Supporting a busy team of Recruitment consultants on a part time basis , my role involved ;Sourcing new candidates from job sites, social media and other platforms using local market knowledge. Contacting prospective candidates and conducting an initial screening to find out what roles they are interested in, their salary expectations, notice period, the reason for leaving their current role. Working on specific roles, coordinating with the relevant consultant to learn the job details, specific qualifications required, and the experience needed and using this information to source candidates who meet the criteria. Proactively head hunting candidates, making an initial call to gauge interest and arrange a more detailed call with the appropriate consultant to progress their candidature. Identifying and contacting prospective clients to introduce the company and arranging appointments for the Operations Director and Managing Director to progress business development. Updating and maintaining the candidate database. Making a significant number of proactive outgoing calls daily. Strong communication skills, the capability to gain people’s confidence and put them at ease was essential, as was the capacity be persuasive, persistent and patient

Responsible for managing and co-ordinating the Amazon sales for two of the companies retail brands.

• Reporting to the Corporate Fundraising Manager, maximising fundraising income from corporate partnerships and employee fundraising initiatives for Red Nose Day and Sport Relief Campaigns. • Development and implementation of an employee fundraising strategy which maximises previous successes and relationships, and builds new business to meet agreed targets to maximise income for our campaigns.• Relationship management – ensuring that corporate partners and key accounts receive the highest levels of account management support and that all opportunities to generate income are maximised and support is retained.• Developing new staff fundraising relationships through cold calling and face to face meetings.• Creating persuasive proposals & presentations to take to potential partners and employee fundraising ambassadors to secure and increase commitment. • Line management of an Account Manager and Assistant.

• Reporting to the Director, leading an Account Management Team of 5, billing in the region of £5 million annually.• Client Development – Managing and supporting the team in proactively searching for alternative media opportunities for clients. Actively contacting existing clients to discuss their business plans and current advertising strategy, managing and attending regular client visits with the team. • Campaign Co-ordination – liaising with both internal departments and external suppliers to ensure campaigns run smoothly, on time and within budget. This includes writing briefs for the Design team, Digital Media team and providing detailed briefs for Media Owners.• Negotiation- Negotiating with media owners to ensure value for money and the best possible coverage.• Team Management – Managing and promoting a pro-active and results focused team, ensuring that accounts are being developed to their full potential, client briefs are met and therefore clients are retained.• New Business - Preparing new business proposals and attend new business pitches. This involves not only presenting the features and benefits of the company, but also presenting media plans in response to a specific brief. • Reporting – Preparation of quarterly team performance reports, annual budgeting, re-forecasting and additional figures analysis throughout the year.• Staff training and performance appraisals• Copywriting & Proofreading adverts

Reporting to the Managing Director, leading a team of 5 account handlers, planning and buying space in print and online media for a portfolio of 70+ active clients

Client Service and Account Development – planning and buying classified and display space across National and Regional press and magazines, informing clients of all editorial features and late space opportunities. Regular client visits.

Developing my own classified section of the newspaper through selling advertising space to local businesses, generating new business through cold calling in addition to providing a high standard of customer service to existing advertisers.