Sally Friend

Clear Angle Studios is a global entity that services the visual effects (VFX) industry within film, television and gaming. The company offers tech-based products and services that help facilitate the digitization of cast, sets and props. Example projects include Black Panther, Dune 1 & 2, First Man and 1917.

• Project managed the launch of the North American head office in Atlanta, GA building the organization to a global entity with over $10m annual turnover
• Key involvement and input into all strategic growth decisions
• Planning and launch of a new branch in Vancouver, CA
• Client development and relationship management of visual effects producers and film stakeholders
• Work bids and proposals on million-dollar film projects
• Project management and delivery of 3D scanning visual effects projects in North American film industry
• Recruitment, training and development of employees, growing a team from zero to twenty-five full-time employees
• Financial management, AR, AP, payroll and management of outsourced accounting and tax advisors

Stopgap, based in London, prides itself on providing personalized recruitment services for marketing-focused job openings. The Stopgap ethos is centered around relationship building and excellent service delivery to both clients and candidates.

• Strategic filling of marketing vacancies for clients with best matched candidates in retail, hospitality, and automotive sectors
• Consistent achievement of revenue-generating targets and KPIs.

VSO is an international development agency whose focus is on delivering long lasting positive change to marginalized communities through teacher-training programs.

• Development and management of a donor acquisition strategy through multiple media channels
• Recruited over 20,000 new financial donors per annum through direct marketing, DRTV, face-to-face fundraising, digital and telemarketing; project managed development of all marketing materials
• Management of multiple field sales companies and above-the-line media agencies
• Management a spend budget of over £500,000 pa and delivery of a revenue budget of over £2m pa