My search and selection
Where are you really going when you’re in your 30’s, 40’s, and beyond?
Do you have direction, feel you have achieved in your life? But what does it meant to be successful? What’s achievement?
This is where I come into play.
When I set up found us it was with a view to mentoring and building people; of giving back what was freely given to me over the years. And I had some wonderful mentors in my 53 years.
I’ve a history of mentoring people and regularly do so with clients, candidates, and with Lancaster University Management School.
The other side to myself and my business is all the contacts I have nationally and intentionally, and my reputation. This allows for first hand work with my company clients to find them good staff for senior leadership teams.
I am uniquely able to match my contacts and mentees to my clients business needs; often not working to a brief - and I’ve been oh so successful over the years in my Executive Search and Selection.
I’ve placed a Broadcast Director at an international agency, a Sales Director at a major tech company, or created a role for a mobile specialist to set up a division for an international agency group. And there’s more if you have a look about my website or have a chat with me.
If you are a candidate or client…
Do contact me for my very unique brand of search and selection both national and international.
Full tracking of the search and selection process, with help given in candidate assessment if needed is all on offer, so at any given moment you know exactly where you are with your senior hire, and importantly with the money you spend with me.
Acting as a sales director
To anyone one, or any business that needs a good Sales or Commercial Director, I’m your Man!
I don’t with to be arrogant or boastful. Not at all. I merely state the truth. And being honest is a key, if not the most important element in what makes a good sales person.
I started my sales career in 1994 in national Press moving to ITV, and ultimately agency side. Always delivering results.
I thus have knowledge, experience, and track record in creating a sales pipeline, cold selling across to formal tender response and pitching. Working with and pulling a team together to win the business. And this is a commodity sale or a bespoke sale, with some ticket values running into six and seven figures.
I started off in traditional advertising and moved into online advertising; and represent a rare breed of sales and commercial person who straddles the old and new worlds of advertising, marketing, and media.
I’ve worked for and set up start ups that were subsequently sold. I’ve been employed by some sizeable businesses working on big brands; at 29
I was a Business Development at ITV in London working on Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Survivor.
So I do know a lot indeed. And this can be harnessed to help grown a business through a solid new business sales process, and account management of clients.
So if you:
Need someone to look at your sales process and staff, then I’m for hire.
If you need a new business pipeline building from scratch then I can help.
Or if you need me to parachute into your business as a sales or commercial director then don’t hesitate to contact me.
April 2021 - 7+ years On
7 Years In
Hi all,
Yes I mean all of those people that this blog post reaches and also choose to read it. But I do appreciate that there is so, so much content flying around in this day and age. If not personal, then certainly business. The breadth of posts I now see on Social Media is astounding (this included), and do wonder if all is read. In fact will this slip into the gutter? And this is meant as an honest and not snotty question. Anyway, if you choose to read this blog post, great and hope that you get something from it.
So, a recap. Where are we? Well, Found Us as a business is fine and we have re-launched the website and tweaked the logo. Why?
It is nice to refresh the website after 7 years of business.
It is nice to refresh the logo and style after 7 years of business.
I have time to do it; funnily enough due to a little something called Covid.
I could go on, but a key reason is to be reflective of the development of the business and of how our business has morphed over time to meet needs; well actually to reflect what we are happy doing. Sounds selfish, but not really as we do genuinely try and give our best to the people we deal with and we enjoy this.
Found Us was always about senior Head Hunting in the Advertising and Marketing arenas.
But it was always about Consultancy, Director, Sales, and Mentoring work; which we kept hidden away.
Now is the time to use the re-launch of the website to better reflect what we do, in fact what we love doing, and do well.
Gone for example is the list of candidates and jobs, as we are not a recruiter and this positioned us as one. And we like to think that we certainly offer services over and above “CV harvesting and spraying”.
Have a look at the new website to get an idea of what we do, and what we do well – we are passionate about it.
7 Years On…
It has been a tough time for a lot of people and businesses as of late. To think 7 years ago we would be 7 years old is an oddity, in what can be a ruthless, cramped, and Machiavellian marketplace. But here we are. We do genuinely think it is about our caring about what we do, and caring for the many, many people we have dealt with. And tenacity, luck, help, and maybe some Pixie Dust.
And as of late it has been tough, what with Brexit and Covid it is coming up to two years of hard trading I suspect for a lot of companies and people in this area of business; not everyone I hasten to add. All I can say is hang on in there as it will get better, and sometimes the size of the fight in a person is not always about picking yourself up after a fall, but just stoically plodding on. Change is universal, it is in fact life, and something to embrace. And whether we welcome or despise this depends on us.
The Universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.”
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
(A genuine thanks to all those people who helped us along the way. You know who you are.)