About Us

About Oysterjam

Marianne Harris-Bridge came up with the idea to form Oysterjam in 2005. She wanted to provide marketing, business development, sales and communications support to companies in need of a fresh approach to their business needs. Working with organisations in the private, public, and third sectors Marianne determined that the challenges to delivering growth were not dissimilar in each sector. Even in the larger organisations with their own internal resources; they often value and need a fresh and objective review of their strategies (and how they are implemented), to grow business or move in a new direction.

Marianne provides one-to-one review, advice and support to companies and through her extensive experience in marketing and business development is able to deliver and provide access to specialist services for all aspects of marketing and sales.

Marianne Harris-Bridge

Marianne is a successful marketing and business development director with over 30 years experience in the private, public and not for profit sectors. I have developed new corporate brands, managed in-house and external marketing resources, achieved growth objectives and created new markets for consumer, (pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, OTC, education and training) and B2B products and services (change, leadership, professional management services, consultancy and qualifications.) My clients have ranged from SMEs to large multinationals in all sectors and I have led teams of up to 200 staff across several sites. My particular strength has been in circumstances of organisational change, where I have performed change management roles (responding to merger, or new market direction) forged new visions and strategies and led the performance and cultural changes. I have grasped the market context for each organisation and sector and used my influence and communication skills to motivate teams, colleagues and external stakeholders to achieve success.

Marianne has worked with the following organisations:

• Admiral Design & Print - Print company expanding into charity cards and wishing to develop more focused marketing in a competitive market.
• Chefaro Proprietaries Ltd. - private sector - OTC sector (Cough preparations, cosmetics, pregnancy tests, ovulation tests, health supplements.)
• De Montfort University - public sector, Higher Education (Student recruitment, UK and international, services to businesses.)
• Exemplas Ltd. - private sector, B2B professional support, Businesss Links, training, change management (Business development, training, change management, organisation support.)
• Goodfella/Kwiklite - Grahm started his own company in 2009 and has used the Oysterjam services to advise on business strategy and marketing ever since. Goodfella started to make inroads into the handyman sector and Kwiklite is a franchise to deliver lighting engineering .
• Harrison Cowley Advertising - private sector advertising agency ( DIY, white goods, caravans, clay shooting)
• Hertfordshire University - public sector - Higher Education (Employer Engagement solutions development, green solutions marketing, change management tools, contact centre and graduate and work placements marketing)
• Herts Prosperity - public sector lsep (Arts tourism project marketing review.)
• Highpoint conference centre - private sector (marketing development and review, residential and conference facility.)
• Ixion Holdings - not for profit B2B professional support, Business Link, training, change, employer engagement, skills and leadership.
• KJ Associates - Company delivering training solutions and personality profiling to improve recruitment practices. Working to develop the best marketing approaches to create strong branding and marketing messages.
• Leicester City Council - public sector local authority (Regeneration project dealing with Construction contracts.)
• Leicester College - public sector, Further Education (Student recruitment, services to business, community education, corporate services.)
• Leicestershire Promotions - Public/private sector, destination agency/ inward investment(Destination Tourism and inward investment)
• Lincoln Noel - Piano teacher and musician. Lincoln needs to raise profile and get more bookings for both entertainment and instruction.
• Ruth Ingman Ltd - HR and Employment Law company seeking to launch new services and develop the customer base.
• Shaun Malin Electrical & Plumbing - Sole Trader wishing to develop a business plan and marketing strategy for growth in new markets and better work/life balance over three years.
• The Boots Company Ltd. - private sector, international (Pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, cosmetics & toiletries.)
• The British Institute of Management - Charity, professional membership body (Professional membership, training, publications, information and support services for managers.)
• The Chartered Management Institute - registered Charity, see *(Training and qualifications for managers and organisations.)
• The Food Forum, East Midlands - public sector supported network (Consultancy for food SMEs and training in marketing.)
• The University of Cumbria - Higher Education organisation based on several sites around the UK
• The University of Westminster - public sector Higher Education (Research into part-time qualifications.)
• Tomorrow Today - public/private sector (Marketing advice and training for start-up SME to support women.
• Unoco Ltd. - private sector, e-learning qualifications delivery Marketing development and review, high growth prospect.)
• Viridian Nutritional Supplements - Private sector- growth strategy to increase sales and market share in the UK and overseas in the whole food/ health store sector.