There's no other recruitment and training resource with more experience of helping marketing agencies win new business than Blossom. And this is true in a number of senses: in the overall value of opportunities we have put in front of clients, with the breadth and depth of our creative and marketing services sector experience, and with the roles our people have held as business development professionals within agencies and client-side. Our directors include: -
Gareth Dixon - Account Director: Founder of Rainmaker, plus experience of planning and directing includes Financial Dynamics, Agency.Com, Steel, Conran Design Group, Profero, Iris, Pleon, WWAV Rapp Collins, i-Level and Design UK.
James Porteous-Butler - Senior Account Director: has experience of planning and directing new business programmes for Fieldworks, Quadrangle, Synapse (NY), Logan Tod, Muir Howard and many others.
Jennifer Cross - Account Director: was head of European business development for the global youth media company VICE. In addition to growing new business, was instrumental in setting up VICE's creative agency Virtue Worldwide, and online TV network, VBS.tv in Europe. During this time worked on the strategy and implementation of both on and off-line campaigns for the likes of Nokia, Volvo, Microsoft and Lee Jeans, amongst others. Before VICE Jennifer was co-founder and publisher of BCN WEEK - Spain's first tri-lingual cultural weekly publication and website. Prior to this she was Sales Director for Universum (formerly Jungle Media Group) in New York.
Andrew Newton - Director of Planning: Before Rainmaker, Andrew taught English in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan and then spent 6 years working in both sales and marketing positions within the media industry, most recently at JCDecaux. During his time there, Andrew played a key role in the company's creative output, helping devise campaigns alongside agencies such as the Ogilvy Group and global clients including Microsoft. Although passionate about music and literature, his principal concern outside of work is the continuing decline of Lincoln City football club.
How we do it: -
We manage a programme of recruitment, training and induction - typically from one to three months - depending on level of experience. We work closely with them to help you rapidly gain momentum and secure for you as many qualified new business opportunities as possible during that period.
We apply superb training techniques to enhance their capabilities. They are trained and equipped for the specific needs of your business.
Simultaneously, we review your sales and marketing platform to ensure your new business discipline is optimised. Any new or refined tools we create for you and any prospect database we build for you are handed over to you at the end of the programme for your new recruit to use.
We can and often do continue to provide support; meeting with you and the recruit to appraise progress and help them deliver you consistent results.