Richard Spooner, Dip M Mcim, Chartered Marketer
About Richard Spooner, Dip M Mcim, Chartered Marketer
Richard Spooner is the Global Marketing Manager for Water at Arup and has held Chartered Marketer status since 2013.
Title
Richard Spooner is the Global Marketing Manager for Water at Arup, a role he has held since 2018. In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing marketing strategies and activities within the water sector on a global scale.
Education and Expertise
Richard holds a Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing, achieved in 2007, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Studies with Professional Experience from the University of Hull, completed in 2005. His areas of specialization include project management, new product development, and the creation and delivery of comprehensive marketing plans.
Achievements
Richard Spooner has been accredited with the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s (CIM) Chartered CPD Programme since 2007. He has held Chartered Marketer status since 2013 and possesses a PRINCE2 Foundation qualification. Additionally, he serves as a Subject Examiner and Accredited Sales Unit Moderator for CIM.
Professional Background
Before his current role at Arup, Richard worked at Mabey Hire Ltd as Marketing Manager from 2014 to 2018. Prior to that, he was with Gripple Limited in Sheffield, where he started as Product Manager and was promoted to Marketing Manager within a year. His earlier positions include Marketing Officer at South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, and Marketing Executive at Arch Timber Protection (now Lonza).
Company
Richard currently serves as the Global Marketing Manager, Water at Arup, located in Leeds, United Kingdom. He is also the Communications Lead for Arup’s global knowledge exchange partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.