james bishop

business development manager

About

A versatile and high experienced professional with a broad ranging skills set, including Business Development and Sales Management within a range of industry sectors. Having worked in Digital since its early infancy, I have a comprehensive knowledge or Web Development, eCommerce, Online Marketing, Social Media and more recently Retail Finance. Consistent over-achiever, a natural leader and rapport builder, I thrive in high pressure, targeted environments and have a consistent track record of exceeding targets and helping others to do the same.

Country

united kingdom

City

manchester

Industry

financial services

Skill

digital marketing, seo, business development, new business development, e commerce, social media marketing, ppc, online advertising, marketing strategy, marketing, solution selling, key account management, email marketing, sem, social media, integrated marketing, web design, online marketing, search engine optimization, web analytics

Experience

sales manager

multiplex media

2006-1 - 2009-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Providing SEO and PPC services in addition to bespoke Telecoms and Networking solutions. Created and trained a strong team of sales consultants, whilst web based advertising was in its early infancy.

business development consultant

fluid creativity

2013-4 - 2014-4 · 1 yr 1 mo

Responsible for business development across Web Design/Development, Integrated Digital Marketing, (SEO, Content Marketing, Social Media) and creative/ consulting and advising businesses on how to most effectively leverage digital. Secured an array of clients from small startups to well know blue-chips.

head of business development

seonext

2011-2 - 2013-2 · 2 yrs 1 mo

* Sales Team Management * Sales Coaching * Business Development * Key Account Management

consultant

events and online media

2009-1 - 2011-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Delivery of European events and online services to the Public Sector working with leading healthcare technology providers and public sector entities such as the NHS, Ministry of Defence and Educational Sectors. Identifying the best in breed of solution providers and creating platforms of communication between the provders and procurement leads/end users. Worked closely with the likes of Blackberry RIM, McKesson, Oasis Medical Solutions and Nintendo in terms of assesment and evalutation, trialing and delivery.

it recruitment consultant

senitor associates

2004-1 - 2006-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

IT Recruitment Consultant, sourcing opportunities and placing candidates within permanent roles. Positions ranging from IT support technicians to web developers, UK wide.

business development manager

payl8r

2018-2 - Present · 8 yrs 8 mos

Payl8r is a flexible finance solution which allows online and offline businesses to offer ethical finance options to their customers at no risk and with minimal investment. Working across an array industry sectors from online fashion retail to beauty and aesthetics, my role is to deliver consultative solutions and help customers implement and maximise our finance solution, whilst helping to grow Payl8r's ever expanding customer base.

business development manager

web foundry

2016-5 - 2018-2 · 1 yr 10 mos

Responsible for business development for the Manchester office of Web Foundry. Providing web development (Joomla, asp.net, Magento eCommerce, Wordpress) to both agency partners and clients. Specialising in open source technologies, we have earned a reputation for tackling more complex projects and providing a wide service offering through business analysis, scoping, design solutions, implementation, systems design and management, marketing and support.

country manager

digital next

2014-4 - 2016-5 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Responsible for development and evolution of Digital Next to further improve their service offering through the utilisation of an integrated approach to digital marketing, providing Digital Next's Global client base with experience, expertise and leading edge methodology. Digital Next provides a genuine Full Service Digital approach encapsulating Web Design/Development, Digital Marketing, Social Media and Creative Design/Motion Video and Graphics.