About me

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am particularly excited about the role you have advertised for a Junior Account Executive and after reading through the job description I believe I have the relevant skills, experience and attitude to become a valued member of your agency.

Last year I graduated from Northumbria University with first class honours in Advertising and Media. In my final year I focused specifically on Global Marketing, Promotion and Copywriting whilst also completing a practical dissertation where I, inspired by the recent privatisation, re-branded the Royal Mail and created a Marketing strategy for the new brand's re-launch. I pitched the work to my course leaders and the Royal Mail marketing team with great success, receiving a First grade.

During my spare time at University I completed work for a number of local businesses and charities. This gave me a valuable opportunity to apply my contextual study in a practical realm. This involved compiling marketing strategies, creating national print and digital advertisements, creating websites, branding, and sales. Realising how beneficial I found these experiences, and how beneficial it could be for other students I decided to start-up and run an advertising agency within Northumbria University called Room 316. This gave students the opportunity to add to their portfolios, learn how to build and manage relationships with clients and most importantly how to work as a team. The project was a success and has be adapted to be a module on the Advertising and Media course at Northumbria.

In my second and third year I secured work experience at a number of Advertising agencies. I worked in small local agencies to globally recognised agencies. I found both equally as beneficial to my understanding of advertising. I immersed myself in the short time I had at each agency and completed a range of different tasks such as pitch preparation, social media content generation, client communications and a personal highlight; writing copy for a national radio advertisement.

After graduating I began studying at Quest Secretarial and Business Training College. Here I was able to further extend my IT and practical office skills as well as learn the fundamental aspects of business law, negotiation and finance. I'm now at an advanced level of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel and have the ability to complete tasks such as minute taking, managing schedules and formatting business letters, to name a few.

I have a creative and entrepreneurial spirit but at the same time a business focused mind. This paired with my positive and enthusiastic approach to my work makes me believe I am an ideal candidate for your company.

I am excited about the possibility of joining the team and indeed the organisation as a whole. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Tom

Skills

Advertising, Branding, design, Digital Marketing, events, Marketing, organisation, Photography, Print, Production

Sector Experience

Advertising, Branding, Marketing, Production

Clients

Adeptio, Browns of Ryton, Cry in the Dark, MyOwnDoc, North East Autism Society, Stauton