Clare Finkemeyer
- clare@ballandhoolahan.co.uk
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Clare has been with B&H for over 3 years and works across consumer brands- with a focus on FMCG. Prior to B&H, Clare spent most of her career in agency side roles – working on brand activation programmes for clients such as O2, Cadbury and Schweppes, a highlight was heading up the global sponsorship and colleague engagement programme for Cadbury’s sponsorship of London 2012. Her passion for people and brands, as well as her personal interest in psychology and counselling led her to a career within recruitment at B&H.
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Category Development Manager
London & South East
Category Development Manager £40,000 Our client is a leading global business with some of the world’s best known alcohol brands sold in over 140 countries worldwide. We are looking for an experienced category executive from FMCG background, ideally with a familiarity with working with UK grocery channel. Key remit: Design and deliver a short to medium term category activation plans within designated customers across range, merchandising and promotions. Use the full suite of insight sources to identify the key drivers of category performance and highlight the risks and opportunities to customers Work with the Brand, Insight and Sales teams to create compelling category selling stories Build strong relationships on a day-to-day basis and be proactive at managing the needs and expectations of immediate internal and external customers About you: Able to collect and shape insight into compelling customer centred category selling stories. Build customer relationships - demonstrate deep understanding of the needs of customers and be able to implement engaging long term and tactical campaigns Work as part of a team to achieve shared team and company goals Develop clear project briefs and manage agencies Commercial acumen and accountability – have a clear understanding of the impact of actions on revenue and profit Creative problem solver, with an openness to new ideas and others perspective or views specifically from broader business and peers IT and digital skills – competent in Microsoft Office plus other agency or retailer specific software (e.g. Nielsen, Dunnhumby, Kantar)
Head of PR
London & South East
Head of PR Paying to £65k Based in London Fantastic stand-alone PR role in this entrepreneurial, fast paced alcohol brand based in central London. To date they have used lots of agencies and they are looking to bring the PR in house. Although the role doesn’t have direct report you will work closely with other members of the marketing brand and comms team and also be able to use the existing PR agencies and contacts as an extension of your team. This is not your typical PR role and is less traditional in its approach. So don’t expect to just be pulling together presentations, dealing with public enquiries, or writing a press release to announce a new brand launch. This role is looking for someone who can do the fundamentals of PR but do things differently, whether that is using content to inform creative PR strategies across digital channels and partnerships, or creating crazy stunts and experiential activations to working with influencers or brand partners that are just a little bit different – anything that create real buzz and talkability. Ideally you will have gained experience in a client side/ in-house role, or a mix of agency and client side could also work well. This role is a real mix of strategy and creativity but also being able to be quite hands on. Industry wise- ideally an FMCG / alcohol background would be an obvious fit, but we would also consider candidates who have experience in smaller challenger brands- be it in FMCG or other sectors, or within other disruptive, quirky brands where you have managed to push boundaries and make an impact.
Digital Manager
London & South East
Digital Marketing Manager to £65k London We are looking for a strategically minded digital comms planning specialist for this world renowned luxury drinks client. Acting as an in-house consultant, this role will work across a number of brands in the portfolio, helping to develop and deliver marketing comms strategies, ensuring an integrated and consistent approach to reaching audiences across a wide range of channels in collaboration with the PR team. Working closely with multiple brand teams you will define the content and media strategies, as well as supporting campaigns and events. You will lead on the tech agenda, ensuring the best tools are used streamline activity and improve results. As the digital marketing expert for the team, you will provide context to the numbers and demystifying often complex subjects. You might come from an agency background where you have worked on through the line campaigns, specialising in digital and are looking to make a move to a business where you can really lead the digital agenda. About you: Ideal experience working in both creative and media agencies Working knowledge of paid, owned, earned and shared media channels in both digital and offline Strong leadership skills and experience collaborating with multiple internal and external teams Inspiring presentation skills Passionate about content, media and the communications landscape Innovative thinker with a passion for positive change A deep knowledge of digital marketing and media best practice Experience identifying market trends to optimize content, spend and performance Experience of how to best leveraging marketing investment between digital channels in order to maximise impact Proven success in monitoring brand e-reputation and make strategic recommendation for continual improvements Creative and driven and enjoy working with multiple stakeholders, brand owners and local markets. Experience with consumer brands within FMCG/ Drinks/ Luxury