James Parr

Current

Project Manager at Kwest Research Ltd
Freelance Consultant at James Parr Consulting

Past

Senior Account Manager at JAM Recruitment
Marketing Manager at Omni RMS
Account Manager at Omni RMS

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Education

The University of Manchester
University College London, U. of London

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Connections

290 connections

Industry

Research

James Parr’s Summary

If you want to contact me you can send me an email to jparr81 at gmail dot com

You can also call on 07732 083 548

James Parr’s Specialties:

Marketing, branding, blogging, communications, copy writing, presentations, recruitment (particularly banking & finance and IT), outsourcing.

James Parr’s Experience

Project Manager

Kwest Research Ltd

(Research industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

My role with Kwest combines hands-on project management on behalf of the organisations diverse client list and extensive business development and marketing work.

Working predominantly in the social sector, Kwest are one of the UKs leading research consultancies. With a focus on bespoke solutions Kwest provide research data, analysis and consultative advice and strategy to a variety of clients including housing associations, ALMOs, councils, trusts and healthcare organisations. Kwest also work on the commercial side with a number of private sector clients.
Freelance Consultant

James Parr Consulting

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

I work predominantly with small businesses, to maximise the returns on their sales & marketing efforts.

With a particular focus on 'new marketing' techniques I aim to give small, micro and start-up businesses the helping hand they need to ensure real growth and success, by equipping them with the necessary marketing knowledge and tools to win and retain customers, hire and keep staff and interact with their communities at large.
Senior Account Manager

JAM Recruitment

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

September 2008 — May 2009 (9 months)

At JAM I held a dual role combining hands-on delivery and Business Development/Service Delivery.

I proactively managed and worked with a variety of 'Major Accounts', i.e. organisations that JAM have an ongoing, mutually beneficial relationship with.

I also monitored Service Delivery levels for the whole Major Accounts unit and worked with the Business Development team to identify opportunities for JAM to partner with organisations in need of a high quality recruitment solution.
Marketing Manager

Omni RMS

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

September 2007 — February 2008 (6 months)

Having been responsible for all marketing activities in addition to my Account Management work, I became Marketing Manager full time. This was full life-cycle marketing for a highly successful Recruitment Process Outsourcing company.
Account Manager

Omni RMS

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Human Resources industry)

September 2004 — September 2007 (3 years 1 month)

Managing accounts on behalf of Omni RMS, the UKs leading, independent Recruitment Process Outsourcing company. Clients included Yahoo!, the FSA and Allied Irish Bank.

As Account Manager I took responsibility for full lifecycle recruitment for clients and managed a team responsible for delivery.