Here at Grape & Grey we have been racking our brains on what we can do to make your job easier in finding that ideal candidate, so we have launched this Candidate Profiles section to showcase the latest “hottest” talent available on the market today, take a look at our candidate profiles below and if you are interested in any of the candidates we have listed please contact us on: jez@grapeandgrey.co.uk
If the candidates below do not tick all the boxes for you; then contact us as we have a raft of candidates available now who may just be what you are looking for.
We look forward to hearing from you,
The Grape & Grey Team
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Groovy! So what is groovy ? It seems these days it’s a language for the Java platform or according to Wiki its Groovy (or, less common, "Groovie") is a slang colloquialism popular during the 1960s and 1970s, springing out of African American culture. It is roughly synonymous with words such as "cool", "excellent", "fashionable", or "amazing", depending on context. Or is it just an irritating series of cartons.. http://www.groovie-goolies.com/
Being a child of the 70s I'll go for the Austin Powers Yeh Babe cool version thank you very much, so please find below some cool mamas and papas, So if these duds are of interest.. Reach out, will be there: Ouch!
Tom - Freelance Art Direction & Design: London : £300 -£350.00 fees inclusive
Ten years' experience in art direction, design within advertising, marketing & promotion.
I have provided artistic leadership on many projects, constantly running successful campaigns for a wide range of International clients.
Fully mac literate with advanced skills in InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator (CS5). Scamping is second nature.'
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Tracey – Account Director: London Freelance Or Permanent : £300.00 fees inclusive Or £45/50k
I am a motivated and enthusiastic Account Director, experienced in public and private sector work who has been involved in the planning, creation, delivery and implementation of marketing campaigns -ranging from targeted direct response, traditional DM, relationship, digital, social media, advertising, press, point of sale and events.
I enjoy researching audiences and their behaviours in order to glean nuggets of information to create insightful creative briefs. I have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate well at all levels, ensuring dedication to all work. I am a motivated individual who is professional, reliable and have an optimistic outlook.
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Chris – Integrated Agency Professional ( GAD level ) : London £300 - £400 fees inclusive
Chris is an experienced strategically minded, commercially focused, integrated agency professional until recently working on a range of FMCG/Tech/Finance clients through my own consultancy including Mazars Business Club (Brand design and online portal), CAMRA (Brand design, membership acquisition) and Aviva Poland (B2C Mobile campaigns) I have also until recently been working on establishing a full service mobile marketing agency and offering mobile marketing consultancy. It is widely reported that mobile marketing is the next big growth area in communication and with over 50% of all UK web browsing now mobile based no digital agency can afford not to include mobile as part of its product offer.
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Sarah – Account Manager: London £30/35k
Conscientious and versatile, with proven management, organisational and communication skills, a team player and leader who thrives on challenges and relishes responsibility. A self-motivated, and confident professional, ambitious and career focussed.
Key Experience includes: Daily client interaction and relationship management, Understanding, clarifying and communicating client briefs internally, management of internal workloads, delivery deadlines and timeline revisions. Finance management, Clearcast, Playout, IPSOS and post production. Project management: multiple projects, TVC's language adaptations, timing plan development, incorporating both client and internal deliverables, Budget management, costs, revisions.
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David - Creative Digital Producer / PM: London £32/ 35 k+
A professional and accomplished Multi-Disciplined Digital Artist with 10 years of experience in Production a keen eye for detail and a strong passion for all forms of art and design.
Experienced manager with strong leadership skills, Consistently demonstrates in-depth, creative ideas and an excellent eye for composition and design application. A natural ability to focus on the goal and end result of a project throughout the creative and development stages. Extremely interested in securing a hands on production role involving motion graphics and 3D.
Additional experience: video formats, codecs and various levels of encoding and decoding, photography, film set, greenscreen technical direction and extraction. DVD authoring and audio production experience.
