Jason Bowman, Publishing Director

Jason Bowman

Publishing Director

ITP

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
High school or equivalent, High School
Experience
5 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :5 years, 8 Months

Publishing Director at ITP
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2004 to June 2010

Generating revenue by selling print, digital, contract magazine and events media.

Initially responsible for one magazine product, which was undervalued and missing its sales targets.

The team had two sales executives and one manager who were under-performing.

Within under one year, under my supervision we increased the revenue from $500k to $1.5k in print alone.

I spotted a gap in the market and launched a new magazine, website, digital products, awards and events.

I repeated this formula twelve times and grew the business from $500k to $100, 000, 000 over the course of a six year period.

My team grew from three to forty sales directors, managers and executives during this period.
I launched the events, conferences and exhibitions division for ITP across the GCC.

I created a contract magazine for a well known high street retailer, published four times a year.

I identified gaps in the strengths of my team and developed a sales training programme adopted company wide across all departments.

I led the editorial, design and production departments and made all external communications, clearer and more client focused.

Education

High school or equivalent, High School
  • at Cambridge Manor College
  • June 1988

Specialties & Skills

Major Accounts
Advertising Sales
Event Sales
Publishing
Sales Management
Sales Planning
Sales Management
New Business
Account Management
Publishing
Military
People Management
Defence

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Selling to West End Agencies (Training)
Training Institute:
Cambridge Marketing College
Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Questioning Techniques (Training)
Training Institute:
Cambridge Marketing College
Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Closing Techniques (Training)
Training Institute:
Cambridge Marketing College
Managing a Sales Team (Training)
Training Institute:
Cambridge Marketing College
How To Write, Business Plans, Financial Plans and Marketing Plans. (Training)
Training Institute:
Cambridge Marketing College
How to Write Sales Proposals (Training)
Training Institute:
Cambridge Marketing College
Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Negotiation (Training)
Training Institute:
Cambridge Marketing College
Structuring a Sales Call (Training)
Training Institute:
Cambridge Marketing College
Sales Planning and Strategy (Training)
Training Institute:
Institute of Directors
Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Sales, Includes DIPIDA, AIDA. (Training)
Training Institute:
Cambridge Marketing College
Date Attended:
September 1994
Sales Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Cambridge Marketing College
Date Attended:
October 1994
Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma (Training)
Training Institute:
Cambridge Marketing College
Date Attended:
November 1995

Hobbies

  • Diver
    1000+ Dives Completed Globally
  • Sailing and Powerboats
    Have certificate for sailing lasers along with a powerboat license
  • Film
  • Outdoor Sports
    Kayaking, Camping, Climbing etc
  • Rugby
    Played Internationally for Amateur Teams as a Loosehead Prop