Ash Keith Email & Phone Number

Sydney, NSW, AU

North Sydney, New South Wales, AU

Richmond, Victoria, AU

Manchester, England, GB

- Leading a team of nine including Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and Project Coordinators to execute a programme of digital transformation projects with new and existing clients, onboarding them to Ingenuity’s full end to end DTC services and facilitating expansion across new international markets. - Establishing a shared sense of purpose, open.

Manchester, England, GB

• Leading a team of three project managers oversaw delivery of a portfolio of projects, mitigating risks and unblocking issues to drive timely, quality deliverables for both Ingenuity and our customers.
• Leading and managing junior and mid-level project managers, supporting and assisting the team to remove barriers and create a culture aligned with overarching delivery strategy
• Consolidating and communicating updates across projects for programme, retail and workstream leads; reporting against KPIs and leading project steercos
• Identifying opportunities for internal process improvements and solutions across project delivery, driving best practice processes and mitigating future challenges
• Driving effective governance across projects, managing escalations to leadership team, identifying and mitigating project risks and collaborating with internal stakeholders to find solutions and unblock issues
• Stakeholder management: building strong internal relationships with stakeholders across all functional teams and fostering transparent lines of communication

Manchester, England, GB

• Working with some of Ingenuity's largest client partners to implement end to end, direct to consumer eCommerce service offerings and international expansion into new markets.
• Managing cross-functional project teams encompassing Strategy, Customer Success, Operations, Marketing, Trading, Customer Services and Tech workstreams to onboard clients to THG Ingenuity platform, ensuring meeting of.
• Monitoring operational performance of project teams based on KPIs
• Identifying opportunities to further service clients and make recommendations to utilise Ingenuity capabilities and fulfil client strategy
• Scoping projects, developing and communicating timelines both internally and externally, confirming appropriate due diligence and ensuring dependencies are understood and met.
• Developing and maintaining client and stakeholder relationships

New York, New York, US

• Drove growth in UK Online Only auctions, from eight in 2017 to almost 40 auctions by the end of 2019. Online auctions replaced live auctions as the primary sale format in 2020.
• Developed, managed and grew new sales categories and formats in partnership with luxury brands and external consultants, including Original Film Posters, Handbags and Accessories, Ornellaia Vendemmia d’Artista.
• Led the transition of traditional sale categories from live to Online, converting existing clients to online bidding and buying and walking 20+ specialist departments through the online sale process.
• Project management of UK online-only auctions, including scheduling, legal, tax, online catalogue production, logistics and fulfilment, ensuring all deadlines and launch dates were met for multiple projects at a time
• Oversaw marketing and selling, including merchandising, editorial, email, SEO, search and display advertising, retargeting, events, social (paid and organic) and direct client outreach to maximise results
• Identified KPIs and measured sale performance based on analysis of key metrics. Adjusted strategy to improve sell through rates, conversion and total sale value

New York, New York, US

• Developed and implemented administrative processes for new auction categories and formats, working closely with internal and external collaborators
• Managed the auction consignment process, including contracts, movement of property and client communication
• Fielded external enquiries, and coordinated public and private viewings
• Facilitated interest meetings, updated client contact databases in lead-up to auctions
• Reviewed inventory and actioned recommendations for unsold property
• Organised external services including restoration works where required

New York, New York, US

• Improved division culture through enhanced relationship management and more engaging department communications
• Processed expenses through Concur in accordance with company policy and deadlines
• Extensive diary management, coordinating and scheduling meetings, conference calls and video conferences across multiple time zones
• Coordinated international and domestic travel, including flights, accommodation, visa applications, ground transportation and preparing itineraries. Frequently made urgent last-minute changes and emergency bookings
• Handled high volume of phone calls and acted as gatekeeper
• Managed the supply cupboard, ordering and organising stock on a monthly basis

• Developed and maintained media and investor contact databases
• Improved the quality of industry media coverage reports for client daily distribution
• Organised investor and media briefing events during reporting season
• Drafted and proofread articles and media releases

Sydney, NSW, AU

• Worked with wider GPAIR and Internal Communications teams to design, implement and manage the corporate communications plan
• Developed and maintained media and investor contact databases
• Monitored and reported on daily industry news coverage
• Organised investor and media briefing events during reporting season
• Identified key spokespeople across the company and facilitated media training
• Assisted in rolling out new corporate website

Diploma, Leadership And Management

Master Of Arts - Ma, Ancient History

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Public Relations And Organisational Communications