’m with Netflix social can I grab you for a minute” to Gabriel Iglesias and having him ignore EVERYTHING else in a hectic moment.

What an experience (and I did a good job not gonna lie). 

Looking forward to more experience like this with my guy Leo Justiniano!

My video recommendation for marketers is a 2 line post: You deserve to have quarterly video sessions for fresh, quality, applicable content each quarter.

What do I love? Making videos for businesses to share who they are. 

Duh!

This bookstore is one of the coolest stories you’ll ever hear (and you will once I wrap this edit). 

But the only way to hear Brianne’s story was to walk in her store, or hear from someone else who has. 

Now (or soon?) - she will have a video to put on her website, pin on socials, add into her email signature etc that clearly shares why this place is SO FREAKING AWESOME!

I get just as excited on site of a new architecture project, or capturing emerging battery technology too. 

They put in so much work and care so hard - and it’s so important for others to see that. 

So does your brand have a consistent video program?

Do you share your story, updates, and wins regularly?

If not, I’d consider having at least a quarterly video session to communicate clearly and credibly to your audience. 

Otherwise they likely will only know what’s up when they walk in your space or see you in person.

I’d love to chat about it! I have some time this week for a few additional calls if you want to pick my brain 🧠🎥

Me: I don’t go viral. I’m a failure.
My LinkedIn analytics: 👁️👄👁️

I recently got back past 6 figure impressions after having a huge drop off with my springtime break. 

Many don’t think it’s that special, and with all the guru’s out there neither do I really. 

But who am I kidding. Where else could I get 5,000 people to even take a look at me in a week - for free? 

Literally nowhere. It’d cost me a lot of time, money, stress, and gallons of hand lotion from 5,000 handshakes. 

I wouldn’t turn that down either but still… 5,000 eyeballs from having a blast networking (online)? 

I’m not passing up that opportunity.

P.s. the cumulative graph is was sexier but a marketing ploy from LI, so I’ll be real and share the ups and downs. (Cumulative graph in comments though).

Let's go! If these companies are your peers or clientele this is your sign to join us on the 1st or 2nd!

Extra little shoutout to Jeff Rainforth at Phelps Construction Group. Love seeing the support

Our Year End Celebration is just 12 DAYS AWAY!! (cue the Christmas music 🎶) This annual event is our way to say THANK YOU to all of our volunteers. Servant's Heart could not do all that we do without our volunteers. You are the heart of this ministry!

And we could not throw such a stellar bash without our event sponsors. 
Today we recognize our GOLD SPONSORS:
📣 CitiView Audio Visual
📣 Mark & Heather Borst
📣 Dykhouse Construction
📣 JB INSULATION AND DRYWALL LLC
📣 Ken Steenstra Landscaping
📣 Kuiken Brothers Company, Inc
📣 NJ Construction Solutions
📣 Phelps Construction Group
📣 Rapid Pump & Meter Service Co. / Machinery Services
📣 Regency Wealth Management
📣 Tri-State Computer Flooring
📣 Wayne Tile Company

Did you register yet? There's still room! Follow this link to get your tickets: https://lnkd.in/ekPyVQmK

Questions? Leave a comment or send us a DM.

“Just send me the raw footage” is such a funny thing to hear for videographers. 
Here’s why 👇

	1.	Their computer likely can’t open the files.

New cameras are capturing formats like .mxf more and more. They’re super high quality, super heavy, and unless you have pro editing software they literally won’t open.

I love QuickTime too, but it won’t cut it.

	2.	They don’t have the storage or the RAM.

The whole reason I’m writing this is because I’m casually moving 87.85 GB of footage for a few seconds of b-roll.

Industry standard SD cards are crazy fast (and crazy expensive), and you need high speed drives and cables just to make transfers go smoothly.

I started typing this post when the transfer began and it’s done already. 

And working with huge files means sitting on terabytes of extra storage. 

See: the some $2k worth of hard drives and SD cards stacked on my desk 😭 

I also just invested in a newer, bigger server setup to store everything and make my team’s workflow easier.

And for RAM… even just watching high quality footage puts pressure on my Mac w/ 32gb. Unless you’re a serious gamer or you just buy 3k dollar laptops for fun, modern footage will stutter and lag like crazy.

	3.	They don’t use LOG color formats.

Most of what we capture is in a LOG color space. If you upload that to your computer it’s going to look grey, flat, and washed out.

Without the right LUTs or the ability to color a scene properly, you’ll feel like you’ve gone back a few decades in video quality.

And we take a lot of pride in our LUTs by the way.

So next time you ask for raw footage, just make sure you’re ready for what that means! 

I’m always happy to share it, as long as it actually gets used!

Setting a meeting time can be frustrating, but this new feature on Gmail is a huge game changer! Check it out - I'm pretty jazzed about this update 🔥

An awesome opportunity to work with a sweet team including Sophia Vitale!!

NJ Ad Club 
Michelle Vernuccio, MBA 😊

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner | Specialize in Full-cycle Recruitment & Strategic Sourcing | Forbes HR Council

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🚨 We’re Hiring: Omnichannel Marketing Specialist🚨
 📍 East Rutherford, NJ | 🕒 Full-Time | 🛒 CPG / Food Industry

Are you a digital marketing pro with a passion for food, data, and driving results across platforms? Schweid & Sons is looking for an Omnichannel Marketing Specialist to support omnichannel campaigns, paid media, and shopper marketing initiatives that bring our premium burger brand to life.

What You’ll Do:
 🔹 Lead and optimize paid media campaigns across display, social (Instagram, LinkedIn), and search
 🔹 Execute retailer e-commerce ads and manage Amazon listings
 🔹 Drive shopper marketing programs and in-store POS development
 🔹 Collaborate with sales, agencies, and retail partners to deliver seamless campaigns
 🔹 Analyze performance metrics and turn insights into action

You Are:
 ✔️ Analytical, creative, and detail-obsessed
 ✔️ A self-starter who thrives in fast-paced environments
 ✔️ Passionate about food and consumer trends
 ✔️ Experienced in digital marketing, shopper marketing, and e-commerce in the CPG food space

📢 Ready to bring bold flavor to your career? Apply now and help us make the best burgers even better!

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