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Brand Manager of the Week - Jasper Martens, Head of social and search marketing, Simply Business

- Describe yourself in three words.

Cheese fanatic cyclist.

- What would you be if you weren't a brand manager?

Ballroom dancing instructor.

- What advice would you give someone starting their marketing career today?

Don't be a manager, but a specialist.

- What attracted you to your current job?

The challenge of introducing new tools to a very traditional industry.

- What was your finest hour?

A cricket match at The Oval with BRIT Insurance. By 11am I was rather the worse for wear and still don't understand the game.

- What's your greatest ambition?

To go back to where I acquired my knowledge and teach marketing properly (not the textbook version).

- What is your favourite ever marketing campaign?

The 'Adam and Eve' viral campaign for Dutch insurance company Centraal Beheer (http://tinyurl.com/7jb3mwq).

- What is your all-time favourite slogan?

You're only as good as your last tweet.

- What marketing trend is dominating your job?

Using interactive collateral such as videos, podcasts and live chats as part of the content marketing strategy.

- What hobbies do you have?

Cycling, weekend hikes and trips back to Amsterdam to see friends and family.

- What's your favourite holiday destination?

Argentina, where you can be boiling in the jungle one minute and skiing on a glacier the next.

- If you had three wishes, what would they be?

Stay healthy, stay with the same partner ... and a three-bedroom house in Richmond.