
Head of Advertiser Acquisition Marketing, UK and Ireland
London, United Kingdom

Head of Advertiser Acquisition Marketing, UK and Ireland
London, United Kingdom
Highly creative and dynamic marketer with a background in developing impactful cross-media strategies. I blend creative and analytical skills together to deliver everything from huge global initiatives to niche local campaigns.
- All things online: online advertising, search marketing, branding, communications
- Strategic marketing: market analysis/planning, value proposition development
- Operational marketing: awareness & lead generation campaigns, integrated marcomms (online, direct, events), PR
- Project development: Ideas generation, project management, campaign delivery
- Media trained: Spoken to various media outlets including print, radio and television
(Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
- Running Google AdWords advertiser acquisition for the UK and Ireland where we consistently exceed targets in Europe's largest market.
- Created the Google Online Marketing Challenge (www.google.com/onlinechallenge) - The world's largest in-class tertiary academic event
(Public Company; DB; Banking industry)
March 2005 — March 2007 (2 years 1 month)
Responsibilities:
- Providing marketing and communications planning and production capability for Global Banking in Europe
- Management of the pan-European marketing budget in excess of €6 million
Achievements:
- Implemented new brand campaign across Global Banking
- Redevelopment of the Global Banking Internet site (traffic increase of 75%)
- Created highly successful cross-selling campaign between Deutsche Bank businesses (profitability estimates in excess of €1million)
- Presented at international marketing conferences
(Public Company; AMP; Financial Services industry)
April 2003 — March 2005 (2 years )
Responsibilities:
- Marketing and business development for IFAs, high-net worth clients, institutional clients and general retail funds
- Management of a team of 27 financial advisers and consultancy to another 70+ IFAs
Achievements:
- Marketing strategies helped deliver an average increase in business by 54% across managed advisers
- Youngest ever appointment to this role nationally
- Rated above expectations for all key performance indicators
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
March 2000 — March 2003 (3 years 1 month)
Responsibilities:
- Management of all marketing activity both nationally and internationally
- Product development and creation of all associated marketing materials
Achievements:
- Marketing significantly assisted expansion from small single project, single product company to a multi-product organization with an international presence
Diploma , Financial Services , 2003 — 2004
- Diploma of Financial Services
- Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance and Investments
Masters , Marketing , 2000 — 2002
- Specialising in eMarketing
- Partial scholarship attained
Bachelors Degree , Psychology , 1994 — 1997
- Partial Honours
- I'm a singer-songwriter - I've released several CDs and toured Australia many times. I've also won a national songwriting award in Australia. I continue to do it as a hobby; www.leehuntermusic.com (solo work in '06 and '07) and www.myspace.com/thesunsetfear (current) - I'm writing a comedic movie script (I did a screenwriting course at London Film School) - I'm a keen runner - I recently ran the Budapest 30km and Tromso (Norway) half-marathon - When I find time, I'm researching a book on creativity
- Overall winner in the 2008 European Google marketing awards
- Selected to join the 2009 Google leadership course. Only 25 European Googlers selected annually.