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Social Media Executive

GroundWOW®

GroundWOW is the World’s best full colour autonomous ground printer R/SaaS subscription. We work with sports stadia, venues, and event organisers to deliver compelling executions for sponsors and brand partners. 

My role entails:
- Conducting thorough product market research to aid placement towards the appropriate consumers
-Managing all social channels, with the ability to lead daily, weekly and monthly planning of all social content alongside.
-Data analytic reporting on social media activity (weekly then monthly overall reports) Presenting visual representation of results to wider teams/steakholders, providing insights in to what was successful or requires optimisation.
- Providing in depth Google Analytic reports for the website (weekly & monthly) highlight where our traffic has came from campaign wise.
-Project planning campaigns ensuring internal and external resources are available to achieve the objectives.
-Developing strategy and campaign ideas to maximise follower numbers.
-Growing new channels and/or implement any improvements to existing channels. 
-Working closely with the team to ensure campaigns and communication is fluid throughout.
-Paid Ad campaigns - Deploying and reporting on target paid ad campaigns. Regularly measuring the resulting data captured.

Digital Marketing Executive

Neptune

Managing and creating content for the store’s social media channels (Tik Tok, Facebook & Instagram). Prescheduling content via use of ‘Later’ platform. 

Website design and copy writing via use of ‘Squarespace’ platform. Composing and publishing of blogs to boost SEO.

Working closely with the rest of the marketing team to gain insight into service offering to identify further marketing opportunities. 

Responding to queries via email and engaging with consumers across social media channels.

Devise and developing marketing campaigns to increase brand awareness, provide lead generation for new products and services. 

Using market research to identify opportunities for the business. Carrying out social media audits, competitor analysis and updating email marketing lists and uploading to the Mailchimp platform. 

Use of ‘Trello” platform to organise workload priority across team regarding marketing to-do list workload and ensuring timely follow-up to potential leads is met.

Creative Marketing Specialist

Atos

Key attention to details in accurately logging, tracking and file process management. Working on behalf of The Department of Communities (Medical Support) to assess benefits such as employment support allowance and Universal Credit.

Regular use of Microsoft Office packages for data entry/spreadsheets and additionally, reporting back to queries via email or telephone.

Back Office Administrator

Sainsbury's

Visual merchandising across the store positioning promotional company signage, product branding and food positioning.

• Development of communication and interpersonal skills due to working as part of a team within a pressurised customer service environment throughout all departments.

• Administrative duties compiled through ordering non-consumables for the store’s departments to a budget, including colleague uniform orders.

• Part of the Sainsbury’s colleague council, where I would voice any concerns of fellow colleagues’ and provide areas for improvement.

General Assistant

Decathlon UK

The objective of the placement was to increase awareness of the store’s online and physical presence by 30% through marketing campaigns, which was successfully achieved:

• Turning all social media account pages to business profiles allowing for data analytics to be gathered providing the ability to track audience engagement levels throughout the campaigns, which helped to highlight what worked well and what could be improved upon.

• Gathering images and recording videos throughout the store to create a promotional video that was uploaded as part of a paid advertisement campaign across social media accounts to engage customer awareness within a 5-mile radius of store and also providing a snippet of products they offer.

• The important routine of pre-scheduling content and regularly posting across Decathlon’s various social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter & Instagram). The campaigns were released in a mini- series of posts named “The University Takeover” published on behalf of Decathlon to help increase audience engagement.

• Hosted a Charity Sunday football cup with participation from local grassroots clubs. Decathlon provided equipment for the tournament and a donation from funds gathered on the day went to the winning club’s charity of choice.

• The team (of 3) then implemented the 12 days of Sport (Christmas Twist) digital campaign which showcased different sporting products which could be purchased from the store or online. A competition whereby followers would tag 3 people and share the post across their social media was an effective method to increase following.
     
The goals reached:
• Successfully attracted over 500 followers across Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
• The campaign was successfully executed as there was an increase in audience engagement levels by 44%.

Digital Marketing Intern

Irish Football Association

Corresponding with Regional Sport Development Officers, Primary School coaches, the Marketing team and general administrative duties (an eyeful across several departments). Tasks such as producing key notes through PowerPoint presentation for several staff meetings, responding to any queries through email / telephone and creating poster/leaflets to help promote the latest sporting campaign e.g., Primary School Sport involvement.

I further helped to construct and administrate an IFA promotional fun day for primary schools within my local area, which included small sided football games, inflatables and competitions to win prizes etc.

Volunteered as part of the media team during the Women’s Under 19 European finals which were held across Northern Ireland. My roles involved signing in the visiting media teams and providing them with access passes for and around the stadiums. I assigned them to their allocated seating area and distribute the match day team sheets I had produced in both paper and digital format. At the end of the games, I dealt with the media team’s requests setting up interviews with selected players/managers.

Additionally, I have volunteered on international match days at the National Home stadium, from roles such as seat allocation, ticketing or working at the fan zone.

Placement / Voluntary work

Lisburn Distillery Football Club

Assisted with the clubs social media content through posting club related news, live score updates and the addition of the LDFC match highlight's show. This role provided knowledgable insight in to the importance and awareness of social media presence in sport at any level.

Media Assistant

Relocated from Belfast to Manchester.

Graduate of Liverpool John Moores University - 2:1 (BA) Hons Degree in Sport Business. Placement experience gained through Decathlon as a Marketing Intern and then a business development role with The Irish Football Association (additional volunteer work followed).

Accredited member of the Digital Marketing Institute from successful completion of Professional Diploma in Digital marketing at University College Dublin.

Strong love for staying active be it the gym, hiking football or Jiu Jitsu. Avid adventurer, snowboarder and dog lover. Outside of sport I enjoy fashion and overall styling. 

Vocal and motivating team player with an eagerness to try new things, learn from experiences and up-skill along the way.

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