CURRICULUM VITAE NAME: ADDRESS: SARAH LESLEY BIRD Rock Garden House 56 Mead Road Livermead Torquay Devon,

TQ2 6TJ, United Kingdom 30 August 1958 +44 1803 690640 +44 7913 387613 sarah@virgo.co.uk SarahVirgoBird www.virgo.co.uk [Client work and endorsement on this site] B.A. (Hons) in Business Studies; 3 A Levels; 6 O Levels

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Freelance Overview Director of Virgo Marketing Limited since January 1997. Services include a broad range of marketing communications activities; in particular, business copywriting and materials management across the diverse industry sectors. Clients include: Accenture, AT&T, Cap Gemini, Commercequest Inc., Detica, ISIS Limited, Spring Group plc, StoreTech Limited, Triad Group plc and XO Communications. Overall capabilities: Writing (case studies, newsletters, internal/external communications, website content, articles for target publications and journals, podcast scripts; clearance with third parties) Project management (communications campaigns; report launches; managing design and print of white papers/brochures; CD-ROM and video production) Event management (soup-to-nutsvenue selection and management; invitation process; all client liaison; exhibition materials; presentation materials). Previous roles Prior to my freelance activities, I was Marketing Manager at Sterling Software (now Computer Associates) and AT&T ISTEL offering full marketing communications servicesmarketing collateral (from quarterly newsletters to direct mail, advertising copy etc.); events (from large shows to road shows and internal meetings); and external presentations on behalf of the companies concerned. Personal I am a proud mother of a teenage son; we share our 1930s house by the sea with three opinionated cats. Spare time pursuits include voracious reading, attempting to learn Italian, walking and a keen interest in all things Art Deco.

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