Chloë O'Connor Email & Phone Number

County Kilkenny, Ireland

Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland

This festive season, we invite you to step into MARKET WINE, a pop-up wine bar and off-licence in the heart of Thomastown. With over fifteen years of experience in events and hospitality, we've created a warm and inviting space where the spirit of community and the joy of fine wine come together.Our carefully curated wine list features selections from esteemed Irish distributors, offering a delightful array of wines to suit all palates, and pockets. Whether you're a connoisseur or just beginning your journey into the world of wine, there's something for everyone to savour.Complementing our exquisite wines, we proudly showcase a selection of artisanal nibbles & cold plates sourced from talented local food producers. As you gather with friends and family this Christmas, let MARKET WINE, your neighbourhood wine bar, be a cosy retreat where you can unwind and create new memories. We're excited to welcome you warmly and share in the joy of the season.

Ireland

Providing operational support to the Artistic Director of Music & Health Ireland. Responsibilities include but are not limited to coordinating and liaising with all venues, musicians and programme partners to set-up programme visits, gather feedback and develop ongoing reports with agreed metrics; schedule numerous visits per month for musicians across 5 programmes; coordinate with all grant partners to ensure the timely delivery of relevant applications and documentation; be flexible and responsive to the support needs of the musicians and partnering organisations; provide administrative support to the Artistic Director across all programmes, and work to underpin the delivery of the ambitions of the Strategic Plan; Ensure all Health & Safety protocols are met and delivered on, including childprotection measures; Develop and provide support on any social media collateral required for theprogrammes.

County Dublin, Ireland

I have worked with the Loyola Group since May 2015, in their award winning, Michelin recommended GastroPub, The Old Spot. I have been in a managerial role since September 2018, currently Assistant Restaurant Manager. The role involves bookings and sales, managing customer expectations, key staff and rostering, cash management, purchasing, schedules for food and drinks for every day service as well as events as diverse as a buffet for 100 people for a rugby match day to set menus for up to 80 people for weddings, christenings and significant birthday parties. We are very proud of our Michelin plate rating and as such excellent customer service and quality food and drink are the cornerstones of our business. We work to the highest standards to ensure all our customers have a wonderful experience at The Old Spot.

County Dublin, Ireland

Working with the best team to provide great food, drink and hospitality to all our customers.

County Dublin, Ireland

Working with the best team to provide great food, drink and hospitality to all our customers.

Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland

The Butler Gallery has a central role to play in the cultural life of the city and county of Kilkenny. Synonymous with a respected quality of visual arts programming, one of our roles is to maintain that standard. Another role is to continue to act as a resource, and a meeting point, for the visual arts community and the general public. Through diverse exhibition programming, the important collection, and far-reaching education initiatives, the gallery actively promotes the value of arts to society.

County Dublin, Ireland

Donor engagement event management with ActionAid Ireland office since April 2018.Working in partnership with St. Patrick’s Festival and 2into3 (December 2016 - November 2017), I was a critical member of the strategic planning team, inputting across all areas of the proposed new Fundraising and Sponsorship Strategy for the organisation.WMB Publishing Ltd (August – October 2016) Member of event project team for WMB Conference and Awards, which celebrates and promotes female entrepreneurs and businesswomen, connecting women and recognising their contribution to the Irish economy. Reporting to the Head of Development at National Concert Hall (March 2016 – July 2016), I worked with the Development team to research the potential for growth among the existing partners and donors.

Dublin

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Responsibilities in running this ecommerce business included the management and development of an ecommerce site to ensure increased brand awareness and site traffic, as well as the growth of the turnover of Love Letters by 30% over two years. Site traffic increased by 100% during the first year with up to 6,000 visitors to the site per month. I participated in the LEO Accelerate programme, to help grow the business. I had two employees, and during my time running Love Letters, we won three industry awards for our website, and our stationery. In February 2016, I sold the ecommerce site to Prontaprint, Dublin.

Dublin

Working closely with the Festival Council and the Artistic Director/Chief Executive, I was responsible for the design and implementation of strategies that drive income generation including commercial sponsorship, philanthropic giving and Government agency funding. My team was also responsible for coordinating the programme launch for the Festival, the opening and closing nights, as well as running the Festival club and coordinating all artist and staff events during the 18 day Festival.Dublin Theatre Festival won the Allianz Business to Arts Award for Best Long Term Partnership with DAA in 2013, for it's collaborative work on the activation of the sponsorship and it's marketing campaign around The Corn Exchange production of James Joyce's Dubliners in the 2012 Festival.

Kilkenny

My role as Fundraising Manager was to deliver the sponsorship revenue target. Key responsibilities in this role were prospect identification, selling partnerships to new and existing partners, managing the life cycle of these partnerships, ensuring all revenue was received on target, as well as ongoing progress reports to the Festival CEO and the preparation of a post festival report for the Kilkenny Arts Festival board of directors.

Dublin, China, North America

Bags.ie is a major supplier of packaging materials to the retail and wholesale trades and to the manufacturing industry, in Ireland and for export globally. Stronghold Packaging specialises in reusable environmentally friendly packaging for export. ROLE: Business Owner, Sales & Marketing Director at Stronghold, Networking, International Purchasing, Quality Control (QC) & Distribution, including negotiations with customers, suppliers, staff and financial institutions

Dublin

I worked on the internal support team for the telephone system for UCD, the largest exchange in Ireland. I researched and worked as part of a team to implement a voice activated telephone system throughout the campus. Our team also provided IT technical support for the Services Department on campus. This was a very customer focussed role, supporting and managing over 6,000 telephone extensions throughout the campus, as well as providing all the IT support within the Services department.

Uganda

I spent 9 weeks in Uganda in 2002 with ActionAid Uganda. I provided IT support and web development in the head office, Kampala. I travelled throughout Uganda, visiting area offices and community based organisations (CBO), as well as attending workshops. I assisted and researched in the development and publishing of a brochure for the hand over of an educational CBO from ActionAid to the local community, documenting the project and the handover process.

Dublin

As a part time volunteer with Amnesty International Irish Office, I helped coordinate the Annual Conference and provided web and IT support internally. It was very fulfilling, working as part of such a passionate team.

Dublin

I managed and developed the redesign of an IT system for a Medical Company. Key relationship management skills were involved, as close collaboration was required to determine the needs of the user and the requirements for the system. I met with the clients regularly at key points in the development of the programme to ensure their needs were being met at all times. The project concluded with a working system, that I believe a version of is still in use today.

Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

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