Simon Wakeman - marketing, public relations and digital communications
Medway Council Tinderhouse
Enterprise IG
Egg
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Boots plc
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Simon was energetic, focused and displayed a commercial and pragmatic approach at delivering propositions. I found he was able to deliver projects within plan through building great relationships with his team and those in other disciplines or with suppliers. Nick Kusalic, Egg

Simon has a great approach and a real breadth of experience. We were able to discuss the pros and cons of a whole variety of initiatives from multiple perspectives. Charlie Hampson, Egg

Graduate marketing trainee - Boots

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September 1998 to March 2000

Having completed my degree in Summer 1998 I joined the Boots graduate management training scheme in September 1998. The scheme incorporated three placements in different marketing business areas.

The scheme gave me a superb grounding in the fundamental workings of a large retail business and an FMCG product marketing environment. As well as the management placements the scheme also included extensive training courses in management, marketing and IT skills.

Simon Wakeman

I've been on the web since 2001 and have been blogging about marketing and public relations since January 2006.

I'm currently Head of Marketing at Medway Council as well as a freelance marketing and PR consultant.

The content and opinions expressed on this website are not endorsed by nor reflect the views of any company or organisation I work with.

Recent blog posts
Local authorities and social media - the current picture »
Looking at the use of social media in local government in the UK. Part one of a three-part series.

New CIPR consultation on social media guidelines »
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations is consulting on a revised set of guidelines for practitioners using social media in their public relations work.

Twitter and website tweaks »
This week has been about some improvements to my new website design and a renewed enthusiasm for Twitter.

Social media ethics - a questionnaire »
Jenny Hunter is looking for people to complete her CIPR Diploma project survey on social media ethics.

Ten years on… »
It's been ten years since I started out on my marketing and public relations career.