It's Been A While

Picking up my laptop, the girls in the office were shocked to hear me say "I'll write this one"

I’ll be honest, it’s been a while since I’ve sat and had a good old typing session, but, it’s Friday afternoon and there’s nothing more I love than writing and editing. You see, my role here this year has taken a different direction so spending time working in the business rather than on it seems to be few and far between these days thank goodness for staff!

2017 is nearly over  I can’t actually believe I’ve written that  and this year has been an absolute whirlwind but I’m so happy with the business and how it’s grown.

Go back to January this year, and I was working as the marketing manager for JAM and absolutely loving it! Surrounded by a great team, I was excited to see what 2017 was going to bring, but, as with everything, life threw us quite a few curveballs and saw us jumping over hurdles to achieve goals, but how boring would it be if everything was simple?

Fast forward to now and we’ve grown our team from four to six members of staff and our client base gets stronger every month. We’re working with some of the best businesses in Newcastle and we are so proud to represent them! From managing their social media accounts, writing up press releases, writing and implementing marketing strategies, securing advertising to planning events, I absolutely love the diverse range of clients and jobs we undertake on a daily basis.

After a manic six months in the world of JAM, a vacancy became available to help us manage our work load and the quest for a new employee began. *eye roll*.

Enter Sophie Bustin. Sophie had interned with us in 2016 before securing a full time job in beauty and retail. Realising she’d left her heart in Jammy Towers; Sophie applied for the vacancy of Marketing & PR Assistant and was successful after interview in securing the position. I’m pleased to say Sophie has slid in to the team with ease and it’s like she’s never been away.nothing left to say but welcome back.

This year also seen us launch a secondary business. A little market research showed us that lots of our clients were using third party print management companies for their materials, so we thought, why don’t we do it ourselves? We know a lot about it but just never utilised on this before, and, with an in-house designer, what were we waiting for?

We took the plunge and in November, JAM Prints was born. Off to a flying start, we’re eager to see how this grows. Providing anything from business cards, letterheads and compliment slips to large format outdoor banners, we can offer a tailored solution to your print headaches from concept to design and print.

After working with a business adviser all year, I am super excited to announce that I have now become a Director of JAM Marketing and I am bursting with pride and excitement at the thought of the future. It’s taken me seven years to get to this stage some days I didn’t think I’d make it; there’s literally blood, sweat and tears of mine in this business, but I can’t imagine my life elsewhere. I have the best team to work with, we understand each other and they do an amazing job; I can honestly say in all my time at JAM I have the best girls in the office with me now and I can’t thank them enough for their dedication! Now, off to treat them to the best Christmas party going. See you in 2018…