Allott & Lomax
1995-1996

Allott & Lomax were an international multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, employing over 600 staff, active in the fields of power and energy, highways, railways, transportation planning, industry, defence, M & E services, structures, geotechnics, water, leisure and professional services. They merged with the Babtie group in 2000 who were later bought by the Jacobs Engineering Group in 2005.

 Marketing Engineer

Key Tasks

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Author

Draft, edit, proofread and circulate promotional materials & technical bids.

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Program

Program and develop a Sales & Marketing database using Microsoft Access.

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Develop

Develop Sales & Marketing I.T. initiatives.

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Communicate

Liaise with customers.

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Deliver

Meet daily and weekly deadlines, under pressure with limited resources.

Key Skills

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Copywriting

Marketing

Business Analysis

Data Analysis

Key Technologies

(Microsoft) Access

Adobe Acrobat

CorelDRAW

PageMaker

PhotoShop

Reference

CorelDRAW
PageMaker

Takeaway

The Reality

A great opportunity to gain an insight into a busy and underfunded marketing department.

Falling Costs

One initiative I explored involved purchasing a CD-ROM writer for £2,000! The same price today would be over £3,800.