James Sancto

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Our Future is a marketing and strategy consultancy that works with Social Enterprises and not-for-profit organisations to grow their impact. Working with senior management teams to develop marketing strategies, lead on brand and website development, managing social media channels and creating and building engaged communities of organisations and individuals. Clients have included How to Change the World, the World Youth Organization, Generation Success, Model Westminster, Royal British Legion Industries and Passion for Motherland.

Selected as one of 23 Young Leaders of Industry from across the EU by the European Commission. Led the Digitalisation Group advising on youth and industrial policy. Presented at the EU Industry Day 2019 in Brussels.

• Playing a key role in the development and implementation of RBLI’s growth strategy and the future strategic direction of the organisation. • Leading the implementation of the organisation’s marketing strategy and overseeing brand development. • Formulating and developing innovative strategies and tools to support RBLI’s beneficiaries and provide opportunities for revenue generation. • Leading the development of the organisation’s online strategy, including the ongoing development of several websites. • Investigating the influence of current and future government policy on RBLI and developing strategies and campaigns to fulfil organisational objectives.

• Led the creation and implementation of a comprehensive marketing strategy to provide the foundation for the organisation’s future growth. • Responsible for all internal and external marketing communications, including social media, PR and a number of publications. • Responsible for managing media and PR activities for high profile events. • Created and led marketing campaigns to promote support services to beneficiaries across the UK and abroad.

Shareagift.com is a startup that helps groups of friends collect money online to buy group gifts. My responsibilities included: • Generating content for Shareagift social media including Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest, using social media software • Learning basic Google Analytics and providing traffic analysis and user stats • Liaising directly with Shareagift users to gain their feedback, develop relationships for generating user story content and solve support cases • Writing blog posts for the Shareagift blog • Providing PR support where necessary • Researching sales targets and providing ad hoc support to Head of Sales • Helping with product testing new releases • Assisting Shareagift CEO, Justine Angelli • General office support



I designed and published a student guide book aimed at first year students at the University of Exeter. This involved negotiating and selling advertising space to a variety of companies, creating an advertising campaign for the guide itself and formulating a selling strategy and implementing it. I began by selling the guide online prior to students arriving at university, and once term started I organised and coordinated a group of students who sold the guide on campus. Nearly 1000 copies of the guide have been sold.