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Mark is a
renaissance man (modest eh?!). He has worked across more than 15 different
sectors including print and broadcast media, fine and decorative art,
education, medical science, financial services, retail,
software
& IT, economic development, local government, national government,
tourism, heritage, sports, hospitality, e-commerce, digital
publishing, wine, and food.
These roles have mainly been
in marketing and communications,
strategic
and economic
development but he has developed lots of useful
transferable skills such as
partnership
building; agency,
client and
stakeholder
management ,
budgetary and staff
management; planning, events, networking , business development, design
and writing skills.
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2006/7
for
Mark's
CV
please
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Recent work
(2006/7) has
involved being the Project Manager of Devon's £1.2m Discover Devon
Naturally Sustainable Tourism Project - grossing over
£40m worth of sales
for the Devon tourism industry in
its
3-years
and has
generated
or
safeguarded
over 500
jobs (way and
above the £8m target for the
whole project).
His role is
central in
developing
an
environmentally
friendly
and
sustainable
tourism
industry
for the
County.
He
has
played a
key role
in the
development
and
re-positioning
of the new
brand for
Devon
(currently
underway) and contributing
to the
Jurassic
Coast
World
Heritage
Site (Vice Chair of Tourism
& Marketing) and Devon
& Cornwall Overseas Marketing (Chair of
Marketing). He has also
input into
Renewable
Energy 4
Devon, Tourism Skills
Devon , the North Devon Brand and the Devon Regional
Destination
Management
System .
He has
managed
staff and
budgets
and have
supported
his
colleagues
in an
advisory
capacity and
assisted
on the
appointment
and
tendering
of several
agencies.
From
a
County
perspective
he has
represented
Devon on the Imerys
Minerals mining
closure
and both
in my
County role
and
externally has
assisted
several businesses with marketing and business plans
/
development
including
ColdHarbour Mill,
Vino,
Effings,
Pebblebed Vineyard, Coast
Communications
and
Envision.
He also writes
a wine column for Devon and Cornwall Food
Magazine
with
another
title in
the
pipeline. In
October
2006 he
delivered an MBA
lecture
at
Exeter
University
on Brand
and
Integrated
Marketing
to a
packed
lecture
hall. As
of end-May
2007 his
fixed
contract
expires...........and
has been
seconded,
on a short
term
basis, to
the
Organisational
Improvement
Unit for
the
County.
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