Marketing specialist with over 3 years experience looking to relocate to Australia after being granted Permanent Residency. Customer-oriented approach proven by a track record in sales and marketing roles in the service industry. Experience using various print and digital marketing channels (SEO, social media, content, website management, web analytics). Experience working on the creative, technical and commercial side of Internet marketing campaigns, in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders Excellent analytics skills proven by the preparation of numerous reports based on both qualitative and quantitative data. Ability to be self-driven and work within a team thanks to experience in small and large organisations, including in multi-cultural environment. Good time management, organisational skills and ability to multi-task. Commitment and perseverance demonstrated by reaching sales targets.
At the end of my marketing contract for the B2C English-speaking websites (see below) I was offered a position in web marketing and business development for the Swiss market; and later the Belgium and Luxembourg markets.
I am still involved in all the tasks of my previous position (below): creating engaging content, liaising with internal team, coordinating commercial actions, analysing results.
I manage the relationship with TGV Lyria (Train Switzerland <> France) to support both our businesses: following the activities, reporting, analysing elements to develop in partnership with them exclusive commercial actions and grow our sales. I negotiate marketing funds to boost our offers and increase our margin.
I have a global vision of the Swiss market (3 websites: French, German and English) and analyse cultural differences to offer the best customer experience to our users.
I am also in charge of transversal projects, across teams and markets, such as: developing partnerships with the tourism industry, being the liaising officer for mobile-related subjects, developing a new sales approach for business travellers, leading A/B tests to improve conversion rates.
I was initially contracted to take charge of the company's three English-speaking websites (Belgium, Switzerland, Rest of Europe).
I worked within the European team to plan and implement the marketing activities on my markets such as landing pages, banners, e-mailings and social media.
I led actions across all markets to increase the impact of an offer or a promotion. To deliver results I worked in close relationships with the country managers and the digital production team. This required project management skills to coordinate all the parties involved.
When needed I translated the information from French to English.
I analysed results and pages leading to implementing new marketing dispositive. I assessed the importance of an offer to make decisions about how to push it.
Based on SEO recommendations and my experience I created and adjusted the transactional and editorial content of the websites on regular basis.
I stayed informed about the market and competitors' activities to suggest new ideas to my management and stay ahead in terms of innovation and customer service.
Hospitality duties for Breizh Cafe in Canberra and later for La Paillote in Brittany, France. I relocated to France to gain a better knowledge of the European tourism industry.
Business development through sourcing new leads and transforming them into clients. From the period January – March; clients issued from my prospection represented 20% of the clients.
Develop sales: I qualify incoming enquiries (mail; phone and walk-in), ensure they are answered accurately, timely and in a professional manner. Prepare our participation to events that increase the brand’s visibility; such as Canberra Wedding Fair and Open Days.
I liaise with corporate and private customers; including small and large companies, government agencies. I offer clients advices for their events – menu choices, hiring of equipment, provide them with an accurate quote, and I am their point of contact. I then follow up on the function and ensure invoices are paid in time.
Ensure events are run accordingly to the clients’ wishes, by preparing run sheets and reviewing them with staff members.
Social media management: I created and now manage and grow the Facebook, Google and Twitter pages of Nutmeg Catering, Kamberra Wines (our venue) and l’Artista (Italian restaurant). This includes growing the community; interacting with posters, posting content, creating Facebook landing and contact pages.
Creating (with our provider) a website for l’Artista including providing content, building pages etc.
Daily management of Nutmeg and l’Artista websites: developing the SEO strategy to attract customers; increase the number of leads through a relevant Google Adwords strategy. I also monitor and analyse the statistics to understand visitors’ interest and permanently update content to raise interest and relevance.
Create marketing collateral such as banners, brochures and leaflets.
Create an email strategy to highlight our offers of the month, new content available, update in our menu and important upcoming events.
I provide administrative support to management, human resources and kitchen staff.
Use of various tools and softwares, including Xero, QuoteRoller, MailChimp; Nutshell, Wufoo and Office Suite.
Assist to develop e-mailing planning and special offers for customers and newsletter subscribers. Campaigns included over 15 e-mails/month, special offers, coupons, special gifts.
Creative follow-up of e-mailings with advertising and creative agencies (creative briefing, choice of visual elements...), link with the technical team in charge of integration and sending, check of all the proofs, management of meetings with loyalty and technical teams
Campaign results analysis
Benchmark from the beauty sector, from companies with developed e-mailing campaigns (in France and overseas) and from the whole e-commerce industry to find out new trends. Organisation of benchmarking meetings
Assist to the implementation of a new e-CRM program through the creation of dozens of new e-mailings
Training of new team members and creation of a 70 pages guide explaining the most important tasks of the job and information to know about the company and the company graphic codes
Use of Neolane, CoreMetrics, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office, Photoshop...
Assist the organisation of 2 congresses (Packaging Industry and Cosmetics) and one international B2B meeting
Marketing : e-mailings (briefing with creative agency, checking the proofs, integrating the HTML code, integrating the database, sending and following the results), booklets, website updates, web promotion, customer satisfaction surveys (questions, analysing and presenting the results), traffic management (write reports from Google Analytics information)
Logistics : client logistic follow-up (travel, accomodation, meals,..), creation of an excel file with important deadlines according to the date of the congress
Sales : over the phone sales, database updates and development of sales tools
Support to recruitment of foreign participants in our events, interlocutor for international spokesman, website translation
Training of 3 trainees, creation of job tasks guide, management of operational meetings to share and follow-up work to do
Satisfaction survey for groups. Writing the questionnaire, calling the responsible of each group, entering and analysing the results, presenting the analysis to the manager.
Creation of a flyer to advertise a new product
Prospection of tourism organisation so that they promote our offers to their customers
Clients follow-up
Web promotion
Creation of a "book"/press review for clients to see the service
General classes during one year and a half, and then a specialization in marketing both B2B and B2C. All classes are in English. Realisation of two research projects:
How to increase retention rate for e-commerce website
The impact of word-of-mouse (mostly opinion reviews) on customer purchase decisions