Joshua Keane

Experience

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  BUFFALO

  Jul 2009 - Jul 2009

  Telephone Fundraiser

  Telephone fundraiser for a campaign for Winchester College run by Buffalo

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  The Local, Berlin

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  Journalism Intern
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  St Giles International

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2011

  English teacher

  Seasonal role teaching English during university holidays at a residential international school in Oxford, where I planned lessons and taught classes of up to 20 students of all nationalities aged 14-18 and helped organise and run extra-curricular activities and excursions.

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  St Giles International

  Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  English Teacher

  Seasonal role teaching English during university holidays at a residential international school in Oxford, where I planned lessons and taught classes of up to 20 students of all nationalities aged 14-18 and helped organise and run extra-curricular activities and excursions.

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  British Council

  Sept 2012 - May 2013

  English language assistant

  As an Teaching assistant during my year abroad, I was responsible for planning and delivering lessons for classes of French-speaking children aged 13-18, as well as organising extra lessons and personal tutoring for struggling students.

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  Wwoof

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2013

  Volunteer farm hand & goat herd
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  M&C Saatchi

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Account Management Intern

  During my internship I was also involved in projects with M&C Saatchi Lida, M&C Saatchi sport & entertainment, and M&C Saatchi PR. I carried out a variety of research projects, analysing and presenting my findings to the wider team, as well as some more hands-on work and a stint with PR team.

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  Man Bites Dog

  Sept 2014 - Jul 2015

  Junior Account Executive

  As a JAE at MBD I worked across five accounts, handling creative strategy, media outreach and content creation for clients including Google, Lockheed Martin UK, Bupa and HireRight, launching a number of campaigns including “The Untouchables” and Mental Health Awareness Week, as well as undertaking new business research and working on pitches.

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  Karmarama

  Sept 2015 - Nov 2016

  Account Executive

  I worked on the BT and Unibet accounts, running the BT retainer on a day-to-day basis, and working on the launch of a new global campaign for Unibet, “Luck is no coincidence”, with a set of global TV ads and a series of longer-form content pieces featuring the F2 freestylers.

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  AMV BBDO

  Nov 2016 - Sept 2018

  Account Manager

  My work at AMV spanned two of the largest accounts across the BBDO network – Mars and Pepsi. Managing the strategic and creative development for some of the most well-known FMCG brands in the world, launching global and local campaigns that helped drive the brands forward and evolve their marketing platforms.I was particularly proud to work on the first campaign for Dolmio in over a decade without the puppets: “No Drama”. This involved a huge leap for them as a business and marketing team, and lead to the creation of two big TV ads in the space of one year - “No Drama” and “The Battle for Dinnertime”, as well as a large number of digital and social assets.I was also very proud of my involvement in helping create and drive forward a passion project for Uncle Ben’s, “The British”, on a shoe-string budget, and Pepsi’s alternative Christmas ad, “Try a new tradition this Christmas”. Show less

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  CreativeDrive

  Oct 2018 - Jun 2020

  I led the B2C side of the Signify (FKA Philips Lighting) account at CreativeDrive. A production driven account, we produced over 15,000 assets per year, including TV, social, digital, photography, eCommerce, print and POS, all in both master and localized versions for various markets.

  • Account Director

    Mar 2020 - Jun 2020

  • Account Manager

    Oct 2018 - Mar 2020
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  Good News Channel

  Jun 2020 - Nov 2020

  Freelance Copywriter & Social Media Mananger

  The aim of the Good News Channel is to spread positivity and encourage people to do good in their communities. I sourced and created content for the channel and managed the posting on social channels, writing copy and creating assets for over 270 individual posts over the course of 5 months to help drive engagement in the new channel.

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  Alan. agency

  Mar 2021 - now

  Account Director

  Leading the charge to make B2B Marketing more provocative across a number of accounts at alan. including Google, LSEG, Infinigate and GfK. Responsible for driving account growth and delivering a wide variety of work that spans everything from research-driven thought leadership, to innovative digital design and build, and full re-brand projects.