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Eleanor Sheppard

Commercial Marketing Leadership
About

• Highly motivated international commercial marketing leader with player/ coach philosophy • >20 years multi-industry experience routinely delivering +£M's in net revenue • Clear track record in business transformation with £multi-million business growth and >100% ROI • Highly skilled in B2B, B2B2C, B2C & D2C marketing and advertising (client & agency-side) • Seasoned leader in entrepreneurial, high growth, multinational and matrix organisations • Exceptional collaborative and cross-functional team player and leader • Renowned and tenacious self-starter with the energy, drive, and track record of stand-out team success • Thrives in high energy, dynamic, collaborative, high-performance, non-hierarchical growth businesses

Previous Brands
Global Payments
INIKA Organic
Leslie
Mastercard
MeaWallet
Personalised Video Lab
QVC UK
The Travel Network Group
Thomas Cook
Trust Payments
Work Experience
GROUP HEAD OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Feb ‘22 - Now
Trust Payments

Responsible for global and regional marketing transformation at scale and pace •Delivered £2.9M in marketing-driven organic revenue in 6 months outperforming previous 12 months by 223% •Grew website visitors by 56%, social media engagement +198% and LinkedIn followers +36% to >22K in 6 months •Sourced and contracted PR agency increasing reach >7M with average domain authority 57% •Delivered branded insight-driven marketing intranet/social platform 'workvivo 'and integration of interactive content management platform, 'Mediafly 360' •Developed and delivered sales pitch decks resulting £multi-million enterprise business wins •Stabilised brand and created new brand strategy, redefined brand hierarchy integrating multiple acquisitions •Transformed/ rebuilt siloed marketing function delivering a culture of 'wingmanship' and safe collaboration

VP OF MARKETING
Jul ‘21 - Feb ‘22
Leslie

B2B FinTech start up in Hospitality. Employee number 4. First marketing team hire ●Secured £1.25M seed funding and doubled business growth in 3 months ●Led major rebrand and launch for hospitality fintech – B2B, B2B2C and D2C propositions from inception to delivery ●Delivered new B2B & B2B2C unified brand assets across all customer touchpoints/ owned 3rd party channels/CRM ●Delivered B2B integrated marketing campaigns in hospitality/sport increasing social followers >5000 of new brand ●Increased organic brand search >100% and increased site traffic/high intent sales by 132% ●B2B launch in main international markets, D2C launch to meet ambitious 22/23 sales targets ●Interim 'C-level' leader for 20 person sales & customer experience team ●B2B2C customer marketing toolkit, for hotel groups, restaurant chains, independents, sports stadiums to support product education, drive end user usage & increase brand awareness.

GUEST TV SHOPPING PRESENTER
Nov ‘20 - Now
QVC UK

Fitness product guest presenter for QVC shopping channel, delivering >£1k sales per minute Nov 2020 – To date

MARKETING CONSULTANT
Apr ‘20 - Jul ‘21
Personalised Video Lab

Personalised Video Lab, Customer Engagement SaaS Platform ●Created and delivered new UK subsidiary brand, value proposition and customer messaging platform ●Launched website, social channels and executed organic content strategy and plan with zero budget ●Organic acquisition of Birmingham FA and regional white label distributer partnership in Sweden worth >30K ARR

VP OF MARKETING
Jul ‘17 - Dec ‘19
Global Payments

Led delivery of £multi-billion eCommerce & Unified Commerce platform, Multinational Commerce GTM strategy and execution ●Delivered £5M in media exposure on an investment of £300K (equal to entire 3-year contract in Y1) ●Contracted 3-year sponsorship deal (Leicester Tigers RUFC) delivering £millions in customer acquisition ●Led global rebrand of Realex Payments (€115M acquired payment gateway) to Global Payments ●Reinvigorated global eCommerce and multinational commerce marketing team and rebuilt UK Regional marketing team infrastructure &processes ●Developed and delivered Global brand, Unified Commerce and eCommerce propositions and customer messaging platforms by target vertical ●1/22 handpicked candidates out of 24,000 employees to serve on Global GP I&D Advisor Council

CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
Jul ‘16 - Jul ‘17
MeaWallet

Global Marketing Lead for SEQR & Seqr Go! & MeaWallet across 16 markets, driving all facets of product marketing, customer acquisition & customer retention. ●Created new brand guidelines and messaging strategy for B2C mobile payment 'SEQR' worth £6M ●Delivered consumer scheme, branding, messaging for world 1stmobile teenage payment app 'Seqr Go' ●Delivered B2B brand guidelines, collateral, and brand assets for B2B digital payments enabler, MeaWallet ●Delivered multimedia assets and influencer digital campaign content for SEQR and Seqr Go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCfih8R04Do

HEAD OF MARKETING
Apr ‘14 - Jul ‘16
Mastercard

Led delivery of key B2B 7 B2B2C marketing strategies to drive demand, growth, and revenue across the EMEAA ●Led re-brand of Access Prepaid Worldwide to MasterCard Prepaid Management Services worth £33.2M ●Designed and implemented global B2B2C marketing strategy integrating Mastercard 'Priceless Cities' ●Developed and delivered best in class, global cardholder marketing collateral ●Delivered new EMEAA customer and partner programmes worth £15M ARR ●Created new loyalty programme with Mastercard Travel Rewards for Brazilian resellers worth £5M ARR ●Developed brand, value proposition, and co-branded D2C campaigns for Cash Passport ™ worth >£15M ●Founded delivered & managed new ELWN (Europeans Women's Leadership Network) Peterborough Circle

GLOBAL PRODUCTS & B2B MARKETING MANAGER
Apr ‘14 - Jan ‘15
Mastercard

Re-invigorated global prepaid consumer travel brand & product 'Cash Passport ™', including card & card packaging ●Created global brand guidelines & best practice consumer messaging for generic, co brand & white label programmes, increasing brand value and operational efficiency by 110% ●Delivered programme marketing launches with new partner distributors in UAE (2015) and Canada (2016)

MARKETING DIRECTOR
Mar ‘12 - Apr ‘14
INIKA Organic

Directed full multi-channel Global marketing function, accountable for global brand management ●Delivered new product launches on TV Shopping Channel, QVC delivering >£1K sales per minute ●Increased UK retail sales by over +24% and online sales by over 200%

GROUP MARKETING DIRECTOR & ACTING MD
Jun ‘10 - Jun ‘11
The Travel Network Group

Headhunted as Group Marketing Director. Stepped up to Acting MD for Worldchoice ●Delivered EBITDA of +35% YOY in a fluctuating market and challenging economy ●Embedded consumer marketing campaigns serving 800 independent travel agents ●Boosted membership participation by 80% and business partner contribution by 30% ●Initiated and led the strategic Group Hierarchy & rebrand of TTA Worldchoice to The Travel Network Group ●Reduced staff expenditure +15% on a budget of £300K and increased productivity by 200%

HEAD OF MARKETING - Direct Holidays
Jan ‘09 - Jun ‘10
Thomas Cook

Transformed D2C travel business. Reinvigorated brand driving NP from £2.3M to £9.8M (declining market) ●Increased customer acquisition by 75%, retention by 33% with a budgetary savings of £1M ●Reduced brochure mailing cost +>50% by implementing a customer propensity driven segmented database to increase ROI, reinvesting savings to drive advocacy and new customer acquisition ●Delivered >£1M YOY in operational savings ●Led data migration to new supplier system enhancing data intelligence and marketing efficiency ●Case Study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGpNnhWWDoY

Languages
English - Fluent
Education & Training
West Hertfordshire University
‘91 - ‘92
CIM Diploma
Advertising & Marketing
Stamford PE9, UK