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Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Remote

A Figma learn-by-doing bootcamp in UX/UI Design. • Worked as a team to build case study that sought to help friends connect and view the reviews of their friends on the OpenTable app • Worked solo to build a case study that sought to improve the search experience of Sofar Sounds web • Learnt techniques including Qualitative Research, Synthesis & Affinity Mapping, IA & Ideation, User Flows & Wireframes, Prototyping & Testing, Colour & Text Styles, UI Component Building & Design Systems

London, England, United Kingdom

During the 12 month entrepreneurial NEF Fast Track programme (see below), I founded Mix & Rise as a baking kit business to help people discover how to bake plant-based cakes at home.• Applied design thinking to empathise, define, ideate, prototype and test physical and digital product business • Applied UX/UI techniques achieve this, namely user research interviews, competitor benchmarking, ideation, prototyping, wireframing, no-code website building eCommerce platform as well as user testing and analytics to measure and improve site performance• Retailed over 1,000 baking kits online with 5* reviews and shipped them around the UK

London, England, United Kingdom

Selected to join Antler’s 10-week venture development and accelerator programme to find a co-founder and launch a startup.• Applied the design thinking methodology to validate and test value propositions that had the potential to scale• By week 10, I, together with my co-founder, pitched a female-first investment platform to the Antler investors with a digital prototype

London, England, United Kingdom

100% organic food and drink, delivered to your work on zero-emission bikes.• Ran monthly pop-ups at shared workspaces, such as WeWork, as well as trade fairs and events to help promote Fed’s new service. • Sales Executive responsible for prospecting, pitching, closing and managing new sales to grow the number of accounts from 0-200. • Met with Office and Facilities Managers to pitch and discuss the benefits of using Fed by Abel & Cole.• During the pandemic, joined Abel & Cole customer service team to support them with the spike in demand

London, England, United Kingdom

Selected to be on the 12-month learning programme that combines a work placement at a startup (Fed By Abel & Cole), executive coach and business mentor (Jun 2019 - Jun 2020)

London Area, United Kingdom

I was the first employee of the VC-backed startup, Patch, an urban gardening e-commerce business. Since joining on Day 2, I worked alongside the founder to help grow the business from an idea-stage business to become London's leading urban gardening e-commerce business. I grew with the business starting as Operations Manager before progressing into a Merchandising Manager role and most recently, Business Lead. Business Lead: • Led the B2B sales department supplying plant orders to offices, shops, restaurants, cafes and bars. • Worked closely with product team to sketch wireframes and build B2B landing pages, implementing changes to hit conversion rate KPIs.• Responsible for customer experience from the point of enquiry to delivery of the final product. • Generated over £500k of revenue and secured sales from market-leading brands such as Levi Strauss, Google, Harrods and Sweaty Betty.• Recruited and managed a Business Development Manager to help sustain the growth of the business. Merchandising Manager: • Responsible for the sourcing, on-boarding and content creation and management of all of Patch’s retail products. • Sourced over new plants, pots and accessories for the website from new suppliers. • Managed photo shoots of new and current products. Operations Manager: • Supported the founder to design and test a prototype by applying design thinking methodology from user research to user testing in order to successfully hit investor sales targets.• Worked alongside the Founder to create a scalable business model from a pre-seed stage business.• Led customer relations from point of enquiry to delivery of the final product. • Successfully developed and implemented operational processes alongside the COO that allowed the company to scale.

Having recognised a need for stress-free entertaining, I set up Nomadic Chefs, an online platform that facilitated entertaining at home, to create an outstanding at-home dining experience with the help of great chefs. I managed all aspects of the business including brand and website development, finance, sales, marketing and customer service. • Established key partnership with the concierge service Quintessentially, to provide chefs for their members’ private events and holidays• Placed full time chefs at start-ups including the fintech business, Smarkets• Held a sell-out series of supper clubs to promote Nomadic Chefs in a variety of locations including a 1926 Sailing Barge, the St Pancras Clock Tower and a Mongolian Yurt• Arranged private chefs to cook at home for diners

Business Development Manager for a fintech startup in the hospitality sector.• A sales role to on-board high quality restaurants, bars & clubs in order to grow Cake’s online portfolio. • First sales employee achieving the most sales of all employees in the shortest amount of time. • Conducted sales through walk-ins, as well as cold calls and emails. • Coordinated with the Sales Director to help create the sales strategy for Cake.

A Business Development Manager for Rocket Internet's food startup Foodora:• A sales role to on-board as many restaurants as possible in order to grow Foodora’s online portfolio. • Achieved and maintained the best sales statistics in the team within two weeks of joining. • Worked autonomously and effectively to meet and exceed set targets by successfully communicating the value of Foodora and utilising strong interpersonal skills.

Front-End Development, Html, Css & Javascript

Ux/Ui Bootcamp

Ba Spanish, 2:1

Spanish, French & Photography, 3A'S