Simon Connolly

Experience

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  James F Wallace and Associates

  Jul 2004 - Sept 2004

  Administration assistant

  At James F Wallace's I was responsible for the compilation and application of all financial records for their customers this was done by helping transfer the paper content to the web and intranet. I managed and maintained content featured on all paper filing records to the new system. As well as co-ordination, I designed and implemented the new filing system for the office.

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  Fusioneer Ltd

  Jul 2005 - Oct 2007

  Marketing Associate

  This role focused on the running and promotion of an online Poker Room operated from Dublin targeting international consumers. I was responsible for updating and educating the sales teams about our product details, as well as confidently presenting our products to clients in order to achieve maximum revenue. I delivered excellent service and relationship management to agencies and direct clients.During my time at Fusioneer I managed two spate downloadable Poker programmes. This meant I was solely responsible for player retention, brand strategy, liaising between the software provider, and meeting revenue targets. I developed sales collateral, built sales skills and covered all aspects of the customer cycle. It was a great experience for me. Show less

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  Fusioneer

  Aug 2005 - Sept 2007

  Poker Marketing Executive

  Responsible for the customer retention, product development and liaison with our client's 3rd party partners for eGaming products. On behalf of Fusioneer client's I developed unique customer focused eGaming & betting offers, designed to boost player lifetime value / retention & winback.

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  Yahoo

  Oct 2007 - Jul 2017

  Regular responsibilities include client services, account optimisation, budgeting, forecasting, and synergy with other channels at Yahoo.Responsible for a quarterly target of over £3million across a vast portfolio of advertisers and agencies, managed tactical decision making and deploying insight to develop new product adoption.Continuous analysis and optimisation of account performance to ensure correct market position at all times.Responsible for high-level reporting and analysis, produced on daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and ad hoc basis.Developing and implementing automated systems in order to maximise task efficiency.Maintain a strong relationships with key advertisers in the UK market and globally Show less

  • Account Management Group Head

    Mar 2014 - Jul 2017

  • Senior Search Account Manger

    Mar 2012 - Mar 2014

  • Search Account Manager

    Oct 2010 - Mar 2012

  • Search Account Executive

    Oct 2007 - Oct 2010
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  Oath

  Jul 2017 - Nov 2017

  Account Management Group Head

  Led a team of six account managers focusing on all Group M agencies and key direct clients such as American Express, Capital One, and Moneysupermarket. Facilitated sales and operational activities across the book of business, enabling my team members to hit specified revenue targets. Strengthened client relationships at senior level and ensured that all our clients needs were met.Worked across all ad products provided by Oath, including Managed Tenancy Bookings, Brightroll DSP, Tumblr, specialising in Yahoo Gemini. Helped lead the integration of former AOl and Yahoo employees into a combined Oath Account Management team. Show less

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  Outbrain

  Feb 2018 - Aug 2018

  Interim Head of Performance Brands

  Maternity cover contract- led the London based Brand Performance team for Outbrain Northern Europe responsibilities included: Winning New Business. Identifying relevant businesses to target, how to connect (outreach) and the sales process(sales pitch, follow up).Working with UK marketing for events and conferences in sales region, attendingand/or speaking + networking with purpose of building awareness and generatingleads/new businessWorking with digital marketing to define digital campaignsand provide feedback on incoming leads from campaigns.Maintaining Existing Business: Leading Account Management function for all Brands spending on Outbrain directly including marque brands such as Booking.com, Harry's, Heineken & Salesforce.Team Management: Led a team of 4 people across Sales and Account Management. Working to ensure the team stays on track and focused, keeping them motivated and furthering a collaborative and communicative environment.Team meetingsPerformance management/1-to-1sWeekly reportingReporting to management and attending management meetingsManaging Salesforce and making sure team is using: Logging meetings, leadsprocess, opportunities Show less

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  OpenSlate

  Apr 2019 - Nov 2019

  Director Client Success, APAC

  Lead Client Success for all APAC based clients working with OpenSlate. OpenSlate develops industry-standard metrics that foster a healthy online video ecosystem and support high-quality content. Our content ratings system ingests and analyzes more than 500 million videos every day, providing advertisers with a third party assessment of the content that they support with their ad dollars. We work with hundreds of the largest online advertisers and all of the global ad holding companies. In 2019, Nielsen took a minority stake in OpenSlate and announced a commercial alliance. Show less

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  Facebook

  Nov 2019 - Nov 2020

  Client Partner
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  TikTok

  Nov 2020 - Feb 2022

  Team Lead SMB
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  Spotify

  Mar 2022 - Jan 2024

  Head of SMB ANZ
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  Snap Inc.

  Feb 2024 - now

  Senior Client Partner