Murray is now looking for a new, ideally long-term, rewarding career opportunity, perhaps to get involved in the onward development of a new or expanding quality business in the South West of England, most likely in a Sales and Marketing or Business Development role.

  

Murray Ambler-Shattock 

 

 

"The modern business world requires the adoption of fresh thinking, coupled with innovative approaches, applied to the process of new business discovery and effective offering promotion.  This in turn requires the right personnel, resources and techniques - applied with skill and well informed knowledge."

"Success in the new economy is likely to be driven not simply by the ability to manufacture or to deliver goods and services that are in some way better than a competitors, but effectively by the innate ability to attract, obtain and maintain the target market's focus, attention and spend."

- Murray Ambler-Shattock 

 

Résumé:

 

PERSONAL PROFILE:

• Highly effective in New Business Discovery, Networking & Prospecting. 
• Excellent Team Building Skills, whether internal team or Outsourced/Freelancers.
• Knack for future market prediction, fresh commercial ideas, 'angles' & approaches.
• Hungry for advancement opportunities, above average income & personal wealth.
• Conscientious, reliable, hard-working, analytical, inquisitive, diligent & tenacious.
• Versatile & adaptable team player with good customer service skills.
• Well presented with a professional, positive & helpful attitude towards clients.
• Good interpersonal skills, warm personality & good sense of humour.
• Excellent people, team building, people management & communication skills.

KEY SKILLS:

• New Business Discovery and Development, Client Relationship skills & experience.
• IT Literacy in Microsoft Office & Proprietary brand software tools, etc. 
• Skilled & confident in dealing with persons at all levels & from all walks of life.
• Practical commercial organisational experience in the real world.
• Self-motivated & best effort/highest possible quality/best practice focused.
• Adaptable to new & changing fast moving modern business environments.
• Thrives on change, challenges & progressive process improvement.
• Motivated by personal satisfaction in a job well done, rewarded success & merit.
• Team Building, Leadership & Management to KPI's, quality, timeframe & budget.
• Excellent Web Marketing & ethical SEO Search Engine Optimisation skills. 

 

 

For the past six years Murray has specialised in helping Business Start-Ups to promote themselves cheaply and quickly via the Internet, helping them to develop a strategic plan to establish a brand presence in the required market space, and taking a practical role in co-ordinating the process.  

This includes writing compelling copy and developing presences in Social Media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Quora, etc., Blogging via Wordpress, Blogger, etc., Micro-Blogging via Twitter (all collectively considered 'off-site' SEO) and of course effectively promoted Websites via effective proven SEO techniques (Meritus, Ethical, Natural, Organic and 'White Hat' methodologies, etc.) and managed (Paid Placement) PPC methods.

Murray has become a requested (public) speaker on the subject of business Start-Up and High Growth, and his advice and guidance is often sought on such matters. Additionally, Murray is an approved and trusted supplier of IT and Internet Services to the Government through various regional organisations, (such as GWE Business West), Enterprise Agencies, Regional Development Agencies and Business Advisory Groups.

This exposure and participation in the growth processes has enabled Murray to garner much invaluable experience and expertise in helping businesses to achieve their goals, often through his non-pushy, consultative and empathetic approach to problem solving and route to market planning. 

Murray is a skilled team builder and developer both of internal and external teams, often finding ways to maximise and optimise the existing team structure to achieve better results through ascertaining and utilising core areas of strength and also occasionally from the reallocation of resources. Murray is also experienced in constructing and expanding teams of both internal personnel and Outsource/Freelance suppliers - always with a 'best value' and reliable delivery for the business focus.

Every inch the innovative ideas man, Murray has a natural gift for anticipating and predicting future market trends (sometimes years in advance) and in gauging the pulse of the target market space, including developing fresh new ideas and approaches to winning new business in competitive markets.

Murray is also a skilled and highly experienced practitioner in the ethical 'best practice' fully rule compliant methods for attaining top ranking, known as 'Meritus SEO', first page placement and high positioning in the free 'natural' and 'organic' search results on the major Search Engines. This is complemented by developed skills in creating, managing and operating Twitter profiles for Businesses for profile raising and brand exposure.

Murray is a relationship builder by nature and nurtures key client relations to steadily grow business Client loyalty, reliance and dependency. Murray is also a keen networker and enjoys nothing more than making as many new contacts and friends along the way as possible.

All this experience and Murray's skill set can be brought to bear to any employer's considerable commercial advantage.