Ross Sleight

Current

• Director at Pat and Pals Ltd
• Strategy Director at Virgin Games
• Owner at Phathouse

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Past

• Head of CRM and Digital at Heresy
• Founder at Fingertips
• Founder and Strategy Director at BMP interAction

• Sales and Marketing Manager at Online Magic
• Account Manager at BMP DDB

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Education

• York University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Ross

Connections

421 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• Virgin Games
• Pat and Pals

Ross Sleight’s Summary

Ross Sleight’s Specialties:

Marketing, ATL/BTL/Through the line media, branding, customer research with a particular interest in building customer relationships, future trends and digital media. Extensive start up experience.

Ross Sleight’s Experience

• Director

  Pat and Pals Ltd

  (Publishing industry)

  June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  Our new venture in Children's publishing (both traditional and digital) which launched June 2007 at http://www.patandpals.com

• Strategy Director

  Virgin Games

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)

  December 2003 — Present (5 years 8 months)

  Moving on from Marketing and Operations Director in April 2007 to Strategy Director as Virgin Games continues to grow. Looking after the development and marketing of Virgin Games and our gaming verticals - Virgin Poker, Virgin Bingo, Virgin Casino and Virgin Skill

• Owner

  Phathouse

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  March 2002 — Present (7 years 5 months)

  My consultant face for projects that I take on that are of particular interest to me.

• Head of CRM and Digital

  Heresy

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2001 — May 2003 (2 years)

  Partner at Heresy, an HHCL/Chime Communications company. In client facing role in charge of customer relationship programmes and digital strategy for a variety of clients including MVC, Speedo and Sci-Fi Channel.

• Founder

  Fingertips

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  June 1999 — June 2001 (2 years 1 month)

  Our dotcom foray, to build a personalised entertainment recommendation service

• Founder and Strategy Director

  BMP interAction

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 1994 — June 1999 (4 years 11 months)

  Pre-eminent online marketing agency from BMP DDB - later to become Tribal DDB

• Sales and Marketing Manager

  Online Magic

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  January 1995 — June 1996 (1 year 6 months)

  Investment from BMP DDB saw a straddling of roles between BMP interAction and Online Magic prior to sale at Agency.com,

• Account Manager

  BMP DDB

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 1992 — August 1994 (2 years)

  Learning the ropes at an excellent Ad Agency

Ross Sleight’s Education

• York University

  BA (Hons) EBOR , English , September 1989 — June 1992

Additional Information

Ross Sleight’s Websites:

• Virgin Games
• Pat and Pals

Ross Sleight’s Groups:

DADI

•    ThoseinMedia
•    Virgin Group Global [beta]
•    Digital Lounge
•    Ultra Light Startups
•    We Are Social