Ben Bland

Current

• Social Media and Digital Consultant at Freelance

Past

• PR Manager at Science Navigation Group
• Junior Strategist at Ryan*MacMillan
• Project Manager at Boomerang

• Webmaster at Widernet
• Office Manager at Central Railway

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Education

• King's College London, U. of London

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Industry

Internet

Ben Bland’s Experience

• Social Media and Digital Consultant

  Freelance

  (Internet industry)

  March 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Specialising in social media, with a total of five years' experience in digital. Experienced in marketing, PR, e-commerce, project management and design/development. Eager to get involved if you want help planning your online communications, I'm interested in freelance/contract as well as part- and full-time, whichever works best.

• PR Manager

  Science Navigation Group

  (Publishing industry)

  December 2008 — March 2009 (4 months)

  Raising the profile of Science Navigation Group's companies, to the general public and within the biomedical science community.
  
  Work focused on the following organisations within the group: Faculty of 1000 Biology and Faculty of 1000 Medicine (online biomedical publishing services), woZZon (UK's most comprehensive events listings service), and Cases Network (open access publishing for physicians).
  
  Writing and distributing press releases; building relationships with national, trade, regional and online influencers internationally; organising press events; advising on social media and web dev/des.

• Junior Strategist

  Ryan*MacMillan

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 2007 — October 2008 (1 year)

  Junior consultant at Ryan*MacMillan, a digital strategy agency, specialising in social media, based in London.

• Project Manager

  Boomerang

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

  July 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Project Manager for the concept, build and operation of Magic Boomerang (www.magicboomerang.com), a photo gifts retail site. This was Boomerang Media's first major foray into the consumer market, and into the online world.

• Webmaster

  Widernet

  (Internet industry)

  July 2004 — July 2006 (2 years 1 month)

  Webmastering a collection of succesful online dating services.

• Office Manager

  Central Railway

  (Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  September 2000 — July 2004 (3 years 11 months)

  Office Management, PR, Media and Goverment relations.

Ben Bland’s Education

• King's College London, U. of London

  1998 — 2001

Additional Information

Ben Bland’s Groups:

•    Internet World - Future of Social Media
•    We Are Social
•    Faculty of 1000
•    MeasurementCamp London

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