Karis Higson

Karis Higson has a diverse work experience spanning over many years. Karis currently works at Switchee as a Product and Channel Marketing Manager. Prior to this, they held the role of Product Marketing Manager at the same company.

Before joining Switchee, Karis worked at 3M, where they had two roles. Firstly, they were a Segment Marketer in the Safety & Industrial business Group, Northern Europe Region, where they led activation marketing for Heavy Manufacturing and Transportation and served as the local marketer for Construction in the UK. In their second role at 3M, Karis was a Segment Marketer in the North Europe, Personal Safety Division, where they led campaigns for the Pharma Industry and focused on market segments such as Construction, mineral products, asbestos, pharma, and Fire.

Prior to 3M, Karis worked at Scott Safety as a Marketing Communications Manager, responsible for managing global internal communications, integration communications, and advertising strategy. Karis also worked at 3M Gas & Flame Detection as a Marketing Communications Coordinator.

Earlier in their career, Karis held the role of Marketing Campaign Manager at Sage, where they ran multiple key projects simultaneously. Karis also worked as a Retail Marketing Executive at Graham & Brown, where they worked on retail store design and collaborated with the eCommerce team. Karis's work experience also includes being a Group Marketing Manager at Quality Essential Distribution and a Marketing Executive at Business Insight 3, where they worked on various projects including business awards applications.

Karis started their career as a Marketing Assistant at Bolton Wanderers Football Club and also worked as an Event Coordinator at Eminent Event Management Ltd.

Karis Higson obtained a BA in Marketing from Waterford Institute of Technology, where they studied various subjects such as Sales, Marketing, Advertising, Psychology, Communications, sports, and Multimedia from 2006 to 2010. Karis later pursued an MSc in Psychology of Advertising at Lancaster University from 2010 to 2011, focusing on the specific field of Psychology of Advertising.