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’s core strengths were around being insight led, marketing and experience planning, and successful delivery. Simon led the ‘paperless credit card agreement’ strategy and agreed a solution which met the needs of all the stakeholders…the 1st solution of it’s kind at the time in the UK market and widely adopted by the industry since. Mike Beddington, Egg

When I worked with Simon I found him to be postive, forward thinking and a pleasure to work with. Mark Pearson

I have used Simon for the last three years on a number of projects. Not only is he knowledgeable and professional, but he has a full grasp of a customers needs and can deliver the right creative and business results for a customer. Ian Lockyer, BMEA

Simon is an analytic and strategic thinker who is able to communicate his ideas and insights clearly. He was able to bring unique and important perspectives on customer touchpoints to the various teams we worked within…and was always able to motivate for successful new customer programs based on robust data. Rajhev Rajkumar

Marketing and PR - Tinderhouse

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December 2002 onwards (part-time)

In December 2002 I co-founded Tinderhouse with Kent-based designer Nick Tatt. Tinderhouse is a communications consultancy specialising in delivering high quality internet and marketing services to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kent and South East England.

I was originally responsible for conceiving and developing the Tinderhouse service and marketing propositions. As well as delivering web and marketing activities for clients since December 2002 we have developed the business into a network of high quality freelance designers, programmers and marketers.

Through this professional yet low cost approach to marketing service provision the business continues to thrive, delivering professional agency quality services at affordable prices to smaller clients.

Developing the Tinderhouse business has given me real experience of running a small business and managing client relationships professionally. This experience has proved invaluable in my main work roles and continues to prove very enjoyable.

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.

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