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Emma Bird, US Program Director

Emma joined The Marketing Academy in May 2018 and is responsible for leading the US Scholarship Program through its launch phase and beyond.

Most recently Emma was Head of Brand Communications at SSE the Energy company leading teams delivering integrated communications campaigns as well as managing TV sponsorship for ITV coverage of RWC 2015 and SSE’s sponsorship of the ITV National Weather. Prior to this she worked for Microsoft managing advertising campaigns for Office 365 and Windows 8.

Emma started her career on the graduate scheme at Mitsubishi Motors moving through a number of roles including Customer Service, Dealer Marketing, Events Management and Advertising.

Outside of work Emma enjoys walking her dog, going to the gym and travelling to new parts of the world with her husband Tom.