A high-flying global marketing success story in Australia and New Zealand has popped back to thank her first boss, CEO of the Ascot Group – Andrew Scott.
Kirstie Wood is now the founder of recently launched Campaign Core consultancy, based in New Zealand’s capital, after a high-flying career; where she serves both nationally and across the pond internationally in Australia.
With the core aim of delivering innovative marketing strategies from the UK, to business throughout APAC and harnessing key learnings from a career that began here at The Ascot Group.
She recently popped back to see Andrew and the rest of the team at the Ascot Group where Kirstie was given her first apprenticeship and encouraged her to become brilliant in her field.
Kirstie had previously been a student at Worle Community School Academy and then Weston College in Weston-super-Mare before joining our business.
Kirstie met up with Andrew at our new state-of-the-art HQ where expanding numbers of talented, passionate people are seeing their own careers flourish.
Andrew’s innovation, entrepreneurship, encouragement and passion for excellence and developing people has built a world-class marketing and technology business out of the local area.
Kirstie is one of hundreds launched out of Ascot Group since we launched in 2004.
Kirstie said: “I joined Andrew as a young buck, full of confidence and ambition, eager to get stuck into learning anything put in front of me.
“Andrew took a chance on me, offering me a PR Apprenticeship – an opportunity that changed the outcome of what is now, a global career in marketing.
“Working at Purplex Marketing, Insight Data and Business Leader, allowed me to gain the foundations of business and marketing insights that would be pivotal to my career.
“Then, Andrew took a second chance on me. Before I knew it, I’d been promoted to heading up the Email Marketing Department of a marketing agency.
“Leading a team of designers and developers, analysing data, and implementing strategies for a vast variety of clients across all three businesses.
“A position that would provide me with invaluable learnings, and I’d continue for the next five years. Playing a core part in building an all-round marketing skillset.”
She added: “The Ascot Group’s ability to adapt and move quickly ahead of its competition, was an attitude that always came from the top level.
“The innovation of a start-up environment, ready to hear new ideas and implement them quickly, has never left as the business expanded and continues to set them apart.
“To be welcomed back like I’d never left was amazing, and something I will always remember.”
Since 2004, we have created thousands of high-skilled quality jobs and have even more planned in future years.
Andrew said: “It was wonderful to have Kirstie visit and a huge delight to see the soaring global marketing career she has. The world is her oyster!
“Since I started the Ascot Group twenty years ago, I’ve passionately believed in the huge potential of Weston-super-Mare and its people.
“We are passionate to nurture, encourage and release talent and ambition.”
Get in touch today to find out more about how you can be a part of our ever-expanding workforce full of people who continuously innovate and defy traditional business thinking.