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Monica - Digital Project Manager: London £39/42 K+
My goal is to contribute to something I believe in, to make an immediate impact based on my skills and experience, passionate about what I am doing because I enjoy it. I have got excellent analytical, numerical and organisational skills. An outgoing and dedicated person, with strong internal & client communication skills, able to effectively problem solve whilst working under pressure. Technical skills: Impact Analysis: Specifications / timelines / planning, budgeting, cross browser / platform compatibility, analytics, Web builds (large and small), Mobile, Online, remote teams, CMS systems, eCommerce, MS Project, OmniPlan, Waterfall and Agile Project Delivery. Flash, Dreamweaver, HTML and CSS, CS4.
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Fred – Designer / Art Director: London £250.00- £300.00 fees inclusive
Designer/Art director with over ten years of premium automotive experience in and out of London: brochures, magazines, websites, branding and social media, including events and networking for the automotive industry. More than just a creative I can bring new business in and have a book bulging with great contacts throughout the industry that you want.
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Tanya – Freelance Project Manager: London £250.00 - £300.00 fees inclusive
I am very hard working, work very well to deadlines and love new, unique design. I work well with Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. My experiences have enabled me to design for print (logo, brochures, posters, leaflets) and websites. However in addition to working as a designer, my experiences of working as a project manager and an account executive for an advertising/marketing firm, I have gained knowledge on managing projects and have learnt the importance of the relationship between client and designer to produce what is required |
Tony - Event Production Manager: Home Counties & London £350.00-£400.00 fees inclusive
Giving you a brief overview, I have been lucky to have worked all over the place and I have been involved in many different types of events. I have done car launches in the desert, put up outdoor stages in all sorts of weather, turned aircraft hangers into presentation theatres and helped put on parties for TV execs! I have of course been involved with conferences, road shows, exhibitions and the myriad of other corporate events that are produced for them each year.
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Lucy – Digital Production Editor: London £35k-£40
Lucy is the Digital production editor of 10 market-leading B2B websites. A dynamic digital media manager she is a leader in her organisation in the fields of social media marketing and page optimisation. She blogs on how companies can optimise their online presence. She has a wealth of skills including HTML, CSS, Social Media, SEO, Photoshop, Flash, Video filming and production and uses a custom built CMS to update and create content for the websites. Lucy is looking for a new challenge in online publishing where she will be able to use her skills for a new website or digital media presence.
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Rick – Digital Publishing Professional: London /Home Counties : £45k -£55k (subject to travel)
I am an Agile qualified senior digital publishing professional with an exceptional record of achievement in developing successful online products in demanding and competitive markets. During my career I have served as Online Publisher at Butterworth's (LexisNexis) and Publishing Director at Semple Piggot Rochez, creators of the world’s first internet law school. I have also spent time with Reed Business Information and Serco.
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Darren – Creative Technologies Consultant: London £35-£38k
An experienced bi-lingual Creative Technologies Consultant / Project & Event Manager / Audio Visual Training & Development Professional with a proven track record of success in the highly competitive Creative & Media Industry. Possessing knowledge and industry experience gained from years as a music producer, engineer and drummer at high profile audio, video, music and media recordings, events, venues and corporate environments. With a unique ability to quickly grasp scope of assignment, utilize current technologies and assess risks involved in order to achieve the client’s vision.
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Steve – Social Media Manager: London & Home Counties: £40k -£50K
I am a Social Media Manager from Germany and speak 5 languages fluently - English, German, Spanish, French and Swedish. I have worked in the music industry for several years and ran and design campaigns for Adele, Bon Iver, Ozzy Ozbourne and Katie Melua in different countries and languages. My toolkit consists of Wordpress, Google Analytics, Facebook & Google Ads, Youtube CMS - branded channels, microsites, HTML, CSS, InDesign and Photoshop.
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Greg – Senior Designer: London Free form April 23rd : £250-£300.00
I am a senior designer with over 15 years professional experience. As Head Of Design for one of Europe's best known travel brands, I played a leading role in fulfilling the creative requirements for the launches of our numerous new ventures, spanning both print and digital media — from ATL press and outdoor advertising campaigns to web design and online marketing. I have vast production expertise and have led internal design teams and project managed external agencies. In addition I played a key part in establishing brand standards and ensuring they were adhered to both in-house and by third parties.
