Vanessa George

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Group Account Director at Farrimond

New Zealand

Overview

A seasoned Group Account Director with over 25 years of experience, Vanessa George excels at fostering strong client relationships. She is passionate about guiding brands by connecting tight strategy with brilliant creative execution and thrives in high-energy, collaborative agency environments.


She takes great pride in leading and supporting client-agency partnerships, viewing them as central to achieving outstanding results.

Personality Overview

Fast-paced

Risk-Accepting

Results Focused

Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.  They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.

Topics They Care About

Client Relationships
Her profile emphasizes a 25-year career focused on maintaining and building client relationships, highlighting a passion for client service excellence.
Strategic Branding
Focuses on driving brands forward by developing a "tight strategy" and seeing it through to creative execution for the best possible results.
Agency Leadership
Expresses pride in leading and supporting client-agency partnerships and thrives on working with "aspirational thinkers with ambitious personalities. "

Media Appearances

Vanessa has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2025
Group Account Director at Farrimond
6-2024 - 1-2025
Group Account Director at Mars United℠ Commerce ANZ
9-2018 - 6-2024
Group Account Director at Hyde Group Advertising
9-2015 - 1-2018
Senior Account Director at Hyde Group Advertising
11-2014 - 8-2015
Senior Account Director at Consortium

Education

Vanessa has no verified education history

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Insights For Selling To Vanessa

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Focus on the results that your product produces, expect some strategic questions in return
  • Suggest clear next steps with confidence, don't be vague or hesitant
  • You can spend time on BANT (or other qualification methodology) but keep it to the point

DONT's

  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them
  • Avoid putting conscious effort into relationship-building
  • Don't shy away from asking hard questions, but be extra polite

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Vanessa is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Vanessa

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Vanessa move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Vanessa take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Vanessa

Personality Compatibility


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