Strategy Sessions Episode 22 - Smirnoff With Sarah

Strategy Sessions

Sarah Shimmons is the Global Marketing Director at Smirnoff. We talk education, values, TV and marketing effectiveness. Enjoy.

In this episode

1. Managing a global brand that such great heritage

2. Covid and the impact on Smirnoff

3. Measuring marketing effectiveness

4. Training and continuous learning for marketers – the Diageo way

5. Investing in your own education

6. Do you even need a marketing education?

7. Managing beer brands at Tennent’s NI

8. Using Tennent’s Vital to reposition Tennent’s beer

9. Social media and how that can mislead your thinking

10. Smirnoff challenging perceptions and social issues

11. Working in different brands across the globe

12. Working at Coca Cola (the local bottling company in Ireland) and how to ace in store execution

13. Deep RiverRock TV ads and Smirnoff TV

14. Investing in creative excellence

Digital Marketing Strategy Course

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Friends of

The next Friends Of event is on Wednesday 9 June, 9 – 12.

Book a session with a great consultant for a range of marketing issues for just £25. All the money goes to Barnardo’s NI.

Full details and booking: https://friendsof.co.uk/

Sarah Shimmons

Sarah Shimmons is the Global Marketing Director, Smirnoff at Diageo.

She is a Marketing Director for Smirnoff with background mainly in the drinks industry and passion for comms, media and innovation.

In my eyes, Sarah is one of Northern Ireland’s best marketers and is set for global domination. Her views on education, brand management and marketing are well worth listening to.

Find her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-shimmons/

Sarah’s Book Recommendations

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight https://amzn.to/2PPn0py

Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky https://amzn.to/336PBJY

Andi Jarvis

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Andi Jarvis, Eximo Marketing.