Laurence Kellett

CRM & Email Marketing Manager

Longridge, Preston · UK work@laurencekellett.co.uk 07772 702909 English · Moderate Spanish · Learning Japanese
400k+ Prospects Managed
1,400+ Emails Live
+85% Open Rate YoY
+140% CTR YoY

Over a decade in B2B/B2C marketing, specialising in CRM, lifecycle strategy, and multi-channel campaign implementation & management — email, SMS, WhatsApp, webinars, content, CSAT, and A/B testing — that drive retention, engagement, and revenue.

Highly organised, adaptable, endlessly curious, meticulous, approachable, unflappable, data-driven, collaborative & customer-centric. A shameless lover of spreadsheets, Notion databases, neat file structures & colour-coded, well-manicured calendars.

CRM & Email Marketing Manager Oct 2023 – Present
Higher Ed Partners
  • Owns CRM & lifecycle strategy for 12+ partners across multiple countries & languages — responsible for >400k prospects, 50+ engagement programmes, and 1,400+ total emails.
  • Led the Salesforce CRM migration & launched 8 new partners (including multi-lingual), building a comprehensive suite of fully-linked, annotated technical documentation used company-wide.
  • Drove growth initiatives spanning dynamic content, lead nurture, RFI improvements, webinars, SMS, WhatsApp, CRO, testimonials, cross-linking, and A/B testing.
  • Launched a testimonials & surveys programme yielding 500+ high-value student survey completions and 100+ marketing-opted-in testimonials used directly to improve the product offering.
  • Managing, training and developing a CRM Executive based in Latam.
  • AI-forward marketer — proficient in leveraging AI tools to meaningfully boost productivity and output quality.
  • Achieved YoY email uplift: +85% open rate, +140% CTR, resulting in +80% engaged visitor growth.
Senior Marketing Executive Jul 2020 – Oct 2023 · 3y 4m
Parkingeye
  • Owned and continuously improved the CRM, CMS, email marketing & customer journey strategy across the UK and sister brands in Germany, Austria & Denmark.
  • Launched a competitor charging brand from zero — handling CRM installation, website, marketing, branding, and global stakeholder liaison, scaling the database from 0 to 500k.
  • Drove improvements & efficiencies across 5 brands in 4 countries, delivering consistent YoY growth throughout.

Earlier Experience

Email Marketing Executive  · INPD
Aug 2019 – Jul 2020 · 12m
Senior Marketing Executive  · Direct365
May 2013 – Aug 2019 · 6y 4m
SEO Outreach Specialist  · Custard Media Solutions
Jul 2012 – Apr 2013 · 10m