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Steve | London: £45k - £55k
Online Marketing Manger / SEO
I am a highly motivated online marketing and social media professional and I have worked with a number of well established organisations and online start ups and I have a proven track record in assisting brands achieve their online goals. I have developed hundreds of social media campaigns from products launches and services to events and entertainment shows. I have the ability to set long and short term marketing goals and achieve results effectively and efficiently through methods of online interaction.
My professional background has enabled me to develop a valuable and transferable skill set that can be beneficial and bring immediate strategic value to an organisation.
I have the ability to mentor, train and develop successful working relationships with colleagues and clients and I aim for opportunities to develop and expand my current skill set further.
Currently I am working for an online media network. I was heavily involved in leading the social media and SEO strategies in order to increase popularity, membership and monetise through services and advertising. Many of my marketing techniques were implemented and incorporated into the overall communications strategy. My work includes delivering a ground breaking online marketing and branding strategy as well as to use effectively all aspects of social media to attract new visitors and keep followers up-to-date and well-connected increase user engagement (Visits, pages views, time spend on site.)
For more information on Steve and to see his full CV or to arrange a face to face meet please contact jez@grapeandgrey.co.uk
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Philip | Hampshire & London: £50k upward
Programme & Senior Project Manager
Experienced Programme & Senior Project Manager with a BSc degree, MSP, Prince 2 qualifications and Fellow Member of the Chartered Management Institute with a pragmatic and flexible approach and thrives on achieving results.
Exceptional proven record of achievements in applying a set of transferable skills to manage any programmes or projects with various levels of complexity, backed up by significant experience (15+ years) in complete life cycle programme and project management across 60+ multi-disciplined high technology programmes / projects with several billion end products in service.
Able to quickly adapt to any environment and understand the market & customer requirements, develop strategies, set the roadmaps then implement them, which leads to market leading solutions plus efficiency improvements and revenue growth.
Strong negotiation, problem solving, supplier management, multi-disciplined team management skills, with extensive experience of communicating at all levels, a solid engineering foundation and the setting and control of significant budgets.
Key Skills & Achievements:
- Successfully delivered 60+ complete life cycle multi-disciplined high technology (cameras / asics / user interface software developments / embedded software / software & optical test / electro mechanical solutions, production engineering) programmes & projects with over 2 billion end products in service, using MSP / Prince 2 / Agile / Scrum processes, meeting the schedule and budget requirements.
- Developed and implemented the imaging strategy in house on mobile phones being a market leader in the mobile imaging arena whilst lowering part / development costs, increased volume capability, improved efficiency / productivity and revenue growth.
- Refocused and steered company Imaging business and complete supply line from a technology led to a consumer experience led organisation.
- Received achievement award on several occasions due to successful programme / project management and delivery of world class solutions and IP (Intellectual Property) creation.
- Qualified and experienced in MSP (Managing successful Programs – practitioner level), Prince 2 (practitioner level), Agile, Scrum, Lean processes and trained in ITIL.
Sarah | London: Available £250 P/D
Freelance Flash Developer
I'm a Flash developer (AS3, OOP) coming from an extensive creative background which shaped my approach to web design in 2005. Since then I have made the transition from primarily web designer to developer. My primary strength now is with Flash ActionScript 3. My key technical skills are:
- Extensive use of Flash, an advanced knowledge of ActionScript 3 with OOP, basic design patterns, and Papervision 3D. Have been using Flash for over six years. I also have experience using Flex to build web & Air based applications with the Flex framework (MXML).
- Experience using advertising platforms such as Eyeblaster and Unicast.
- Experience using external code editors for Flash such as FlashDevelop.
- An understanding and experience of using Flash in conjunction with other languages such as XML, PHP, and mysql databases. Also experience using PayPal through Flash interfaces & basic Facebook Connect.
