Craig Hepburn

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Craig is Global Director of Digital at Nokia, responsible for leading a world class digital and social media strategy for the worlds largest mobile phone company. Leading a team of highly skilled experts who drive the centre of digital media excellence and ensure a highest standard of strategic digital  execution along with the creation of a company wide social media framework focused on transforming Nokia into a truly social brand experience through digital innovation and social business design. 

Craig has very strong background in Enterprise and Digital Content Management technologies and user experience design and joined Nokia from Open Text where as Director of Social Media Strategy he advised and consulted on social media and Enterprise 2.0 strategies for some of the worlds largest organisations including T-Mobile, Novartis, SAP, RIM, Motorola, the Canadian Government and many more. Previously, he headed up the global eCommerce and digital marketing strategy for STA Travel and is credited with delivering cutting edge technologies to enhance the online travel agency's hugely successful online presence and web solutions. This included interactive travel applications, creating award winning social media communities and web2.0 applications including the award winning travel blogs, widgets, RSS feeds and many more. Craig was also hugely influential in developing some of the earliest partnerships and social media strategies with the Facebook founders which are still going strong today. 
  
Craig has been previously invited to talk and participate on the panel of some key events over the past three years including, Forrester Marketing EMEA, Social Media Influence, Enterprise 2.0 Conference, Internet World, EyeForTravel, AdTech, Revolution Search Marketing, Widgety Goodness, Content World and the ARK group's Streamlining web content and approval. Craig was voted as one of the UK's rising stars in the digital marketing sector and contributes to many publications on social media and business.

Craig is passionate about social computing, web2.0, collaboration, usability, digital marketing and innovation. He is a prolific blogger with a significant following of influential business owners and C level executives and has built a very influential twitter following.

Craig often shares and posts his thoughts via twitter @ http://twiter.com/craighepburn

Craig also tries to keep his blog up to date on the latest social media and social business design concepts at http://forwebsake.blogspot.com