Sales and Marketing Manager

"ExxSet is an invitation only website created to connect people who are doing business in Africa, and aims at being a truly PanAfrican website. It will be possible to share Exxpertise and Exxperience with other members and get local updates and news feed in different areas of interest. Role includes: Brand Development, Website traffic growth, generating marketing material, content growth, sourcing additional resources for member and content generation, public relations and achieving tangible membership and content growth with an initial target of 10.000 selected members. "

Travelled to different countries to prepare special promotional reports focusing on the most promising sectors. The main task is to get in touch with the most prominent people in the country, from the Prime Minister to the CEOs of big companies, both in the public and private sector. Interview are carried out through our journalist and then exclusive advertising opportunities are offered within our report. The report is then featured in magazines such as The Economist and TIME. We also prepare videos for British Airways in-flight video. Key responsibilities include participating in high scale events and conferences and building a high profile network of contacts. Due to the high profile of the magazines and people, as well as the advertising costs involved, excellent Sales and Marketing skills are key to the success of the reports. Countries covered so far are: Mexico, Brazil, Kenya and Nigeria.

"Opened the new office in Argentina which involved liasing with local companies and establishing contacts with key business partners and various local distributors to sell licences for PC products and games.
Closed a few contracts and explored new ways of widening the presence of our products in the region, promoting titles and exploring different ways of launching various products. "

Worked for Corporate English in Buenos Aires. Work involved giving one-to-one lessons to business employees of different companies at different levels. Gave private Italian lessons to professionals through Languagelinkup (www.languagelinkup.co.uk). Taught English at high school level in the EMEAI in Argentina.