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David Kerr
Director
Joining
Clacksons in
1963, David has 40 years experience
in media, all of which gained at
Clacksons!
Having
joined the company as tea boy he
progressed through the ranks to
Chairman, spending time and gaining
experience in and across a variety
of disciplines including Administration,
Production, Accounts, Advertising
sales, and Marketing.
David is
married with one child, Graeme.
His hobbies and interests are too
many and too dangerous to go into
great depth. - his life is well
documented!
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Adrian
Worsley
Director
Adrian has over 25 years
experience in the media industry. He started in local
press, selling to motor dealers in Bootle and progressed
to ROP sales.
Thereafter,
he worked in National Press at the
Daily Mail before setting up the
Clacksons Northern office in 1984.
Adrian manages the sales propositions
of the organisation.
Adrian is married with 3 children.
He enjoys woodwork and general DIY and in his spare time likes
music and watching football. With his two young daughters Emily and
Annabelle and son Jenson, his current special interest is Shrek.
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Lucinda
Bell
Administration
Lucinda joined Clacksons in July 2005 straight from university after studying a computer science degree. She helps provide support for the entire London office team.
Lucinda enjoys music, partying and dancing where she'll dance the night away if given half the chance. She also likes to work out at her local gym in her spare time. But probably most important of all, Lucinda is an Arsenal fan.
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Justin
Champion
Recruitment
Justin,
deputy Head of the Classified Team,
joined Clacksons in 1994 where he
facilitates and offers recruitment
solutions to agencies.
He has
12 years industry experience gained
at the Surrey Herald working in
ROP and Recruitment Advertising
Sales. He has a girlfriend but is
not married and has no children.
He enjoys
cooking and eating in general, and
also playing and watching rugby.
He is currently
studying for an Open University
Law Degree, only 2 more years to
go!.
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Brad Glenn
Recruitment
Brad joined
the Clacksons recruitment team in
June 2004 as a recruitment sales
executive.
Previously
at Archant, where he worked for
three years, Brad worked for both
the Ham&High and the Recorder Group,
mainly in recruitment sales. Prior
to this he spent 2 years as a city
recruitment consultant and has also
worked as a graphic artist, retail
manager and executive host at Tottenham
Hotspur's football ground.
Fortunately
for him he is also a Spurs supporter,
although sometimes he cant quite
figure out why. In his spare time
Brad enjoys watching weird movies,
socialising and mixing his own music
on his home PC. He is also attempting
to write his first bestseller -
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Beverley
Hearn
Accounts
Beverley
is the company's Bookkeeper. She
joined Clacksons in 1993 but has
worked in the financial sector since
her teens.
She has previously
worked for Abbey Life Assurance, Reuters and
Courtaulds (National Plastics). Beverley was
self-employed prior to joining Clacksons where
she dealt with all aspects of accounts for small local businesses.
Beverley is happily
married with one daughter and enjoys going to
the theatre, cinema, and socialising with friends.
She is an avid reader, completing on average, one book per week
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Lesley
Beale
Sales Support
Lesley
spent two years working in the Manchester
office of Clacksons, joining as
Head of Administration and progressing
to Sales Support.
She has
recently returned to work in the
London Office after taking two years
out of the industry; again as Sales
Support, she also assists in the
marketing and administration department.
She lives in Kent with 'her bloke',
no children and no dogs!
She regularly
goes to the gym and reads a lot
during her daily commute. Lesley
enjoys most of the finer things
in life.
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Clare
Hills
Marketing
Clare joined
Clacksons in November 2004, as a
member of the Marketing team.
She has
6 years marketing experience gained
at Trinity Mirror Southern where
she progressed through to Marketing
Development Manager.
Clare is
currently studying for her Chartered
Institute in Marketing Post Garduate
Diploma. She enjoys spending time
with friends, reading and mountain
biking even though she finds it
hard staying on the bike most of
the time.
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Graeme
Kerr
Product Agency Sales
Graeme joined
Clacksons in 1994 and is primarily
an Agency Sales Executive in the classified
department. He
is also an Office Manager and is responsible
for the data communications and maintenance
of the general office.
He assisted
in the office refurbishment and is
the general events organiser. Graeme
is the son of our Chairman, Mr David
Kerr. He is currently single and a
total gadget freak.
He plays
football, golf and tennis (previously
at County level). Graeme is always
happy, nothing gets him down despite
being an armchair Arsenal fan.
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Becky
McCandless
Recruitment
Becky joined
the Clacksons recruitment team in
October 2002.
Previously
she worked for Archant - Hertfordshire
for 7½ years working in all
areas of advertising such as Sales, Trades and Services, ending in recruitment for the last 4 years.
Becky enjoys
drinking, eating, music, film and cooking. She also fancies herself as
a bit of a DIY expert.
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Sadie Miller
Administration
Sadie joined
the Clacksons Administration team in
August 2007.
She is currently studying Business and Administration at college.
Sadie enjoys going out with friends and shopping at the weekend.
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David
Power
Product Agency Sales
David has
worked at Clacksons for 17 years,
joining as a Production Assistant,
progressing to Production Manager
and finally into Product Agency
Sales.
He develops
revenue for sales and Clacksons
profile, maintaining profitable
relationships with agencies.
David is
married with 1 child, he enjoys
playing golf.
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Bill
Punter
Product Agency Sales
Bill has
worked in media for 25 years, joining
Clacksons in 2000. Bill came to
the company with 22 years of media
experience.
He has
worked in several companies including
the London Office of the Manchester
Evening News (when it had its own),
A Plus Media, Amra and the Belfast
Telegraph. Starting as tea-boy,
he has worked across a variety of
disciplines (Administration, Telesales,
Product Agency sales), but not quite
made Chairman!
As a Product
Sales Executive, Bill aides the
growth of advertising revenue from
dedicated agency sales, maintaining
profitable relationships whilst
exploring avenues for new business
growth.
Bill is
married with two beautiful children.
He enjoys watching the magnificent
Arsenal FC, he's a general sport
fanatic. He also enjoys the odd
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Kevin
Rowden
Production
Kevin joined
the Clacksons Production Department
as Production Assistant 17 years
ago and has been copy chasing and
ensuring all artwork arrives at
the publications to strict time
deadlines ever since!
An avid
West Ham United supporter, Kevin
has also been known to supply some
clients with winning horse-racing
tips (but we are still trying to
find those lucky few!)
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Liam
Scully
Production
Liam joined
Clacksons in 1997 as Production
Assistant.
He is involved in all production duties including
chasing copy for newspapers and magazines as well as dealing with production
and voucher enquiries.
Liam spends most of his time practising martial
arts and runs a Kung Fu club in South East London. He has a keen interest
in photography and photo editing. Other interests include DJ’ing, creating
and studying music.
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Danielle Smith
Recruitment
Danielle joined Clacksons in
February 2007 as a Recruitment Sales support Administrator.
Danielle has previously worked as an Administrator for a medical practise and is currently studying Business Administration part-time.
Danielle enjoys partying and going out with friends.
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Julia Stevens
Administration
Julia joined Clacksons in
February 2007 as a member of the Sales support Admin team.
This is Julia's first Administration role. She is currently attending college once a week to complete a Level 2 NVQ in Administration.
Julia enjoys shopping and going out with friends. She is also fond of reading, and is an avid fan of the author Jodi Picoult.
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Jacqueline
Tasker
Accounts
Jackie joined Clacksons in
June 2006 as an Accounts Assistant. She works part-time
assisting Beverley, the company’s bookkeeper.
Jackie has worked in accounts
for over 20 years, 10 years with BT in various departments
and the last 12 years as an accounts administrator, covering invoicing,
credit control, banking, budgets and various other accounting duties.
Jackie enjoys cookery, reading and exercising,
if and when she manages to get to the gym.
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Adele
Wilson
Product Agency Sales
Adele joined
Clacksons in 1997 as a Product Agency
Sales Executive.
She worked for several publishers
in Sales and Management for 10 years prior to joining Clacksons.
Adele’s main leisure interest is swimming and
she swims most days before work. Adele lives with her partner in North London.
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Nick
Wilson
Marketing & IT
Nicholas
joined Clacksons in 1987 to start
and head up a marketing and sales
support department. His official
title is Head of Marketing and IT.
Nicholas
has 21 years media experience, and
prior to joining Clacksons he commenced
work as Marketing Executive at Portsmouth
& Sunderland Newspaper Plc before
moving to the Marketing department
of the national sales representative
company MSB.
Nicholas
lives in Kent and has a son, Sam.
He has always had an interest in
regional geography and characteristics
of the UK.
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Simon
Winten
Marketing
Simon has
worked in media for 19 years, starting
out at Argus Press Group working
within the advertising department;
he considers this as his apprenticeship
of the industry.
He joined
Clacksons in 1988 in Product Sales
but was soon lured by the 'bright-lights'
of Marketing. For the best part
of the last decade he has become
the company anorak!
Simon enjoys
rugby but no longer plays; he also
likes to read techno thrillers.
He enjoys watching the only true
form of rugby (Rugby Union), though
Simon Kelly may disagree!
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