Deborah O'Brien

Experience

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  Marks & Spencer PLC

  Jan 1973 - Jan 1984

  Range Selector

  Developed, purchased, oversaw manufacturing and merchandised clothing for Europe’s largest retail clothing chain. Supervised and trained junior staff.Worked in various areas of the business whilst in training, including Accounting and Imports.Upon successfully advancing to Range Selector, bought Sleepwear, Housecoats, Lingerie and Men’s Shirts. Personal annual budgets ranged from £10 million ($16.5 million) for Sleepwear to £47 million ($77.5 million) for Men’s Shirts.Achieved high profitability whilst growing the company’s market share by offering high quality for the best value. Show less

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  Lebhar-Friedman

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2009

  Audience Development Manager

  Responsible for five BPA audited medical journals with a total controlled circulation of 336,000 plus three non-audited quarterly supplemental publications. Budgeted, developed and implemented marketing plans, employing e-mail, direct mail, web-based efforts, telemarketing and tip/insert marketing; sourced and monitored telemarketing services for cost-effectiveness to drive new & renewal subscriptions.Managed in-house subscriber files together with directing fulfillment house and printers to achieve monthly issue production, producing print orders and analyzing metrics; developing and preparing reports.Successfully developed e-mail and web-based marketing campaigns to drive traffic to a start-up healthcare employment website Show less

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  1105 Media

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2009

  Audience Development Manager
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  Bonnier Corporation

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Assistant Retention Manager
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  O'Brien Family

  Jun 2010 - now

  Retired back to England
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  UK Parish Councils

  Jul 2012 - now

  Parish Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer

  CiLCA qualified. PSLCC. Locum Clerk, Internal Auditor.