For more information on Sarah and to see her full CV or to arrange a face to face meet please contact jez@grapeandgrey.co.uk
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Rebecca | London: £250.00 P/D
UI Freelance Designer Available
My key skills are UI design for web and email design Idea generation, scoping and scamping, wire-framing, branding and ID development, email, website and social network application design, online game UI and extensive print experience.
My software literacy includes Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign Adobe Flash (basic knowledge), iWork and Microsoft Office, I feel I am organised, punctual, conscientious, reliable, a team player.
For more information on Rebecca and to see her full CV or to arrange a face to face meet please contact jez@grapeandgrey.co.uk
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Barry | London: £50k Upward - Available
Barry | London: £50k Upward - Available
Head of Digital & Social Media
I have been working in social media and digital PR for the last 6 years and have a proven track record in strategy, tactical delivery, account management, man management and business development.
I have been working in social media and digital PR for the last 6 years and have a proven track record in strategy, tactical delivery, account management, man management and business development.
In the last 3 years I have been responsible for setting up and running the social media team and have delivered social media programmes in the automotive, retail, sponsorship, fashion, music, health & fitness and charity sectors.
I have a detailed understanding of the dynamics of social media programmes from an acquisition, engagement and data perspective.
In my last position I started with a blank piece of paper, I was responsible for all aspects of setting up the social media function of ISM, including best practice, analytics and reporting, creative process, job descriptions, recruitment and training.
My responsibilities include setting social media strategy, managing execution, account management and reporting. I also lead social media pitching where appropriate and chair the creative process.
In two years I have built the team to 7 people, managing social media programmes up to a value of £250k with an annual turnover of over £600k. Currently the team is responsible for 9 facebook pages, 16 twitter accounts and 9 YouTube channels with combined communities in excess of 225,000. The team also run 8 blogs and a handful of other social media channels.
For more information on Barry and to see his full CV or to arrange a face to face meet please contact jez@grapeandgrey.co.uk
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John | London: Perm / Freelance: £250pd / 40k
Senior Integrated Designer
I consider myself very creative, passionate, dedicated, and believe I would have a big contribution within a digital or creative team. Past experience includes: Corporate identity development and visual branding; Concept development, creative design, typography and layout; Website interface design and information architecture, and user experience, Illustration using both digital (Photoshop, Illustrator) and traditional tools.
My ideal role would be "Senior Integrated Designer" whereby I would be working across multiple platforms. The salary I'm hoping to achieve is £40K p/a, but I am somewhat negotiable.
For more information on John and to see his full CV or to arrange a face to face meet please contact jez@grapeandgrey.co.uk
John | London: Perm / Freelance: £250pd / 40k
Senior Integrated Designer
I have over 14 years' experience in creating solutions for digital, print, and visual branding.
I consider myself very creative, passionate, dedicated, and believe I would have a big contribution within a digital or creative team. Past experience includes: Corporate identity development and visual branding; Concept development, creative design, typography and layout; Website interface design and information architecture, and user experience, Illustration using both digital (Photoshop, Illustrator) and traditional tools.
My ideal role would be "Senior Integrated Designer" whereby I would be working across multiple platforms. The salary I'm hoping to achieve is £40K p/a, but I am somewhat negotiable.
For more information on John and to see his full CV or to arrange a face to face meet please contact jez@grapeandgrey.co.uk
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Richard | London: £300 - £320 P/D
Richard | London: £300 - £320 P/D
Freelance Developer - Available
I am a MCSD qualified developer with many years experience in the design, development and deployment of n-tier applications, using Microsoft technologies.
Full project life cycle experience from requirements through design and implementation with expertise in relational and object design, development, team mentoring, testing and advanced programming techniques (multi-threading, windows services, HTTPModules/Handlers).
