Matthew Campbell-McBride

Due to unforeseen circumstances I took the position of Director at Medinform Ltd in late 2017, only a few months after my University Graduation Ceremony. This is our family company, and operates in the industry of medical publishing and health and wellness products, as well as medical education. The company works predominantly with independent contractors, with operations in over 25 countries across the globe in multiple languages and currencies. My responsibilities within the company were as follows:

• Financial management, strategy and implementation
• Contract negotiation
• Ensuring legal compliance with all relevant regulation
• Managing product development
• Managing an international team of contractors, answering any questions and ensuring that all were completing work to a satisfactory level on time, and had all the information and tools they needed to do so.
• International licensee relationship management. Keeping regular contact with international licensed publishers and vendors to ensure smooth access to foreign markets and to maintain accurate performance data.
• International IP management. This involved maintaining relationships with international businesses and individuals that used the company's IP under license, ensuring regular operations reports and timely payment of all appropriate royalties. This also entailed ensuring no violations of IP in markets both foreign and domestic.
• Ensuring compliance with all relevant tax regulation and ensuring all taxes and returns were submitted in a timely manner.
• Developing marketing strategy and working with contractors to ensure implementation.
• Attend trade conferences for the purposes of networking and representing the company and brand.

In short, my responsibilities spanned every aspect of the business. It was my job to not only strategize the direction of the organization but to manage relationships with contractors and customers alike. This equipped me with a solid foundation of skills both in organizational management as well as relationship management upon which to build in a larger, corporate environment.

Short employment with a local garage as part time work, undertaken as a favour to the owner. Responsibilities included timely repair and servicing of vehicles, ordering parts and maintaining relationships with parts suppliers, and interacting with customers to ensure understanding of the work being undertaken.

With Tim's Gardening services I learned the value of hard work as a young man! Working as a self employed contractor I was paid by the hour, and the number of hours worked were my choice, so I soon learned the value of working 10-12 hour days!

An early position within the family business, my duties included managing warehouse stock, picking and packing shipments, as well as organizing shipping and ensuring that all shipments were delivered in a timely manner. This taught me early skills in organization, relationship management and stock management.