Anthony Bunn
Marketing/Business Development
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About
Currently, a Senior Marketing Executive with the professionalism, experience, creativity, and track record to make a real difference to a company or brand.
My portfolio of work is broad and shows my flexibility to produce a marketing environment that clients need, want, and deserve. My work encompasses any number of organisations, industries, and sectors, and is always engaging, and exactly the style and tone that a client requests. I am creative, positive, have a wide network and excellent reputation, and am based right in the centre of the country.
I can work in-house, remote, or hybrid and work well either independently or as part of a team. I’d love to discuss how my work can add real value to your organisation.
The flexibility of my work ranges from….
- From writing and implementing business development plans and strategies and creating all marketing content for a leading Chartered Building Surveyor to leading social media for a raft of companies
- From writing and leading marketing campaigns to interviewing international footballers and celebrities for niche magazines
- From producing content for some of the world’s largest sportswear brands to consultancy work for a leading children’s charity
- From writing a successful public sector tender bid to producing full content for over 40 websites in a variety of sectors and industries
- …and establishing a monthly magazine that has not only been shortlisted for national awards but is also seen as a positive, attractive brand within and outside my city.
Experience
Senior Marketing Executive Aug 2022 - present Data Science Talent
- Main responsibility is to produce regular, focused top-tier content marketing to position the company as a sector-leader and which leads to client meetings and new business.
- I launched a worldwide Data Science magazine that increased readership by over 400% in its first 6 months
- The Data Scientist magazine is now on its fourth issue, and features articles, interviews, and industry case studies from world leaders in Data Science & AI, and is seen as a thought-leader in this space
- Increased magazine subscriber numbers by almost 300% in 6 months
- Our magazine reach has gone from zero to over 5000 in 6 months
- Full management of social media channels - has increased traffic to the company website by over 300% and created sector-specific content to position Data Science Talent as thought-leaders
- Strong LinkedIn focus on content and positioning of the company has seen me start and build successful relationships with huge worldwide companies such as AstraZeneca, NatWest, EDF, Merck, Bayer; Cognizant; Continental, and Snowflake
- MVP in my current role for the 4th Quarter of 2022 after joining the company just a few months
- Full input in producing and running marketing campaigns from start to completion
Jonathan Cornes Associates Ltd
- Sourcing and developing new business for the company
- Creating a monthly businessplan with KPI’s and targets
- Assisting in acquiring new businesses to integrate into our company
- Liaising with existing clientsto extend our offer
- Leading the marketing strategyand creating contentfor the company, including establishing a new website
- Networking with other companies and professionals
- Liaison with the media
- Improving brand awareness and management of all socialmedia channels
FREELANCE MARKETING/COPYWRITING/PR/COMMS. 2010 -2022
Services thatI provide include: - Marketing campaigns- Marketing/brand consultancy- Business development- Communications- PR consultancy- Media coverage- Articles/ Blogs- Social mediasupport and consultancy- Tenders/Bids- Brochures- Journalism- Brand awareness- Newsletters- Marketing case studies- Communications- Website copy and content- Interviews and features- Technical contentI have worked for/on for a number of companiesand organisations in a varietyof industries and sectors. My clients have included/include:- Adidas- Beswicks Solicitors- Cordant- Deans Accountants- JD Sports/Fashion- Sportsworld magazine- Oakland Recruitment- TheSentinel- Haultech Ltd- DonnaLouise Children’s Hospice- SSG- New Balance- Stoke CityFC- MagicTextiles Ltd- YOURmeds- IronMarket GroupI have extensive experience writing content in the sport, sportswear, fashion and celebrity sectors: I have interviewed the following amongst others in recent years: Kaka, Michael Owen, Gordon Banks OBE, Georgia May Jagger, Gino D’Acampo, Tamara Ecclestone, Adidas, New Balance, Le Coq Sportif. Some of the publications that I have written for include: The Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Mirror, The Sentinel, When Saturday Comes magazine, United We Stand, Irish Examiner, Welsh Daily Post, Professional Player.
EDITOR OF DUCK MAGAZINE 2013 - 2023
Ten years ago, I established DUCK magazine; twice nominated for a national magazine award. Based in Stoke-on-Trent, DUCK magazine is a glossy, full-colour monthly which has sold out all of its first 77 issues. The magazine has a justifiable reputation for championing Stoke City, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and its people. During the Covid-19 pandemic we raised £10,000 for local charities and sent out almost 30,000 free digital issues.My role as editor is all-encompassing and includes:
- Written content, including exclusive interviews
- Product design and development, from concept to sales
- Sales, shipping and customer care, and management of subscription/database information
- Supervising sales in retail outlets and at events
- B2B and B2C Marketing. Over 50 companies of all sizes and sectors have advertised with us
- Manage our social media accounts, including our 19K Twitter following
Education
BSc (Hons) in Politics from Swansea University