Coda - Marketing for Industry

As CEO at Coda, my focus is on creating a thriving agency, full of experts who support the most future-facing and sustainable industrial companies on the planet. We're B2B Marketing Experts for a world made better.

Chief Executive Officer

Coda is the marketing & communication engine for industry. We supply expert content, communications and campaigns to the global organisations who are responding to the mega-trends of the future.

Our strength and depth in knowledge across the sectors and international markets we have worked in for the last 15 years means that we are expertly placed to provide you with strategy, branding and messaging that delivers results across borders.

And once that strategy is in place, our expertly executed content-driven lead generation campaigns generate an average reported uplift of 10% for our clients, because we’re able to deliver a fully-integrated and multi-channel approach that attracts your ideal customers.  

Because we’re able to quickly and skilfully get under the hood of your business, we can provide that much-needed resource and creativity when you need it most. Whether it’s a quick launch of a complex product or a trade show that requires multi-channel content to get your offer is seen at the right time, by the right people, Coda will deliver.  

Our best work is based in relationships. We understand what you do, and we understand your challenges. So when we can operate in a partnership capacity, you get access to all corners of our agency expertise.

Head of Growth

Daughter - Consulting & Coaching

Daughter offers business consulting & coaching to support growth companies, and businesses that want to harness the power of human difference to improve how they operate. I have experience delivering transformation projects and plans to scale operations across multiple sectors, including in digital and creative agencies, recruitment, charities and public sector.

Owner

Beatfreeks

Managing Director

3 SIDED CUBE

As Operations Director at 3 Sided Cube, my passion is making 3 Sided Cube an inspiring place to work so that our people are always at their best. I'm proud to look after our incredible team, who are all digital superstars helping to solve some of the world's biggest challenges using tech for good.

I specialise in operational leadership which covers processes, people and finance management. My aim is to keep our team happy, supported and motivated in what is a super-fast-changing technical, business and environmental landscape.

If you are looking to use technology to make a positive social impact, then you're in the right place! Hurray! Get in touch, and let's use tech for good together, holla@3sidedcube.com.

Operations Director

3 Sided Cube is a multi-award winning digital agency helping businesses and organisations around the globe save the world one app at a time.

We’ve made tech solutions that have helped charities, international businesses and exciting startups including The Red Cross, RNLI, Lush, Scope and Nordstrom to change lives for the better.

We work with you to make technology that creates a safer, fairer, healthier and greener world. Striving to make an impact, we don’t do it for the awards, but equally, we don’t mind them either, having picked up Agency of the Year, Most Innovative Agency and a Webby for Best Mobile App. 

We’re a disruptive squad of technologists, strategists, designers, marketers and developers. Working with each other, with your business and with you to exceed expectations to make things that people love.

Head Of Operations

RLA Group

Heading up the Digital Project Management team, I'm responsible for the delivery of large-scale technical website and software builds.

Senior Digital Project Manager

Redweb

Senior Project Manager

Digital Project Manager

I gained a promotion into this role on the basis of my previous project management experience and my work at RLA for The Trade Parts Specialists (part of Volkswagen Group UK). Particularly for my part in the successful delivery of two secure bespoke online applications. One being a data management and analyis tool which is has improved efficiency for their business and saved hundreds of hours of manual spreadsheet work and the other being a re-launch of an existing incentive platform which has improved user engagement through the design of a more intuitive user experience.

Although currently working on exciting projects in partnership with Volvo and on existing work with The Trade Parts Specialists and other local clients, I'm also looking forward to working on a number of other upcoming projects we'll be delivering at RLA this year.

Digital Account Manager

My Senior Account Manager role at RLA was dedicated to the day to day management and delivery of a highly successful below the line national trade marketing programme for the B2B automotive parts operation of Volkswagen Group UK.

Beginning life at RLA as a Marketing Co-ordintor for the same client, I demonstrated ability to add value and a hunger to deliver and, in recognition of this, was promoted to both Account Manager and then Senior Account Manager in my time on the account.

