Jill Nash

Dr Jill Nash

  • Senior Lecturer In Advertising and Marketing Communications
  • Weymouth House W422, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

A marketing communications expert with 20 years teaching experience across UK Universities, a champion of work based learning, employability credentials and global mobility.

A fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and a full member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) since 2008. A graduate from Manchester Business School with a PhD (2004) in consumer behaviour and consumer culture.

Spent 3 years at Sanctuary Music as Head of Global Fashion & Licensing, where she led a team of creatives and brand managers to develop and create fashion music merchandise for bands/artists ranging from the Stone Roses to Robbie Williams. The role added substantial professional practise to her teaching practise and has enabled subsequent contract research.

She has also worked extensively in marketing agency environments and managed packaging and brand identity client accounts from FMCG to wellbeing sectors, notably Argos, North Face, Danone, Bon Marche, Evian, Topshop and H&M's. Spent several years working in agencies in Manchester, Leeds, Paris, Istanbul and London before landing herself back into Academia in 2015...

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Research

Current research project "Understanding the impact of emotion in RNLI communications in relation to behaviour change"

Journal Articles

  • Nash, J. and Sidhu, C., 2023. ‘Pink is for girls, blue is for boys’ exploring brand gender identity in children’s clothing, a post-evaluation of British retailer John Lewis. Journal of Brand Management, 30 (5), 381-397.
  • Nash, J., 2018. Exploring how social media platforms influence fashion consumer decisions in the UK retail sector. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal.
  • Nash, J. and Gell, E., 2018. Exploring social media influences on colour cosmetics purchase decisions for females aged 45+. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 12 (1), 1-35.
  • Nash, J., 2017. Eating Ourselves into Identity? An Investigation into the Relationship between Dining-Out Experiences and Identity Production on Instagram amongst Female Young Professionals. Journal of Promotional Communications, 5 (2).
  • Nash, J., 2002. Retailers and supplier relationships: Going live with B2B. International Journal of New Product Development & Innovation Management, 4 (1).

Conferences

  • Nash, J., 2018. Exploring social media influences on colour cosmetics purchase decisions for females aged 45+. In: International Conference on Digital Marketing 17-18 May 2018 Sri Lanka, Columbo.

PhD Students

  • Kathryn Ellis. Diversity and creativity in the advertising industry, (In progress)
  • Olajumoke Fatoki, 2021. “Store Atmospherics: The Impact Of The Shopping Environment On Buying Behaviour At Shoprite Mall In Southern Nigeria.”

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Creative Strategy for Advertising

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Media Planning
  • Live Advertising Campaigns
  • Brand Management
  • International Fashion Marketing Communications
  • Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Brands & Branding
  • Academic Dissertation & Consultancy

Grants

  • Saving lives at sea: Lifejackets are not fashionable (ACORN ((Internal), 01 Sep 2018). Completed
  • Fashion retail research (Technitex, 01 Sep 2001). Completed
  • PhD thesis (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, 01 Sep 2000). Completed

External Responsibilities

Internal Responsibilities

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

  • Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal, Anonymous peer review, 01 Sep 2016

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Drowning prevention & treatment conference (11 Oct 2023-13 Oct 2023)

Conference Presentations

  • International Conference Digital Marketing, Exploring media affects on consumption of colour cosmetics, 16 May 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • British Academy of Management, Exploring consumer centricity in retail, 01 Jun 2005, Harrogate, UK

Consultancy Activities

  • Understanding the Commuter Experience, Research. Exterion Media, COG, 01 Jun 2016

Attended Training

  • Doctoral Supervision Training, 01 Feb 2018

Qualifications

  • PGCE in PGcert Higher Education (Bournemouth University, 2017)
  • PhD in Consumer Behaviour (Manchester University, 2004)
  • BSc (Hons) in Marketing (Manchester University, 2001)

Honours

  • Vice Chancellors Award Nomination for Inspiring learning Award (Bournemouth University, 2021)
  • Vice Chancellors Award Nomination for Research Excellence (Bournemouth University, 2020)
  • Ambassador (Global Academic Institute, 2018)
  • Best overall paper for digital marketing (Global Academic Research Institute (GARI), 2018)

Memberships

Networks

  • Academy of Marketing Fashion Consortium https://www.fashionmarketingandconsumption.com

External Media and Press