Oversee the strategic direction and general management of the leading school trips tour operator. Under my direction, the department has become the UK's largest provider of geography school trips abroad, where annual turnover had increased from under 2 million GBP to over 13 million GBP. Key achievements:- A significant focus on staff motivation and retention, contributing to 98% of clients surveyed, rating the company overall good or excellent, since 2010. - Worked with a dedicated… Show more Oversee the strategic direction and general management of the leading school trips tour operator. Under my direction, the department has become the UK's largest provider of geography school trips abroad, where annual turnover had increased from under 2 million GBP to over 13 million GBP. Key achievements:- A significant focus on staff motivation and retention, contributing to 98% of clients surveyed, rating the company overall good or excellent, since 2010. - Worked with a dedicated team, to negotiate exclusive supplier contracts and created barriers to market entry, resulting in up to 50% of the UK school trip market to Iceland, travelling with Discover the World. - Initiated and managed a number of exclusive strategic partnerships, providing a significantly wider reach to our target audience.- Initiated the development of numerous multi-award-winning teaching resources, teacher training courses and other original marketing initiatives of which contributed to approximately 20% of our target audience being added to the company database. Show less

I was responsible for the training and management of sales staff in a given territory. During my time at Stride Marketing I received an award for "Excellence in Leadership.” In addition, on two separate occasions I achieved 3rd and 4th place in the country (out of approximately 800 people), for the highest weekly sales.