Adam Knowles

Current

• Senior Project Manager at Elvis Communications

Past

• Project Manager at Underwired
• Technical Lead at Connectpoint Group
• Web developer at Connectpoint Group

• Freelance web producer at Apocalypse Cow Design (Sole Proprietorship)

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Education

• The Open University
• The Open University
• Bournemouth University

• Audenshaw High

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Connections

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Industry

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Websites

• My Blog

Adam Knowles’s Summary

Working in digital marketing over 10 years across disciplines including business development, information architecture, design, development and account/project management. I've worked on hundreds of projects - from Pontin's to Virgin Holidays, Cadbury, O'Neills, Jacob's Creek, P&O Cruises, LA Fitness, Citroen, Peugeot, TheLondonPaper, JPMorgan, Nickelodeon, Slingbox and many others.

Enjoy being a key part of a friendly, small team (that could be part of something larger) with an entrepreneurial spirit and an eye on the big picture. Like to 'do the essential things well'. I care about strong processes and strong relationships, within and beyond the team. PRINCE2 certified (but not limited to thinking that way).

My personal goals are simple: live, learn and have fun along the way!

Adam Knowles’s Specialties:

Digital project management, creative online advertising, email marketing and eCRM, ROI and data analysis, client servicing, technical knowledge. I have a keen Current Affairs interest and am a Committee member of the human rights group GALHA.

Adam Knowles’s Experience

• Senior Project Manager

  Elvis Communications

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Leading the Project Management discipline within the digital team of Elvis Communications, part of MCBD and the Cossette Group. Clients include Electronic Arts, Cadbury, T-mobile, P&O Cruises, O'neills pubs.

• Project Manager

  Underwired

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2005 — March 2008 (2 years 7 months)

  Joined Underwired as the 6th member of the team, tasked with inventing efficient processes to manage digital marketing projects across Virgin Holidays, Orange, Waitrose, Nickelodeon and Peugeot. Worked closely with Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw during this time to deliver integrated campaigns.

• Technical Lead

  Connectpoint Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 1 month)

  Took projects from strategy through to delivery as part of a small, dedicated team at a leading Manchester integrated agency (advertising, PR, DM and Interactive). Key responsibilities included setting and achieving monthly revenue, web production work, technical planning, recruiting staff and freelancers, client-liaison and contributing to the direction of the entrepreneurial company. Clients: Sadolin, Matalan, General Electric and Pontin’s. (www.connectpoint.co.uk)

• Web developer

  Connectpoint Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2001 — September 2003 (2 years 1 month)

  Migrated from freelance web development to work for a former freelance client full-time, creating applications in LAMP and Microsoft platforms with webserver management.

• Freelance web producer

  Apocalypse Cow Design (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1998 — June 2001 (3 years 6 months)

  Created interactive work for a range of clients across design, production and maintenance. This complete-lifecycle experience has since been invaluable working on larger projects.

Adam Knowles’s Education

• The Open University

  BSc. Hons, First Class , International Studies , 2005 — 2008

• The Open University

  Diploma , Politics & Government , 2004 — 2005

• Bournemouth University

  Certificate of Higher Education , Computer Science , 1997 — 1998

  Achieved a Certificate in Higher Education for successfully completing the first of the 3-year degree course, before leaving to setup the AC Design agency.

• Audenshaw High

  10 x GCSEs , Grade A* - C , 1990 — 1995

Additional Information

Adam Knowles’s Websites:

• My Blog

Adam Knowles’s Interests:

Professionally: complex eCRM, agile development e.g. SCRUM, social networking, usability e.g. Steve Krug. PRINCE2 certified. Personally: cycling, swimming, snowboarding, professional networking, theatre and small gigs, Polish, creating YouTube videos with Premiere/AE.

Adam Knowles’s Groups:

e-consultancy, twestival

•    The Association for Project Management
•    Project Manager Networking Group
•    Papervision3D
•    Semantic Web
•    Digital Lounge
•    TED: Ideas Worth Spreading

Adam Knowles’s Honors:

- The respro.com site I project managed was awarded a 2009 IMA
- Elvis is Campaign's 'Direct Agency of the Year 2008/9'. and Marketing 'Direct Agency of the Year 2008/9'
- Elvis is featured in the Sunday Times 'Top 100 Best Small Companies to Work For 2009' with special recognition for 'Giving Something Back' (I'm a member of the Charity team)
- My client Virgin Holidays won a BIMA for eCRM in 2005.

Adam Knowles’s Contact Settings

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• business deals
• reference requests
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