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Anne-Fay Townsend

Business Partnerships Manager Social Sciences (Innovation & Business Partnerships)

Professional Services

  • Business Partnerships Manager Social Sciences (Innovation & Business Partnerships)
    Professional Services
  • +44 (0)1273 606755 Ext.5559 (Work)

BIO

I work with Social Science and Humanities researchers from across the University and with the Schools of Media, Arts and Humanities, LPS, ESW and Global. I work with colleagues in the wider Knowledge Exchange Network at the University to develop knowledge-exchange based activities with external partners, including KTPs (Knowledge Transfer Partnerships).

My background is in commercial marketing communications; I worked for 15 years as a strategist in advertising agencies as well as in design and innovation companies. Prior to this role, I worked on research commercialisation and entrepreneurial research projects at Sussex Innovation, the University's business incubator.

DEGREES

  • MA Twentieth Century English Literature
    University of Sussex, United Kingdom
  • BA Hons English Literature
    University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom