James Kogan

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About James Kogan

A Relationship-driven brand and content strategist, adept at building cross-functional teams I have built my career from taking on new and diverse responsibility, facing challenges where I have needed to quickly grasp unfamiliar concepts and identify what is most important to their success. A strong focus on relationship building, stakeholder management and customer intelligence ensures that I prioritise a better understanding of client needs, and how to best deliver them, while maintaining business development activities that both relevant and intuitive to organisational requirements. I am a quick learner with a track record of successful delivery and my broad exposure has helped me to thrive in environments where priorities can and do change at any moment. I am resourceful, inquisitive and enterprising with a meticulous eye for detail, a high level of personal motivation and a creative and analytical approach to finding solutions. Growing up in Hong Kong, Edinburgh and London has provided me with an international outlook and cultural intelligence. Studying Law with Business at Bachelor level built a foundational understanding of the importance of detail and subsequently joining a Talent Management consultancy in the UK taught me commercial awareness when examining the bigger picture. Later work as a self-employed consultant and, more recently, completing a Masters in Economics and Business Administration have all contributed to a diverse skill set in a variety of environments. This professional exposure and experience ensures I can draw on an understanding of the entire business ecosystem. As a Client Development Manager, I managed projects across multiple sectors working alongside support functions. This allowed me to gain insight into the diversity of cultural and procedural environments, each of which required a quick understanding of, and adaptation to, individual internal working styles. I have exposure to a range of business activities including developing marketing strategy, pitch and tender writing, the development and delivery of training material, policy writing, recruitment and assessment, and international stakeholder management.