Our Team
About Conor Lynch
Conor Lynch is founder and managing director of SocialMedia.ie. He has over 12 years online marketing experience gained while working in Asia Pacific, US, UK and Ireland with a wide range of companies including start-ups, SMEs and global brands. Conor has worked in most industry sectors on award winning projects for brands like Vodafone, Nokia, Coca-Cola, Guinness, Toyota, Canon, Glanbia and much more. Conor has worked in senior roles at RaboDirect, Cybercom and eighty:twenty interactive. Industry recognition includes -
2011 – Winner – Irish Internet Association’s Award for ‘Best Use of Social Media’
2011 – Judge in the Irish Social Media Awards
2011 – Judge in the eircom Junior Spiders
2010/11 – Judge in ’The Appys’ mobile application awards
2010 – Chair of the IIA’s ‘Social Media Working Group’
2009 – Winner of 6 APMC Awards with Toyota in a previous role
2005/07 – Winner of Golden Spider Awards and Digital Media Awards in previous roles
2005 – Winner – Irish Internet Association’s Award for ‘Internet Marketer of the Year’
He graduated with an honours degree in Marketing, gaining the award of Advanced Diploma in Marketing Techniques (DIT) and B.Sc. (Mgmt) award from Trinity College Dublin. He continued his studies at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, obtaining a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Practice.
About Cian Corbett
Cian Corbett is social media trainer and strategist with a Marketing Degree and recently graduated with a Masters in Marketing from DCU. Cian was a marketing lecturer for undergraduate students for the year in DCU.
The Cork native has considerable experience in digital marketing having run campaigns on behalf of clients as diverse as Sage, Fáilte Ireland and performer Jack L. Cian has previous sales experience as a Business Development Representative with Diageo & O2.
Outside of the business world he can be seen playing piano for The Frank and Walters band and hosting The Cork Music Show on Cork FM.
About Fiona Pope
Fiona Pope is a Junior Social Media Manager with a BSc in Business and Management from DIT. Specialising in marketing, Fiona aimed her studies on the use of social media as a marketing tool.
She has worked in sales for Avon Cosmetics and more recently as a marketing and events assistant for The Social Media Academy in London. During her time in London she assisted in running social media events with delegates attending from brands such as Royal Mail, Disney, Hilton and Kelloggs.
About David McWeeney
David McWeeney holds a Masters in Marketing from DCU where he excelled in digital marketing. David also lectured undergraduates in marketing and market research whilst enrolled in the Masters. David is passionate about numbers and analytics and has previously worked as a market analyst for TradeFacilitate.com, as well as having previously held roles in sales and data support.
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