Overseeing recruitment of new students into the joint venture between INTO and University of Stirling. INTO University of Stirling is made up of two propositions; foundations leading to University of Stirling, and foundations leading to a range of Scottish universities, alongside a range of postgraduate options. The role also includes recruiting directly for University of Stirling.The role is global, covering every region of the world. Alongside other INTO centres, we visit each region to train agents and attend recruitment events.On days when I am in the office, I am part of the senior management team who are involved in the day to day running of the centre.

Looking after all aspects of student recruitment from Africa, North America, and the Middle East. This includes the budgeting for activity in the region, setting the operational plans and strategies, managing agent relationships (along with the administration), communications and marketing to prospective applicants/enrolers and relationship management between the University and sponsors, funding bodies, partner colleges and study abroad partners.In addition to this, I carry out extensive visits to the regions to directly recruit and meet stakeholders.Other projects I supervise include the agent administration for the international department including database management, performance monitoring, commission payments and communications.I am also responsible for overseeing the University's scholarship programmes and liaising with funding bodies and partners to ensure the best possible outcomes for all.

In October 2015 I took up the role of Global Recruitment Manager at the University for the Creative Arts. This involves managing a team of six people covering recruitment of new students to FE, undergraduate and postgraduate courses from the UK, EU and international markets. My team co-ordinate our attendance at UCAS and international fairs, capitalising on trends in the markets and new opportunities for recruitment into arts based courses. I also manage the Recruitment Enquiries Team dealing with processing the leads created by our 'in market' activity.My team do a vast majority of the travelling and event attendance but I too attend events both internationally and within the UK to maintain a strong knowledge of what is happening on the front line.Running and managing Open Days and recruitment events across all four campuses also fall within my remit. This includes all of the 'on the day' management as well as improving processes and reporting. I also work collaboratively with other teams across the university such as the Outreach Team, Web Development Team and Campus Registries as well as academic colleagues.Additionally I manage a substantial budget to achieve all of our objectives and report on spending, overseeing our return on investment.

A new role created at Essex, my job involved building links in new countries with agents and schools and engaging partners and prospective applicants in new and innovative initiatives.I looked after Greece, Cyprus, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Finland, Malta, Portugal, Poland, Slovenia, Austria and Croatia.My views and experiences are fed into marketing and CRM strategies and I oversee budgets for these EU markets.

The West of England and Wales have been were target markets for UEA. My starting brief was to establish contact with schools and create new relationships with the aim of being invited to HE Fairs or to present to students to enhance recruitment potential and raise the profile of UEA. Through engaging with key contacts, showing genuine interest in them and adapting my communication style, I managed to win over some very high profile school staff and my school numbers have been boosted as a result. Delivery of excellent customer service has helped maintain those relationships beyond the initial meeting by managing expectations, communicating well, providing solutions and fulfilling promises.Targets were beaten at UEA. I was charged with a target of engaging with 25 new schools a year. In 2 years, I managed to engage with around 100.My work at UEA saw me manage budgets for my EU work and other projects. Through a high level of numeracy and strong business acumen, I delivered all projects within budget. Again with EU recruitment, targets were beaten, increasing applications from Lithuania and Latvia by 135% and 80% respectively.Project management was a part of my job too. I oversaw the writing of a newsletter for parents which ties in with key dates in the recruitment cycle. I also assisted with the editing of a website for teachers and influencers to raise the profile of UEA and make us the first port of call for all HE queries.Additionally I oversaw recruitment in Lithuania, Latvia, Greece and Cyprus, working with our agents and partners to ensure strong recruitment.

This was a maternity cover contract intended to give me marketing experience. Here I oversaw all written publications including the prospectus and leaflets to promote courses and give guidance on applications.I managed the college website, uploading new stories, pictures and videos to answer the most common queries. All written items were created to tight deadlines giving me the chance to hone my time management skills.In addition to my regular duties, I also ran events at the college including awards ceremonies, open days and music concerts.

In 2009, after graduating from Staffordshire University, Kate Moskal and I started Arbour Productions which is a video production company focussing on corporate videos, project summary DVDs and short promotional films for artists and musicians. Here I oversaw the writing of the business plan, pitched for funding and attended networking events to obtain projects and raise our profile. I also recruited freelancers to work with me and briefed them on all aspects of the project. In October 2013 I decided to wrap up work at Arbour Productions to focus on a career in schools liaison.Projects completed include;- Donna-Marie (musician) Electronic Press Kit- Phil Maddocks (musician) EPK- Sumo Kings (musician) EPK- Staffordshire Picnic Project Summary DVD- APEX Project Summary DVD- Romeo & Juliet GCSE Video Recording- Co-Operative Film School Project with Brownhills School (Stoke-on-Trent)- Staffordshire University Summer School Film Project

At Staffordshire University, I had a portfolio of schools to manage relationships with. The aim of these relationships was to build links with key contacts and advisers with a view to visiting schools to speak with students and attend higher education fairs. I managed to successfully engage with 95% of my target schools and colleges.I also represented the University at UCAS Fairs, arranged campus events and worked with external stakeholders on outreached focused projects.