Paul Smith

Current

• Marketing & New Media Business Development at pcr recruitment
• School Enterprise Initiative at Saffron Walden High School
• Partner at [ & ] smithandsaunders.com

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Past

• Web Marketing Director, EMEA at UUNET
• Web Marketing Manager at UUNET PIPEX
• Web and Design Manager at PIPEX

• Design Manager at Unipalm PIPEX
• Snr.Information Designer at Uniplam
• Snr.Information Designer, UK at Sema Group

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Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Company
• SEO Company

Paul Smith’s Summary

- 28 yrs in the creative industry
- Last 16 years working with new media and digital broadcast
- Worked for the first commercial ISP (PIPEX), finishing as EMEA Web Director for UUNET (was PIPEX/UUNET/MFS/MCI/Worldcom!!). 11 years in total
- Set up one of the first UK web creative studios @ PIPEX
- Extensive branding and corporate identity background
- Both client and agency side experience
- Focused on delivering real business benefits using integrated marketing
- Get my daughter to take up golf

Paul Smith’s Specialties:

- Pioneering and award winning Digital /New Media marketing and creative
- Extensive branding and corporate identity
- European and USA market knowledge
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Search Engine marketing (SEM)
- Web Analytics
- Key Word and PPC management

Paul Smith’s Experience

• Marketing & New Media Business Development

  pcr recruitment

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)

• School Enterprise Initiative

  Saffron Walden High School

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)

  January 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  Set-up and developed school enterprise initiative through setting up a school ‘shop’ which is located within the school grounds.
  
  It enables students to learn and manage within a retail environment plus develop various entrepreneurial skills.

• Partner

  [ & ] smithandsaunders.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  2003 — Present (5 years)

  [ WHAT WE BELIEVE ]
  We believe in results, we believe in customer insight. We want to help you drive your business forward.
  
  [ WHAT WE CAN DO ]
  We can deliver something that is relevant, memorable and sustainable.
  
  Effective marketing requires an expertise in marketing, but also a solid understanding of the technologies involved in order to deliver the right solution. We understand that these are different disciplines, which defines our offerings accordingly.
  
  We offer you accountability every step of the way. We can offer that accountability because we have the experience to prove it.
  
  [ FOCUS ]
  Strategic consultancy and development for Digital New Media, Marketing Communications and Branding.

• Web Marketing Director, EMEA

  UUNET

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)

  1999 — 2002 (3 years)

• Web Marketing Manager

  UUNET PIPEX

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)

  1997 — 1999 (2 years)

• Web and Design Manager

  PIPEX

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  1994 — 1997 (3 years)

• Design Manager

  Unipalm PIPEX

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  1993 — 1994 (1 year)

• Snr.Information Designer

  Uniplam

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  1992 — 1993 (1 year)

• Snr.Information Designer, UK

  Sema Group

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1990 — 1992 (2 years)

Additional Information

Paul Smith’s Websites:

• My Company
• SEO Company

Paul Smith’s Interests:

Design, Art, Music, Movies, Golf, Tennis, Digital Technology, youth enterprise scheme (Saffron Walden High School) with supportign retail shop

Paul Smith’s Groups:

FSB, Stansted Business Breakfast, BIMA, meetup.com, meetup.com

• LinkedIn UK 1st Million Members member
•    Internet Technology Hub member
•    UUNET Alumni member
•    Cambridge Network member
•    First Tuesday member
•    Media Professionals member

Paul Smith’s Honors:

2003 Best online experience > Customer respect Group

2001 B2B web award > BtoB magazine

1999 Short listed for best use of new media in an integrated marketing campaign > NMA (New Media Age)

1997 Best Intranet award > NMA (New Media Age)

Pre-1997 (offline)
Graduate recruitment brochure yearly industry awards x 2 (Sema Group)Information design brochure awards x 2 (Sema Group)

Various fine art awards

Paul Smith’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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