Independent Sales Consultant
Gloucester, United Kingdom
- Past
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- New Business Development Manager at Inside Mexico
- Mexico City guide Sales Executive at Time Out Guide to Mexico City and the Best of Mexico
- Sales Manager at SolutionsAbroad.com
- Agency Sales Representative at The Business Magazine
- Agency Sales Rep at The Spectator Magazine
- Client Sales Executive at The Spectator Magazine
- Display Manager at Precision Marketing
- Sales Executive at Centaur Limited
- Education
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- The University of Hull
- Rainham Mark Grammar School
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- Industry
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Simon Burgess’s Summary
Experienced sales person in both on and off line sales. Strong interpersonal skills, relationship building and client development. Team management and sales coordination.
80% business Spanish, 100% written and spoken English. 6 years of experience working in the London publishing industry. I also do Spanish to English translations in Mexico.
You can follow me on twitter at @siburgess79 and you can also check out my blog, Simon Says Stay Social www.simonburgessblog.wordpress.com.
Simon Burgess’s Specialties:
Creative advertising proposals, media agency relationships, relationship building, off and online advertising sales, Spanish to English translation of marketing materials and presentations
Simon Burgess’s Experience
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New Business Development Manager
Inside Mexico
(Publishing industry)
September 2008 — June 2009 (10 months)
Developing new revenue streams for both Inside Mexico magazine and the newly launched www.insidemex.com. We produce English language content for the ever-growing audience of English-speaking expats living in Mexico or looking to move to Mexico. I develop relationships with major media agencies and large blue chip clients, as well as further improving the monetization of both products.
As a small start-up company my responsibilities also include the improvement of the sites SEO, choosing and running our ad server as well as creating a Social Media strategy for our products. You can follow us on twitter at @insidemexico. -
Mexico City guide Sales Executive
Time Out Guide to Mexico City and the Best of Mexico
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
July 2008 — September 2008 (3 months)
Bringing the well established Time Out brand to Mexico City. Selling to service industry clients looking at reaching an English speaking expat audience visiting Mexico City.
Personally sold the advertising in the guide, rapidly establishing relationships, selling the brand and it's core values and closing deals in a very short time period. -
Sales Manager
SolutionsAbroad.com
(Internet industry)
April 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 4 months)
Sales manager for online resource aimed at expatriates looking to work, study, travel or live in Mexico. In charge of a team of five sales people, implementing sales processes, driving new business and working with the management team to completely relaunch the site. Have developed relationships with real estate professionals as well as real estate developers in Mexico.
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Agency Sales Representative
The Business Magazine
(Publishing industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year )
Working with top London agencies and Square Mile agencies, relaunching from a newspaper to a magazine and changing the prevailing opinions of advertisers dissatisfied with the previous product. Developed strong relationships with new contacts as well as utilizing established contacts to develop new business streams. Created new revenue streams from previously untapped clients including high end real estate such as Knight Frank to luxury brands such as Porsche.
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Agency Sales Rep
The Spectator Magazine
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year )
Selling to top London agencies such as Mindshare (Group M), Starcom, MediaVest, CIA Mediaedge, as well as smaller independant agencies I was responsible for maintaining agency relationships, developing new business revenue streams as well as working with larger corporate clients.
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Client Sales Executive
The Spectator Magazine
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year )
Working directly with clients from the luxury goods industry I was responsible for developing new business, maintaining and growing existing business and working as an ambasador of the Spectator brand. Working together with a very strong client and agency sales team I developed creative advertising proposals designed to effectively build the client's brand and maximise revenues for the magazine. I also built and maintained the relationship with our outsourced online sales team, getting a taste for online publishing.
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Display Manager
Precision Marketing
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year )
As the manager of a team of three sales executives I was responsible for display advertising sales for a B2B marketing magazine. Selling primarily with direct clients I developed new revenue streams as well as working to maxinmise revenue from our existing client base. I was responsible for training new staff and building a team ethos, defining budgets and managing major sales projects.
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Sales Executive
Centaur Limited
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
Simon Burgess’s Education
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The University of Hull
2:1 , History with History of Art , 1997 — 2000
- Activities and Societies:
- Member of the hockey club, member of a house football team, in a rock band
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Rainham Mark Grammar School
Additional Information
Simon Burgess’s Interests:
Music, Advertising, Publishing, Literature, Technology, Sport, Social Networks, Latin America, Travel
Simon Burgess’s Groups:
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