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Sam Pearce

Marketing & Creative support for business owners

£475/day
Bedford, GB
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Sam

I have worked in Marketing & Communications for the past 25 years, in various sectors including industry, charity, independent education and with SMEs. I'm an ideas person who makes things happen. I love words, and have an English degree and a Masters by Research. But more than that, I have two decades of 'sleeves rolled up, day in, day out', personal marketing experience. From 2008-2012 I founded and ran the award winning Mum's the Boss networking group, supporting business mums all over the UK.

I can help support with any creative projects you may have - from copywriting, design, layout and presentation, to marketing planning and strategy. My aim is to help small business owners think creatively about their business and present themselves in an authentic and creative way to their customers. Either as regular monthly support, or working on short-term, one-off projects, my aim is take all the creative jobs you aren't good at or just don't like, and free up your time to do the things that light you up!

If we work together I promise I will be approachable (at heart I'm an awkward introvert, so I go above and beyond to make others feel at ease), plain speaking and jargon free, reliable, glass half full, and most importantly - good fun!

Away from work I am a Trustee for a children's mental health charity, a cause close to my heart. I am also a big fan of cats, books, theatre, comedy and gin (but not necessarily in that order!)
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • wordkind
    Creative Friend / Consultant
    March 2023 - Today (3 years and 3 months)
    Bedfordshire, UK
    I am on a mission to help small business owners think creatively about their business and present themselves in an authentic and creative way to their customers. Either as regular monthly support, or working on short-term, one off projects, my aim is take all the creative jobs you aren't good at or just don't like, and free up your time to do the things that light you up!
  • Bedfordshire & Luton Community Foundation
    Volunteer Grant Assessor
    CIVIC AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
    April 2019 - March 2020 (1 year)
    Bedford, United Kingdom
    Carrying out due diligence on grant applications by interviewing applicants, assessing application proposals against ROI & analysing finances. Then making recommendations for or against granting funding and presenting arguments at panel
    due dlilgence report writing interviewing charity funding
  • COGNITA Schools
    Marketing & Admissions Manager (Polam School)
    EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
    July 2015 - April 2023 (7 years and 9 months)
    Polam School, Bedford, England, United Kingdom
    Winner of Independent Pre-prep of the Year 2021, Polam is a small independent school based in Bedford for children aged between 1-7 years. As Marketing and Admissions Manager I was responsible for pupil recruitment and retention; developing and maintaining the school's communication vehicles; creating marketing materials and managing all promotional activity and events. In my Admissions role I liaised with and managed relationships with prospective parents through the admissions process, as well as track, manage and analyse all elements of the process to provide accurate forecasting reports for the senior leadership team and Cognita Head Office.
    relationship management marketing strategy communications

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Education

  • Master's Degree, Research Degree - Film Adaptation & Online Fandom
    University of Bedfordshire
    2014
    Master's Degree, Research Degree - Film Adaptation & Online Fandom
  • BA(Hons), Comparative Literary Studies & English
    University of Kent
    1991
    BA(Hons), Comparative Literary Studies & English

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