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Ross Parkes

Hi, I'm Ross Parkes. Welcome to my profile!

I am a highly motivated, organized and a confident person who thrives whilst leading a team, as well as being part of one. One of my main strengths is my ability to work with, and motivate people. I am very driven to push myself out of my comfort zone in order reach greater achievements within a managerial role. I am very organised and am a great communicator. I have an excellent understanding of online and social media as well as the importance of the branding of a company. Key achievements o Assisted with the openings of new bars and restaurants for The Lost Group. Implementing a social media strategy for the openings and managed the liaison with the press. oSuccessfully helping to raise turnover at Joe & The Juice by a combination of extensive staff training with high energy levels, organization and positive man management. oPlanned, executed and managed a trend forecasting event aimed at 500 prominent fashion industry professionals whilst at Trendstop. oBeing on the books of one of the top model agencies in Europe and modeled for many internationally recognized brands around the world including Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Levi's and GAP. oThe full co-ordination, implementation and delivery of The Lost Angel's presence at the Foodies Festival 2012 event, to which we made a ?5k profit and gained an additional 2,000 new subscribers to our mailing list.

Ross Parkes's Background

Ross Parkes's Experience

General Manager at The Lost Angel

July 2011 - November 2011

Managed the day to day operations of the bar. Organised and implemented events held at the bar, including a Monster Energy product launch and after party.

General Manager at JOE & THE JUICE

March 2010 - June 2011

In charge of the day to day running for the two London shops. Played a key role in building relationships with the customer base and expanding the brand name to reach a wider audience. All duties from team management, stock control and ordering. My role also included recruitment and training of new staff.

Sales Support Executive at Trendstop.com / Amplefuture

March 2009 - March 2010

Trendstop.com is a leading online trend forecasting and analysis service, renowned for the quality and accuracy of its trend analysis and trend forecasts. Key roles: Managed customer relations regarding their subscription which included processing new and the renewal subscriptions. Generated new leads for sales team. Account managing and liaising with large high street fashion companies. Planned and executed a trend forecasting event aimed at prominent fashion industry professionals. Coordinated and delivered monthly newsletter and email marketing campaigns to subscribers and potential new customers.

Sales Executive at dotMailer

2009 - 2009

Undertook extensive B2B sales training for generating new business for the online marketing company. Cold calling, lead generation and site demonstrations with in depth product knowledge.

Model at Models 1 London

February 2002 - 2009

Professional male model. Worked for a wide range of clients from high end fashion labels, high streets brands and many industry leading magazines/publications. Some examples of the brands I worked for include, Gucci, Levi's, GAP, Vivienne Westwood, Louis Vuitton. Some of the magazines included Pop, Arena Homme +, The Face and iD. Meeting clients and working with many different people was a daily part of the job that required a large amount of commitment and dedication and confidence.

Marketing and PR Manager for The Lost Group at The Lost Group

July 2011

Manage the marketing, PR, events at the head office of operations at The Lost Group, described as 'the most innovative cocktail bars and restaurants in South West London'. This consists of 4 locations including Lost Society, Lost Angel, Lost & Co (previously Citizen Smith) and Ales and Tails. Build the companies online presence and profile, managing and signing off on all work undertaken by the digital and graphic design team. Coordinated the organisation of the Foodies Festival 2012, which had over 35,000 people through the gate. I managed the social media promotion of the event for our bars which included competitions and bar promotions. Prestigious cocktail competition, Ginstock, invited the bars to take part with eight of the best bars and gin brands in a competition which we won. I headed up the online promotion of our brand through social media.

Ross Parkes's Education

Bath Spa University

2004 – 2007

Hillsyde Sixth Form College


Sedgehill Secondary School


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