Laura Slade

Current

• Internal Communications Manager at Novartis
• Director at LS Marketing

Past

• Communications Executive at EDF Energy
• Communication Consultant to Technology Services at Royal Bank of Scotland
• Communication Consultant to IT&S at BP

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Education

• Chartered Institute of Marketing
• Salford College of Technology
• University of Bristol

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Recommended

7 people have recommended Laura

Connections

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

Laura Slade’s Summary

I am a Chartered Marketer and Microsoft Certified Application Specialist with extensive communications experience across print, live and electronic media and have a successful product marketing background in hardware and software.
Able to operate well at both strategic and tactical levels, I have experience of managing staff, agencies and significant A&P budgets. Naturally organised and collaborative with good IT skills, I am able to improve marketing systems or processes to best serve the client.
A tenacious, committed and self motivated communications professional, I can be a passionate advocate for the right brand, service or change programme.

For further information visit www.lsmarketing.co.uk
LS Marketing Ltd where Good Communications Strengthen Business Relationships

Laura Slade’s Specialties:

*Communications: organisational change, product & brand launches, intranets & SharePoint sites
*Marketing: rebranding, direct mail, PR & production of catalogues, literature & packaging
*Events: themes/formats, pre-production, health & safety, on site support
*Channel marketing: marketing to & mobilisation of IT channel partners
*Document design: easy to use, brand compliant in-house Microsoft & Adobe templates
*Management: of projects, budgets, staff & agencies

Laura Slade’s Experience

• Internal Communications Manager

  Novartis

  (Public Company; NVS; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

• Director

  LS Marketing

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  May 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)

  LS Marketing is the Limited Company through which I charge for my Communication Consultancy services. I am also registered and pre-vetted with agencies including Harvey Nash, Lorien Resourcing, Capita Resourcing and Alexander Mann.
  
  CORE SERVICES:
  * Communications
  * Marketing
  * Events
  * MS Office Document Design
  
  CLIENT and SECTORS
  1. Corporate IT: BP IT&S Function, Sainsbury’s IT Division, The Royal Bank of Scotland, EDF Energy
  2. Consultancies:Square Mile Sourcing, Virtrium
  3. Conference Production: Prologue Production Management
  4. Manufacturing: The Computer Luggage Company,
  5. Public Sector and Charity: Bolton Salford and Trafford NHS Trust, Richmond BTCV, The Federation of London Youth Clubs.
  
  For further information visit www.lsmarketing.co.uk where
  Good communication profitably strengthens relationships

Laura Slade’s Education

• Chartered Institute of Marketing

  Chartered Marketer 2000 — 2009

  Visit http://www.cim.co.uk/ProfessionalDevelopment/CharteredMarketer/WhatEmployersSay.aspx
  to find out more about the Chartered Marketer accreditation

• Salford College of Technology

  Diploma , Marketing Diploma , September 1988 — November 1989

  This is the Diploma awarded by the Chartered Institute of Marketing

• University of Bristol

  B Eng , Electrical & Electronic Engineering , September 1985 — June 1988

Additional Information

Laura Slade’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

Laura Slade’s Honors:

Sales & Marketing Achievement Award Dragon Systems 2000
Employee of the Year DNCS 1991 & 1992

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