Senior Account Manager

Borough of Poole

This role saw me hone and develop my formal project management skills, using PRINCE II, particularly through the introduction of a translation service and training programme across the Borough. I also managed implementation of the communication plan for a complex customer service change programme, using experience of marketing techniques to enhance internal communications

Programme Support Officer

Bournemouth University

Education Liaison Co-ordinator

Marketing Assistant

Education Liaison Assistant (University Placement Year)

I'm an accomplished business leader with over 15 years of expertise in the agency space spanning creative, marketing, and software industries. Currently the CEO of Coda | Marketing for Industry, I'm dedicated to building a progressive Marketing Communcations agency that supports sustainable and future-focused industrial companies through expert B2B marketing strategies and delivery. 

I've held leadership roles in global tech and creative agencies, specialising in operations, growth, and transformation. And my experience as a coach and consultant highlights my passion for helping people and businesses harness human difference to drive success.

Previously, I led operations at the award-winning tech-for-good agency 3 Sided Cube, where I had a pivotal role in driving growth and operational excellence. My leadership has consistently transformed organisations, from streamlining operations to building effective, people-focused teams. Throughout my career, I've been committed to using creativity and technology to create positive social impact, and my ambitions for the future involve using my position to amplify positive stories across the industrial sector, and shape the future of marketing and business strategy across industrial technology and manufacturing.

At Coda | Marketing for Industry, we develop market-leading content strategies and campaigns that generate up to 10 times more high-quality leads for our clients. We do that through our Marketing for Industry model, which encompasses the 9 vital principles you need in industrial marketing to win.

We are proud to work internationally across the following sectors:
- Process manufacturing and analysis
- Renewables and Electrification
- Decarbonisation
- Automation, robotics and technology
- Life Sciences

Jen Swain

Comtec Translations

At Comtec we support businesses to reach new markets and new customers worldwide through translation and localisation. We’re not just a translation agency – we’re a translation partner.

✍️ As Head of Commercial, my responsibilities include:

•	Participating as a member of the Senior Leadership Team
•	Leading and mentoring the Business Development team to ensure successful business growth
•	Evolving and nurturing client relationships with new and existing clients
•	Developing and launching new services and pricing models for our clients
•	Increasing awareness of the Comtec brand through networking, public speaking, webinars and collaborative marketing opportunities
•	Leading on culture, diversity and inclusion within the organisation
•	Representing Comtec within the Agency Hackers community and chairing their D&I Council
•	Acting as Comtec's representative within the Content Marketing Association (CMA)
•	Acting as a Council Member for the Association of Translation Companies (ATC)

Head Of Commercial

•	Managed day-to-day activities within the Operations team
•	Handled the company’s resource allocation and resource management of all our client projects to ensure smooth and effective workflows within our business 
•	Oversaw the staffing, performance, growth and development of the Operations team
•	Ensured our annual internal and external quality audits were sufficiently completed in order to maintain our ISO certifications
•	Oversaw the effective resourcing, production and delivery of clients’ major and complex projects, for new and existing clients
•	Lead on operational excellence through projects to streamline and evolve core processes
•	Oversaw client acquisition activities for new clients
•	Participated as a member of the senior leadership team

•	Managed a portfolio of key clients, supporting them with their translation needs
•	Handled incoming new business enquiries to support with company growth
•	Participated in prospecting activities to generate inbound leads for our services
•	Communicated with people who have expressed an interest in our services to discover needs
•	Generated proposals for potential clients where the solutions offered match the clients' needs
•	Represented the company at networking events, trade shows, industry events and conferences
•	Kept in regular contact with clients to nurture their relationships with the company, supporting new, repeat and referral business
•	Managed Comtec's social media and company blog
•	Developed new promotional materials including brochures, flyers, e-shots and case studies
•	Ensured a smooth handover of projects for new clients to the Operations team

