Cliff Findlay (MCIM)

Experience

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  Emerson Pond Jones

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1991

  Art Director

  Worked alonside Jay Pond Jones creative director helping approach and win brands.Jay had just won a key award for his Sol work and I was lucky enough to work with him for just over a year.

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  Griffin

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1997

  Art Director

  Worked as a copywriter and art director. Over time I also directed various adverts often working as copywriter, art director and director from start to completion.During my time I helped launch various magazines into the childrens market becoming some of the biggest launches ever.Helped win the Global Nerf account, won and ran the Fleetway account helping relaunch 2000AD magazine.Other accounts worked on during the time: Trivial Pursuit, Pictionary, Ryanair, Shwarzkopf, Sandals and my all time favourite My Little Pony.Won various advertising awards. Show less

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  Department 10

  Jan 1999 - Mar 2020

  Managing Director

  We are brand visionaries, let me explain. We aren’t gurus, thought leaders or super brainy people we have a set method that creates year on year business growth for our clients. We help businesses grow with trusted, straight forward business, sales and marketing advice. Often, we help them focus their efforts on winning GOOD business (the type that helps them build business, brand and positioning), address their sales cycles (creating new materials to enhance their process) and provide them with key sales messages that wins market share. Our process (our clients tell us) creates double and triple digit business growth year on year and manages them to hit their five year business growth plan in three. My business offers a range of services however typically we start with a brand/business insight process. No NOT a discovery day….Our process takes three business working days (two off site and one on) allows us to have a good overview of their marketplace and competition and allows ourselves and the key decision makers within the business to have open conversation regarding the direction of the company and where new clients should be won. This process ensures that before we start to spend our clients’ money on design and marketing everyone has agreed what we are setting out to achieve, how the business needs to support our activities and how we need to support theirs. Creating focus internally and externally and allowing a solid working partnership to be formed.This process leads to us producing key messaging that talks directly to their target market and separates them from their competition which they then use within their sales process and we can apply to their marketing materials. Once a clear business objective and outcome has been defined we then dress them like they have already achieved it.This means the business behaves like they have achieved it, clients believe they already are it and hey presto, they become it.Not brain surgery, just common sense. Show less

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  Tribe 160

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2020

  Founder

  Tribe 160 (www.tribe160.com) is an invite only peer to peer networking group created to generate trusted relationships for members and through subs money for small charitable institutions. Fed up with the same old structure of networking groups I created Tribe 160 to do networking as i felt it should be. At the same time i didn't want to earn from it and so we are in the process of finding small charities where we can donate ALL our profits to project based works.Meetings are held monthly with NO sales talk from members. Members are either business owners or key decision makers within companies who understand the need for reciprocity and are looking at building long standing trusted relationships with each other.We are currently looking for people who would like to start a group in the US, Australia and South Africa. Show less

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  Itroduce

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2018

  CEO/Founder

  A platform for any individual or business that uses networking as a new business strategy. ITroduce removes some key business sales pains. With itroduce you will never forget who to thank for generating new business referral leads and your network will never forget it was you who made them. You be able to track who are the best connectors both in your close circle and entire network allowing you to focus your time and effort on people who can drive you new business. Ask for introductions to direct contacts from your network if you need one quickly, allowing them to help you and you them easier. See when connections are accepted and if they were valuable. Track all of your network activity and see where your networking is working.It is free for 12 months (only £4.49 or $4.49 outside the UK per annum after that) and provides all of the functionality a networker requires to reduce their time networking and focus on driving new business for themselves and their contacts. ALL of the data users put into itroduce will NOT be sold to third parties or used to spam users we believe in an ethical approach to online data.ALL of your contacts and business dealings are private whether you are connected to someone or not giving you complete control over who you do and don't introduce and allowing you to harvest and grow your network in peace and security.To find out more visit www.itroduce.com Show less

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  Niceism

  Dec 2016 - now

  Shine: Empowering individuals to become stunning versions of themselves

  Why when we only exist once (as you) and everyone saying that all they wish in life is to be happy, does no-one ever ask or help individuals work out what their version of happy is? School, parents, society no-one, its mind blowing.My life goal is to help as many people as I can see that there are no bounds, nothing big, nothing small just what makes them happy. That if they want it enough anything is possible. I truly believe that mankind is stunning, we've just forgotten. We are constantly told the world is bad and so we believe it. Yet it isn't and we aren't. I have helped professionals, children in remission with cancer, Chinese students whoever needs an energy fix and to shown how they are their own worst enemy and how they can turn their lives around, do just that.It makes me full, feel I have had an impact and as I said is my job on this planet. That's what makes me happy. Have you found out what your happy is? Show less

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  The Trusted Partners

  Mar 2020 - Aug 2023

  The trusted partners

  The Trusted Partners Group is a community of highly trusted, vetted business owners, who:- Combine their individual business specialities to maximise value to their clients- Provide support and qualified business leads to each other. - Ensure that clients and prospects are provided the highest value services at all times- Freely support each other when required with business insight, friendship and informationOur purpose is to create a community of exceptional business leaders, who through continued support, friendship, trust and proven experience, share their success, contacts and knowledge with their extended network and clients to make a significant difference to thousands of peoples’ lives. Show less

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  The revolting marketeer

  Mar 2020 - now

  Marketing, sales and brand consultant

  Outsourced/interim marketing, sales and brand consultant helping business owners and MD’s Futureproof their company growth