Kevin Floyd

Kevin Floyd

Associate - Business Development

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  • About me

    Helping Event Managers look brilliant by delivering stress free ‘award winning’ creative audio visual production for corporate events, meetings, conferences, awards, staff and product updates

  • Education

    • Portsmouth University

      2001 - 2003
      Bachelor's degree Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

      Criminology Degree and Studies

    • Queen Marys Grammar School

      1976 - 1980
      O'Levels Various disciplines

      My learning was not ideal but enjoyed playing sports

  • Experience

    • Insight Marketing

      Oct 1999 - Sept 2004
      Associate - Business Development

      Providing a range of business development solutions inc Lead Generation, Sales Appointment making and Pipeline Management - the Clients external Sales Resource working on-site or remotely.

    • Durham County Council

      Dec 2004 - Oct 2006
      Project Management

      Strategic Partnership development across the North East with Police, Local Government including CDRP's, Social Services, Health sector, Education and the Voluntary sector.Delivery of projects to reduce ‘Distraction Burglary’ amongst vulnerable people and 'Illegal sales’ of Alcohol & Cigarettes to children across the North East. Main Achievements;• Implementation of Regional telephone hotline and media campaign tackling Illegal Sales to Children. Securing funding to deliver awareness and education across the North East using PR and media resources.• Delivery of projects with the Regions Financial Institutions and Post Office UK to assist counter staff in dealing of victims of Doorstep Crime and Rogue Traders.• Evaluation of a North East 'Registered Trader Scheme' together with the North East Chamber of Commerce & Small Business Federation. Show less

    • Spurgeons Children & Young People

      Jan 2007 - Aug 2007
      Project Manager - Gypsies & Travellers

      Short term contract to install team responsible for contractual service delivery, finance, health & safety, rent collections, maintenance and facilities together with family support services. Providing easy access to health, education and employment services.Provision of advocacy and support services to transient Gypsy/Travelers’ on unauthorised encampments.

    • Northumbria Police

      Oct 2007 - Aug 2010
      Crime Prevention Design (CPDA) & Crime Prevention Advisor

      Bid management to secure external and internal funding for crime reduction campaigns i.e.; Safe & Secure campaign with Age UK, Tyne & Wear Fire Service. Project management of campaigns to deliver on-budget whilst meeting stakeholder requirements and outcomes. Working in partnership with statutory and voluntary agencies throughout the North East to deliver sustainable solutions to reduce crime and the fear of crime. Design and creation of events to promote community safety. Providing security assessments and surveys for business’s, planners, architects & residents. Show less

    • DEAL Group

      Oct 2010 - Oct 2011
      Client Manager

      Membership & event development on behalf of Newcastle Business Forums, hosted by the Deal Group. Organising and planning of regional events to help support businesses grow and develop.Completion of a number of Business surveys informing the City Council with recommendations for action. Creation and delivery of Events for the North East business community.iDEAL Leadership development - iDEAL Top Team - iDEAL High Growth & iDEAL Action Learning programmes including strategic consulting, business planning, sales strategy and marketing tactics action plan. Show less

    • R&B Group

      Oct 2011 - now

      More of the same but a greater focus on making our event manager clients look brilliant every time! See more information below and some of the fantastic projects we have worked on.Please do not hesitate to contact me for help and advice at kevin.floyd@rbgroup.co.uk or on 07805 434095Creative design, stage theme & build, AV equipment hire, video production, full production management to deliver your event from concept to delivery.R&B create unusual content including projection mapped animation & film onto 3D stage sets, unusual objects, castles and architectural buildings. Show less R&B aspire to deliver inspirational events by combining leading edge technology with highly skilled and creative people who love their work and can be trusted to exceed all expectations.All event production services from our own in-house resource.Creative projection/video mapping enabled R&B Group to win the overall 'Grand Prix' award and best 'Live Event' beating Olympic opening & closing ceremonies at the AV Industry Awards 2013, see the winning show montage above!Creative design, stage theme & build, AV equipment hire, video production, full project management to deliver your event from concept to production.R&B create unusual content including projection mapped animation & film onto 3D stage sets, unusual objects, castles and architectural buildings. Specialties: Creative event production, marketing communication. Full audio visual production management. Using Augmented Reality to attract high value event sponsors.AV equipment & technicians for all types of events.Exhibition design & build. Outdoor lighting and special effects.Interactive voting & feedback systems Live social media feeds and web streaming. Show less

      • Head of Client Services

        Apr 2015 - now
      • Sales Manager

        Oct 2011 - Apr 2015
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Fellow ISMM

      Institute of Sales & Marketing Management
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Mentor

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