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philip barker curriculum vitae

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personal info philip barker 14a wildown road hengistbury head bournemouth bh6 4dp 07799 260111 a confident and experienced property professional with a career spanning 20 years of marketing and selling property a pro ven ability to attain and exceed sales targets through a self motivation to provide great customer service and a natural enjoyment of selling property philipbbarker@googlemail.com extensive knowledge of the estate agents act 1979 property mis-descriptions act 1991 and conveyancing procedures excellent at winning property instructions sole agency agreements and for sale boards 2

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career history sept 2008 ­ to date ccc schoolcare account manager rising to business development manager ccc schoolcare is a leading education ict solutions provider dealing w ith around 350 schools across the south of england and a large number of sme s including high profile clients my role as an ict account manager is to establish develop and manage contracts w ithin educational establishments and to manage sales negotiation through to completion my experience has involved producing ict solutions for small and large organisations w ith a large range of hardw are and software solutions recently i have been promoted to business development manager to oversee new business projects arranging exhibitions building a new corporate w ebsite search engine optimization of existing websites designing new marketing material etc 3

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a specialist m arketing company handling the uk prom otional activities for sw iss property developers the com pany grew from a start-up business to one selling around chf20,000,000 p.a w ith a sm all dedicated team of course being the managing director of a sm all busy business m y role encompassed every aspect of running the company but m y key role w as in prom oting and developing the company profile especially through editorial pr including being interviewed for tv the business grew to be one of the leading prom oters of sw iss property in the uk w ith m ultiple editorials appearing in the national press every week sales negotiation and m anagement business development advertising prom otional initiatives design dealing w ith journalists and pr activities design implementation of new crm system design development of website including site optimisation dealing w ith developer clients and business partners management of corporate finances management and training of sales/m arketing team jan 2002 ­ aug 2008 overseas homesearch ltd bournemouth managing director 4

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aug 1992 ­ jan 2002 retirement homesearch ltd new milton sales negotiator rising to senior negotiator rising to projects manager À specialist property company selling retirement properties and management services uk w ide during my time at the company w e moved from achieving 350 sales per annum to in excess of 1400 sales negotiation adding new instructions and management of sales team design and development of a major new software sales system implementation of office systems and management of around 16 staff developing training manuals and training video conducting training sessions to groups of 15-100 people business development w hich included developing new partnerships w ith solicitors and part exchange companies developing relationships w ith uk w ide sales managers development of new corporate website key member of project team to install new telephone system organising attending exhibitions 5

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this w as a small single office family run estate agency w hich concentrated on the christchurch and new forest area i took the branch from having only a handful of instructions and fewer than ten for sale boards erected to a large w ide spread portfolio from small flats to country homes and around 70 boards erected sales negotiation and management finding and taking instructions from sellers recruitment and management of small team writing press releases placing advertising liaising and developing contacts w ith local solicitors mar 1991 ­ mar 1992 christopher bulstrode estate agents christchurch branch manager my experience of the property business started w ith being a junior sales negotiator at the boscombe branch of goadsby harding where we sold studio apartments and a w ide variety of houses i w as promoted to their prestigious residential department w hich specialised in houses only and covering the exclusive areas of talbot woods queens park canford cliffs and sandbanks sales negotiation and management finding and taking instructions from sellers assisting the branch manager in running of the office and management of team aug 1987 ­ mar 1991 goadsby harding estate agents bournemouth sales negotiator rising to assistant manager of head office residential department 6

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education homefield school independent school w inkton christchurch · 3 `o levels including english language bournemouth college of higher education · c&g 747 systems analysis programming 1979 1984 1984 1987 reading travel skiing interests microsoft word excel outlook and pow erpoint joomla w ebsite content management system search engine optimisation other skills 7

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thank you for taking the time to read this philip barker ­ philipbbarker@googlemail.com ­ 07799 260 111

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