Nick Burcher

Nick Burcher

Head of VNC UK and Products / Partnerships EMEA at VivaKi Nerve Center

London, United Kingdom

Current
  • Head of VNC UK and Products / Partnerships EMEA at VivaKi Nerve Center
  • Publisher at www.nickburcher.com
Past
  • Head of Social Media and Audience Messages EMEA at VivaKi Nerve Center
  • Board Director at Zed Media (Zed Digital)
  • Board Director (Integrated Trading) at Zed Media
  • Board Director (offline trading) at Zed Media
  • Press Manager at ZenithOptimedia (Zenith Media)
Education
  • University of Nottingham
Connections
387 connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising
Websites

Nick Burcher’s Summary

Nick Burcher’s Specialties:

Social Media, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation, Mobile Marketing, Media Strategy, Negotiation, Trading


Nick Burcher’s Experience

  • Head of VNC UK and Products / Partnerships EMEA

    VivaKi Nerve Center

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    March 2009Present (5 months)

    Nick's role is in Publicis Groupe's VivaKi Nerve Center EMEA.

    Nick heads up the VivaKi Nerve Center team in the UK overseeing Groupe wide offerings in SEO, Paid Search, email / lead generation and mobile (Phone Valley.)

    Furthermore, for EMEA Nick is responsible for developing / implementing the VivaKi Nerve Center products across the Groupe:

    - Building the Audience On Demand Exchange trading system for online display

    - Developing VivaKi capabilities in Social Media

    - Driving 'The Pool' collaborative research projects between VivaKi agency clients and prominent media owners

    - Enhancing venture capital relationships through VivaKi Ventures

    - Developing VivaKi dashboard and data interface solutions

    - Co-ordinating VivaKi partnership activity with Google / Microsoft etc

  • Publisher

    www.nickburcher.com

    (Online Media industry)

    2006Present (3 years)

    Blogging about media and advertising at www.nickburcher.com

  • Head of Social Media and Audience Messages EMEA

    VivaKi Nerve Center

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    October 2008February 2009 (5 months)

    Nick's role is in Publicis Groupe's newly created VivaKi Nerve Center in London. The VivaKi Nerve Center is working with media owners and technology companies to build new digital tools and platforms for the Groupe media agencies - allowing marketers to more effectively distribute messages across the web, mobile and other emerging media.

    Nick has an EMEA remit and will focus on developing social media offerings and display advertising technologies.

  • Board Director

    Zed Media (Zed Digital)

    (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    April 2007December 2008 (1 year 9 months)

    Responsible for managing 30+ people and sit on the management board of Zed Media. Run the Search (PPC and SEO) and Affiliate Marketing teams + work with mobile, UGC and social media.

    Speaking engagements: Click 07, MTM Social Networking roundtable and IAB Web 2.0 workshop.

    Winner: Telegraph Brand Pioneers creative solution competition
    Winner: Metro 'Johnny Ball Reveals All' creative solution competition

    Qualified 'Google Advertising Professional' (GAP exam passed July 2007)

    Clients include BT, Toyota, L'Oreal, Lloyds TSB, Yahoo, Kelkoo, HP and Zurich.

  • Board Director (Integrated Trading)

    Zed Media

    (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    November 2005March 2007 (1 year 5 months)

  • Board Director (offline trading)

    Zed Media

    (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    November 2003October 2005 (2 years)

  • Press Manager

    ZenithOptimedia (Zenith Media)

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    19972003 (6 years)

    Winner Campaign Gold Award (2002) for launch of MG-TF.


Nick Burcher’s Education

  • University of Nottingham

    BA Politics , 19921996


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