My key skills include:
- Software Design and Architecture (OOA/D, OOP)
- .NET Platform Expertise (2.0 – 4.0)
- Web Development
- Database Design and Architecture
For more information on Richard and to see his full CV or to arrange a face to face meet please contact jez@grapeandgrey.co.uk
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Sam | London or Home Counties - £23kMarket Analyser/ PPC - Available
22 year-old University Student who has a wide range of computer and design skills who has developed & obtained knowledge through educational courses in Media, Computer Games and Computing. Has experience in web design, web management and website monitoring.
Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite, Adept at the fastest growing online Marketing source - Social Media, Practical experience in Games testing, Can build and run Google Adwords Campaigns, Have implemented & maintained multiple affiliate marketing campaigns, Can successfully monitor and analyse web flow to a website.
Learned through teaching and job experience in effective business Management techniques. Have worked on a facilitative marketing scheme which was incorporated with a pay per click advertising.
Achievements include:
- Writing up advertising web pages and hard sells.
- Worked out the most effective words to use in the advertising by using industry recognised tools and software.
- Used Google AdWords software to chose the best words for the campaigns.
- Managed to improve intake by over 150% through subscription emails and selective strategic marketing.
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Alex | London - £250 P/D
Freelance Senior Account Manager
Commercially adept, adaptable and confident Senior Account Manager with blue-chip experience across brand campaigns, micro-sites, e-commerce, social media and web applications.
I am especially keen on working with smaller agencies to develop great products, where product is the response to client brief in the hands of end user, whatever they may be - social campaigns, web builds, apps - you name it. Available for contract or freelance roles to work alongside a creative agency team to deliver a first class product.
For more information on Alex and to see his full CV or to arrange a face to face meet please contact jez@grapeandgrey.co.uk
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Daniel | London - £35k - £40k
Production Manager - Available (Freelance / Perm)
I have a proven record managing production output across all platforms. This includes Factual, Sport, News and Entertainment output, in studios and filming across UK / Europe. From one-off documentaries to large scale OB's.
I coordinated animation, online and interactive content to meet creative aspirations and took a key role in the project team exploring new technology (production and animation) and user-generated content.
I've negotiated and managed commercial funding in a range of programmes, ensuring maximum return on investment. I thrive in working with dynamic talent and creative staff of all levels and have managed multi-platform programmes within budget and on schedule.
For more information on Daniel and to see his full CV or to arrange a face to face meet please contact jez@grapeandgrey.co.uk
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Lucy | London - £25k
Social Media Manager - Available
I have just under 2 years experience within the social media and digital marketing sector. I have great understanding of the importance of social media and the increasing pressure on companies to use this tool to stay competitive. I have gained great insight into the function of online communities and have learnt how to maintain and manage such spaces through a number of online channels. Namely Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Google+ and a range of blogging platforms.
I am able to work both individually and within a team. I have just left a medium sized Digital Agency in Central London, based in the Social and Search Team. Prior to that, I worked within the Social Media and Marketing Team at Bright Digital. I have also worked within a much larger corporation, alongside a team of 18 Community Managers from many different countries across the world. I enjoy travel and embracing different cultures and I adapt well to new environments. I am an extremely organised individual, dedicated to my work and strive for excellence and further development.
For more information on Lucy and to see her full CV or to arrange a face to face meet please contact jez@grapeandgrey.co.uk
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Owen | London - £38k - £45k
Senior Digital Producer
I have lots of entrepreneurial flair and I have a proven track record in being able to communicate directly and clearly at a high level. My experience of working with websites, mobile applications, social media strategy and digital, allows me to understand clients needs effectively and enables me to ensure their product is delivered on time, within budget and to a high standard.
I am familiar with the latest digital production software and hardware and communicating creative concepts in a simple language to clients whilst overseeing the full lifecycle of each project, writing proposals, timelines, budgeting and managing teams of developers and designers.
I am particularly interested in roles that would offer the opportunity to lead / develop a digital team where there is plenty of scope for new ideas and growth.
For more information on Owen and to see his full CV or to arrange a face to face meet please contact jez@grapeandgrey.co.uk
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