Nicola Martin

Marketing Consultant – Freelance (2025 – present)

• Worked with small businesses in Bristol and beyond to build their brand, via websites, social media, email marketing, PR and more
• Designed, built and SEO-/GEO-optimised client websites that became the client’s number one source of new business leads
• Wrote persuasive and SEO-/GEO-optimised web copy, articles and brochures for clients to boost their credibility and gain new leads
• Designed leaflets, brochures and pitch decks in line with company branding, using Adobe Photoshop

Author – Freelance (2015 – present)

• Published by major UK publishing house, Bloomsbury
• Author of three crime novels, The Spotlight, The Getaway and Dead Ringer
• Awarded the Fiction Prize at the 2021 Lakeland Book of the Year Awards

Marketing Manager – John Perkins Construction (2016 – 2023)

• Built a highly-successful marketing platform from scratch, incorporating website, social media, e-newsletter, case studies, articles and events
• Created hundreds of pieces of content (written and visual) for web and social media
• Managed annual marketing budget of £60,000
• Responsible for the strategic marketing direction of the company, including the creation of the organisation’s Marketing Plan
• Wrote awards submissions that resulted in 5 award wins for the company
• Responsible for the content and branding of dozens of winning tender submissions

Senior Copywriter – Content Coms (2009 – 2015)

• Managed and edited of a team of copywriters, both in-house and freelance
• Wrote high-level articles about clients’ businesses and products, which achieved press coverage and positioned clients as industry thought-leaders
• Wrote winning award entries, widely-read press releases, respected industry White Papers, and web copy that increased a client’s website traffic by 100%
• Created SEO-focused digital content and e-newsletters

University of East Anglia – BA (hons) 2:1 – English Literature and American Studies