Marketing Agency Portfolio · Nottingham Business School, NTU
Business & Marketing Student · Bloom Marketing Agency Executive
Building a professional portfolio through live client briefs, agency-style project work, and reflective development at Nottingham Business School.
🇨🇾 Cyprus National Alpine Ski Team · OYOK
My name is Elyas Markides. I am a Business and Marketing student at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. I am building a professional portfolio that combines academic work, agency-style project experience, and a background that has taught me discipline, resilience, and the ability to perform under pressure.
Before university, I served for 14 months in the Cyprus National Guard — an experience that gave me a deep understanding of structure, accountability, and leadership in high-stakes environments. Alongside my military service, I have spent eight years representing Cyprus in alpine skiing, including the Winter Youth Olympics. I also hold both an SSI scuba diving instructor licence and a skydiving licence.
At Nottingham Business School, I have channelled that same approach into marketing. As part of the Marketing Agency module, I worked as an agency executive on live briefs for the Nottingham City Safeguarding Adults Board and British Nordic Walking — developing campaign strategies, conducting audience research, and presenting to professional stakeholders.
My goal is to build a career in digital marketing and content strategy, working in an agency or SME environment where I can apply both creative and analytical thinking.
Completed as part of the Marketing Agency module at Nottingham Business School. Each involved a real client brief, real research, and real deliverables presented to professional stakeholders.
A one-week campaign for National Safeguarding Adults Week, targeted at South Asian communities and non-English speaking residents to raise awareness and encourage reporting.
Competitive analysis of British Nordic Walking vs WALX in the Parkinson's UK-funded space, with recommendations for positioning their new funded groups.
A complete suite of professional business documents — proposal, pitch deck, and sales report — produced independently for a fictional agency pitching to client ABC Ltd.
The discipline, resilience, and commitment I bring to marketing come from experiences that go far beyond the lecture theatre.
Represented Cyprus in the Winter Youth Olympics as part of the Cyprus National Alpine Ski Team. 8 years of elite competitive racing.
14 months of mandatory national service, developing leadership, accountability, discipline, and the ability to perform under sustained pressure.
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