Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Certification
I.T. Skills
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Harry  Miller

Harry Miller

Pontypool,Torfaen County Borough

Summary

Creative Marketing executive and Business Development Manager with impressive track record of portfolio management, reversing adverse relationships and declining account performance. Innovative campaign management, strategic planning and team leadership skills. Successful team builder with exceptional communication abilities. Achieved the APM PFQ Project management Foundation qualification.

Aiming to understand the complexities of communication. To take the spectrum of information exchange and find the language that resonates most with target audiences. A passion for people, effective communication and project management.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Marketing and Communications Executive

Petplan Insurance
Slough
12.2024 - Current

Entrusted with shaping communications and marketing material experienced by customers. Part of major transformational projects designed to modernise and and streamline company marketing and communications.

  • Worked on several major transformation projects, spearheaded by transformational project management team. Including projects Gwen, Omega and Puffin. All of which were large transformational projects and marketing endeavours.
  • Stakeholder management - engaging various teams company wide, to brief and enlist in delivering deliverables for final product. Be it I.T. infrastructure, Branding assets or technical or governance wording.
  • Organisational skill - inured to working to hard and flexible deadlines in linear and iterative projects and BAU work.
  • Ensuring adherence to compliance and governance standards for all deliverable assets.
  • Research and analysis of existing assets and products for estimating purposes on project deliverables.
  • Experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) content management system - working as part of a move of company website to AEM, assisted in building of webpages and transfer of content.
  • Copywriting, written and physical communications - skilled in copywriting and developing communications as well as relationship building and physical communications.

Business Development Manager

Allianz Insurance
Bristol, Somerset
05.2019 - 12.2024
  • Management of Broker Portfolios ranging from £5M to £7M Working unsupervised, self-initiative with strong decision-making skills. Increase footprint 10% year on year and intervene to help reduce claims ratio to improve profitability.
  • Proactively and enthusiastically approaching and growing difficult, stagnant or struggling relationships & accounts
  • Honed written and verbal communication skills to highest level.
  • Stakeholder identification, engagement and management using stakeholder matrix. Proactive in generating new ideas for engaging with external parties through analysis, industry news and updates. Relationship building with a view to shaping stakeholders and client experience.
  • Data analysis and market research. Utilising various data reporting software and analytical reports. Monthly, quarterly and annual planning, pipelining and forecasting to meet targets and company strategies.
  • Campaign management
  • Working with wider teams company-wide including Underwriting, IT, Agency and Claims
  • Expectation, grumble and complaint management
  • Maintained account and stakeholder records in bespoke CRM systems such as Salesforce.

Senior Broker & Head of Business Retention

A-Plan Insurance
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
11.2016 - 04.2019
  • Developed and maintained strong knowledge of multiple products and varying levels of benefits within each product across multiple Insurer partners
  • Training and mentoring new staff in underwriting, customer service and organisational skills
  • Acclimated to continuous product and compliance training to remain updated and further develop proficiency of important industry information and regulatory compliance.
  • Achieved industry recognised qualifications through Chartered Insurance Institute
  • Utilisation underwriting, negotiation and sales to secure retention targets.
  • Meticulous customer service and rapport building with clients to engender trust and further company reputation.
  • Target driven, intensive work environment with continuous progress and performance reviews.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Contemporary Music

Academy of Contemporary Music
Guildford
09.2009 - 08.2011

Diploma of Higher Education - Contemporary Music

Academy of Contemporary Music
Guildford
09.2008 - 08.2009

A-Levels - Philosophy & Ethics

Churchdown School
Gloucester
09.2005 - 05.2007

A-Levels - English Media Studies

Churchdown School
Gloucester
09.2005 - 05.2007

A-Levels - Performing Arts

Churchdown School
Gloucester
09.2005 - 05.2007

Skills

  • Training and mentoring
  • Revenue & new business development
  • Expectation Management
  • Data Analysis
  • Networking ability
  • Stakeholder & Campaign management
  • Organisational Skills
  • Performance goals
  • Open and clear communicator
  • Negotiation Skills

Certification

Association for Project Managers (APM): PFQ - Project management foundation.

  • Foundational course covering terminology, life-cycles, stakeholder engagement, estimating and scheduling, quality, risk and issue management, scope management, estimating and scheduling.


Chartered Insurance Institute: Certificate in Insurance (CII)

  • Chartered qualification for demonstrable industry knowledge.

I.T. Skills

  • Microsoft Word
  • Excel
  • Powerpoint
  • Salesforce
  • Bespoke Sales and CRM Software houses

Timeline

Marketing and Communications Executive

Petplan Insurance
12.2024 - Current

Business Development Manager

Allianz Insurance
05.2019 - 12.2024

Senior Broker & Head of Business Retention

A-Plan Insurance
11.2016 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Arts - Contemporary Music

Academy of Contemporary Music
09.2009 - 08.2011

Diploma of Higher Education - Contemporary Music

Academy of Contemporary Music
09.2008 - 08.2009

A-Levels - Philosophy & Ethics

Churchdown School
09.2005 - 05.2007

A-Levels - English Media Studies

Churchdown School
09.2005 - 05.2007

A-Levels - Performing Arts

Churchdown School
09.2005 - 05.2007
Harry Miller