Here’s 60 seconds with our expert
Name: Vanessa
Area of expertise:
(1) Creating and promoting individual brands, writing and proofing copy for websites, flyers, promotional material and social media posts. Entrepreneurial, small business strategy, detail oriented; writing and formatting copy for brochures, newsletters and email layouts. Advanced skills in proofreading, social media, managing and building websites using Go Daddy, Wix, and a variety of current web platforms.
(2) I also have an extensive sales background in which I have accumulated skills in sales strategy, account management, outbound calling, team management, communication with corporate brands and smaller brands alike, achieving increased sales year on year and exceeding pre-determined targets.
When & why did you join Get Ahead:
I joined Get Ahead in March 2026 a few months after taking the leap into the freelance world, I started doing marketing for other companies when told I create quality work and was introduced to the idea of offer my services to others. Following my academics studying Business and Finance, Economics and Marketing, I’ve had a successful commerial career in both the UK and US markets. I am a dual national, allowing my skillset to cover both locations. I have worked as an account manager in marketing communications and have run my own business retailing nationwide and focused on the environment. The business was initially at home, in a physical retail shop while creating products offsite and attending exhibitions, and now since Covid-19, an online entity. I handle the marketing strategy and create all the promotional materials including logo, social media posts, the wording and layout for my website and write newsletters and blogs.
I would like to think my skillset and experience could be used to help others who find it all a maze.
I have the CIM Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing and the Pro Digital Marketing Diploma from DMI. I was born into a creative family and now my children have followed suit, so perhaps my creativity is an inherent skill! Ideas and creativity all come naturally to us! As product manager I was involved in layout design, copywriting, newsletters and printed material. After qualifying in digital marketing, I now write blogs, newsletters, create social media posts and design website layouts. With an eye for detail, I am able to quickly spot errors on marketing material and in copy.
What did you do before you joined Get Ahead:
Account Management, Product Management, Marketing Communications Management, Sales Management and Sales Director. Set up and ran my own business for which I designed my own logo, website and all my own marketing materials.
Career highlight to date:
Achieved success in my career both in the UK and US, working commercially in both markets where marketing and the audience is very different.
Plans for the future:
To continue using my traditional marketing skills while embracing the challenge of the digital age.