• Provided tailored quotations for a wide range of project types including marketing translation, website localisation, voiceover, subtitling and desktop publishing
• Advised clients on the most cost-effective and timely methods of handling their translation requirements
• Managed high-volume multilingual projects from start to finish in line with our ISO 9001:2015 quality procedures
• Established comprehensive briefs through direct liaison with content authors and local markets to ensure that the customer's requirements are fully captured
• Selected the most appropriate and experienced teams of translators and proofreaders for each project
• Ensured the on-time delivery of high quality translated and localised content ready to roll out
• Kept in close contact with my client portfolio through regular phone calls and emails
• Visited schools and universities to promote careers in languages

Account Manager

•	Reviewed project briefs and developing project plans and schedules
•	Selected the appropriate translators (at the right price and experience level) for each project, liaising with them through the process
•	Followed our quality procedures to ensure we met our standards through each phase of the project
•	Monitored plans to ensure each step was delivered as scheduled, keeping the Project Manager up to date every step along the way
•	Troubleshooted and resolved issues as they arose

Junior Project Manager

Association of Translation Companies

Council Member

RR Donnelley

• Quality-checking of English financial and commercial translations originally written in French and German for fluency, style, completeness, accuracy and spelling/grammar

Multilingual Translation Quality Checker

Etone College

• Delivered supplementary language and conversation classes to Year 11 students studying French, German and Spanish in preparation for GCSE exams

• Worked to help students improve their written and spoken language skills by encouraging them to pinpoint and eliminate errors in their work and discover new learning and revision methods

• Created interactive and engaging learning resources to assist in revision of key vocabulary

• Organised and supervised trips to Oxford and Stratford Upon Avon as part of the school exchange programme

Instructor of Modern Foreign Languages

• Mentored and supported pupils with educational and behavioural difficulties in their classwork and assessments, helping them to progress in their studies and achieve individual learning targets

• Completed student progression reports on a daily basis and took an active role in helping students to establish Individual Education Plans

• Regularly assisted teachers through preparing resources, writing letters and emails, covering lessons and making phone calls on their behalf.

Teaching Assistant of Special Educational Needs

Boots

• Assisted customers with their purchases

• Promoted the benefits of the Boots Advantage Card and Health Club schemes

Sales Assistant

🌎About Me🌎 

I’m James Brown from Comtec, the UK's first B Corp-certified translation and localisation agency.

A life-long language lover and speaker of French, German and Spanish, I’ve worked in the translation industry for 12+ years, within roles such as project management, partnerships, business development and marketing. 

I'm currently Comtec’s Head of Commercial, which involves implementing our business development strategy and marketing stategy and participating as a member of our Senior Leadership team, where I oversee our B Corp initiatives.

When it comes to our clients, I specialise in supporting marketing teams and agencies to translate and localise their content in the most impactful and engaging way possible, ensuring they are successfully building their brands internationally, while keeping the target culture firmly in mind. 

I'm also very proud to act as a Council Member and Business Diversity Sustainability Ambassador for the Association of Translation Companies (ATC).

When I'm not busy doing all of the above, you'll find me swimming, travelling, spending time with friends and family, obsessing over the latest TV craze and attempting to write a novel! I'm also Social Secretary and Touch Rugby Team Vice Captain for Coventry Corsairs RFC, an LGBTQ+ inclusive rugby team based in Warwickshire.

🌎 About Comtec🌎

With a fantastic team of linguists, project managers and developers, Comtec supports a growing number of direct-to-consumer and agency brands across marketing, eLearning, food and beverage, automation and retail sectors, to name but a few.

We've invested heavily in our tech offering, believing that technology, combined with human expertise, is an opportunity for our clients to localise faster and more efficiently. The smartest people using the latest tech equals rocket fuel for international growth.

We've also developed a specialism in culture; it's helped us to launch some unique services in this space, from cultural audits to specialised DEI training.

If you're looking for a localisation partner to help your brand grow, I'd love to hear from you.

📧 Email: jbrown@comtectranslations.com
📞 Phone: +44 1926 335681
🌐 Website: www.comtectranslations.com

💬 Client Testimonial: Aesop

"Their professionalism, linguistic expertise, cultural sensitivity, and outstanding customer service make them stand out in the industry. I highly recommend Comtec for anyone in need of reliable and top-quality translation services. They have proven themselves to be a trustworthy partner in bridging language barriers effectively.”

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