Amanda

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Gender	Female
Occupation	Commercial Director
Location	London
Introduction	Amanda Jones MA FRSA is a recent Graduate from The University of Glasgow. After her Masters she worked as a freelance marketing consultant, advising in the field of new product design & launch before taking the decision to channel her skills into founding her own business with University friend James Brown, designing & producing innovative products addressing the needs of the humanitarian sector. Since this time, Red Button Design has received a string of business & enterprise awards from organisations such as The Wall Street Journal, NESTA, The Oxford Said Business School & has appeared twice on BBC 2’s hit business show “The Dragons’ Den”. As a result of the highly successful pitch the pair gave on the show, Amanda has had the opportunity to collaborate on a number of textbooks & for-schools initiatives to teach entrepreneurship, confident public speaking & interview technique. She is often invited to speak about her experiences at business events & in schools.
Interests	I am a Fellow of the RSA, an Enterprise Mentor with NESTA, and, a Make Your Mark ambassador, I am interested in, Social Enterprise, Branding & Marketing, Tattooing, Writing, Coaching & Mentorship, Networking, Corsetry, Design, Choreography, Dance, Travel, Languages, Culture, Gadgets, The Internet, Blogging, and Good Coffee, (The latter being the most critical)