A long time ago in 1980 a boy was born, at the time
little did anyone realise who he would grow up to
become! In 2005 he took his first step to realising
that potential and 3 years later he graduated from
The University of Northampton with a 2:1 in BA
Entertainment Marketing, a brainful of creative
marketing ideas and a secret identity! That boy was
me....
I AM ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING MAN!
I am an Entertainment Marketing Graduate in Kent with almost a decade of experience in Marketing. I have worked on both Offline and Online marketing projects, and also have experience in Events Management and web design.
Since university, I've gained invalauable marketing experience with Saga, OneSavings Bank, My Pension Expert, Cleartrack (EvL) Limited, the Extreme Sports Company, and Genesa UK Limited. You can get more of any idea about my experience in the Work Experience section!
Otherwise if you're interested in using me in your marketing team or on any freelance projects you have then please feel free to drop me a line and get in touch!
Born Friday 11th April 1980 somewhere in South East London, to Jean and David Finch! Big thanks to them!
Other great things to happen on this day throughout history include the launch of the ill-fated Apollo 13 in 1970 and the creation of the Apple I in 1976. Other great people born on April 11th include American professional wrestler Dustin Rhodes (1969) and Welsh singer Cerys Matthews (1969). It's also International Louie Louie Day?! Who knew?!
Started my education at St Michael's Church of England Infants School, in South East London. Met my first best friend Michael (he was also born on April 11th!)
Moved to Sutton Valence in Kent. Made my first tree house - happy times
Started at Kingswood County Primary School. Made a new best friend, Steve
Michael Fish said "Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way... Well, if you are watching, don't worry, there isn't! ... Mkichael you were so wrong, and now you owe me a tree house - sad times
First time I set foot on a set of skis - happy times
Started at Swadelands Secondary School
Continued my education at Swadelands Secondary School studying GNVQ's in Business and Leisure and Tourism
Finished at Swadelands with 8 GCSE's and 2 GNVQ's! Still friends with Steve
Started studying BA Entertainment Marketing at The University of Northampton
Started a little adventure around Europe by train... 20 cities in 4 weeks including the World Cup Final in Germany!
Started another adventure, this time 4 months living and working in sunny Ibiza
Graduated with a 2:1 (Hons) BA Entertainment Marketing, including a First for my dissertation on Product Placement... Mum and Dad were super proud, lots of photos were taken!!
After teaching myself HTML (Google is our friend)... JohnJWFinch.com was born!
With a little training JohnJWFinch.com evolved and Entertainment Marketing Man took his first steps to becoming a marketing superhero!
JohnJWFinch.com Mark 3.0... with great power comes mobile responsive design!!
Logos, flyers, promotions and web graphics
HTML, Bootstrap, CSS and Email
Animation, Motion Graphics, and Video Editing
These are the computer systcomputer-skillsems I'm proficient with
I'm also comfortable using Sony Vegas (Video Editing), Quark (Graphic Design), SPSS (Predictive Analytics) and Microsoft Publisher (Desktop Publishing)
Organiser of The Assembly Rooms 1 and 2 urban arts showcases at the NN2 Student Union Club at The University of Northampton – April 2007 and October 2007. This was part of an assignment, and as such we had to do everything to run the event, from planning to evaluation.
As part of a third year assignment I worked with London’s Calling to prepare a marketing research project, including planning how the research would be conducted, actually doing the primary research and presenting back to the client.
My favourite file is Back to the Future, I love it and can watch it again and again! Since university I've grown a passion for video production, special effects and motion graphics, everyone dreams of playing with a lightsabre, now those dreams can come true! I enjoy taking part in sports, skiing and snowboarding in particular. And I love football... I'm an Gooner!
Telesales and Telemarketing Executive
Duty Manager
Bar and Restaurant Supervisor
Customer Service Assistant
BA Entertainment Marketing
Summer Work - Villa Maintenance
Part-time Barman
Freelance Marketing Consultant
Marketing and PR Assistant (Internship)
Contracts Coordinator and Marketing Assistant
Marketing Executive
Temporary Marketing Executive
Marketing Communications Executive
To download a full copy of my Curriculum Vitae, please right-click on the picture below and Save Link As. Or better still send me an message!
