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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

At Cliftons, we’re more than just venues for corporate events and training. We’re the one-stop provider for all things collaboration. Whether face-to-face in our contemporary venues, virtually via our seamless event technologies or a hybrid of the two, we deliver remarkable corporate event experiences. With the latest technologies, fast internet, incredible venue services and inspiring hospitality, we make seamless global event delivery effortless.As Venue Manager, I lead a team in Brisbane and I work with a wide range of Clifton's event specialists all over Australia, New Zealand and Asia to create and deliver Remarkable Experiences to our clients.Our Brisbane's venue offers 17 rooms of various sizes and set-ups to organise your seminars, training and exam sessions and other board meetings. We are experts in computer-based exam and training solutions as well as hybrid events.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Like a little parenthesis in my professional life, I took great pleasure in working alongside André, Carpenter, and I was able to put into practice and deepen my skills as a handyman. Thanks André!

Wambrechies, Hauts-De-France, France

Villeneuve-D'Ascq, Hauts-De-France, France

Biltoki is the French leader in hybrid food halls. The company, created in 2015, develops and operates places where market stalls and caterers coexist in order to offer a complete gastronomic experience - processed products to eat on site and raw products to take away - to epicureans of all stripes. The group now has 8 halls located throughout the national territory and is experiencing very rapid growth, driven by a fundamental trend for local commerce and authenticity.I was recruited as "Captain" of the Halles de la Maillerie when they opened to take over as managing director. My recruitment was formalised only 3 weeks before the site opened to the public.MAIN RESPONSABILITIES :• Define and operate the strategic and commercial plan for the business.• Recruit and animate the team within Biltoki’s DNA.• Support and manage hall market traders in their daily routine and in their commercial performance, program the rotation of stalls to guaranty a long terme offer.• Manage the business budget and P&L.• Manage administrative / HR / financial obligations according to the Hospitality Award obligations and Biltoki’s standards.• Manage the technical and security dimension of the site (prevention, maintenance, repairs…).MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS :• Site Commercial Management and Viability• Human Resource Management• Payroll supervision

Lille, Hauts-De-France, France

Newsmaster is a content marketing agency created in Belgium over 10 years ago. In 2020, the Rossel Group decided to create the French subsidiary. Integrated into the group's media agencies, the content production agency meets advertisers' expectations, thanks to a team of experts dedicated to content strategy and production.I was transferred internally from my previous position within Rossel Group in NEP TV agency when it was closing its doors following the difficulties linked to COVID-19. I managed and animated a team made up of former editors and graphic designers from the advertising departments as well as project managers from the NEP TV agency. My main missions for nearly a year were to deploy the offer within the advertising agencies by convincing account managers of the merits of including content marketing in their multichannel campaigns.MAIN RESPONSABILITIES :Elaborate the offer with stakeholders (salespeople, teammate, hierarchical superiors...).Explain our methodology and convince account managers to include content marketing in their media campaigns.Search, audit and recruit external skills to help the team to achieve the contents needed for our clients.Prepare, present and defend proposals to strategic clients beside the account managers.Manage the business (P&L, Budget…) and animate the team (HR, support on cross-functional projects…).MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS :• Development of the offer• Creating powerful sales pitch

Lille Area, France

NEP TV was the number 1 event and video production agency north of Paris. The agency was specialised in the organisation of major corporate events as well as corporate journalism for regional authorities and large tertiary groups.I was recruited in November 2019, just a few months before the outbreak of COVID-19. In March 2020, the market literally crashed and all agency projects were canceled. I had to try to adapt the company to this reality and innovate.MAIN RESPONSABILITIES :Business Development : Identify leads, approach leads and existing customers, attend the customer briefing and return it to production team.Event and video production : Support project managers in the execution of services to clients. Ensure compliance with budgets and deadlines as well as the quality of deliverables.Day-to-Day Management : Business development, HR, budget, turnover and profitability.MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS :• Organisation of a major Convention• Development of a remote meeting solution

Lille

Lille Area, France

Le Carré du Hélin opened in 2002. It offers function venue for corporate events (seminars, trade fairs, conventions, parties...) and private events (weddings, birthday parties...) up to 2000 persons. The provision of services includes in particular the caterer.I was recruited for the first time in this company in 2011 to develop turnover by professionalising processes and work tools. In 2019, I joined the team again to assist the owner/manager director in overseeing the day-to-day operations of the site.MAIN RESPONSABILITIES :Customer Relationship Management : On the front line to respond to incoming requests and follow them, through production and up to invoicing, always with customer satisfaction as a priority.FOH Staff Management : Prepare schedules and organise the missions of butlers, waiters, bartenders (in accordance with the schedule of the event) and the logistics team (assembly, dismantling and cleaning of rooms). Creation and monitoring of part-time staff contracts.MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS :• Implementation of processes and tools• Event Management

Brisbane, Australia

Eiffel restaurant was a French restaurant that I owned and managed with my wife and a partner in Brisbane. We started as "The French Food Shop", a concept of simple and authentic French cuisine in Fortitude Valley, then we relocated the restaurant to Auchenflower and renamed it to offer a more refined cuisine with quality service.I held the role of managing director there, while my wife was chef and our partner, a strategic adviser.MAIN RESPONSABILITIES :• Management Operations : Monitor outgoings, income, profit, wages & stock within the Business.• Financials Operations : Receipts, cash deposit, accounting, payment of salaries, payment of suppliers...• Restaurant Operations : management of reservations, customer reception, order taking, service, collection, customer relationship monitoring (social networks, etc.)MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS :• Restaurant layout : Eiffel Restaurant was operated in place of an existing French restaurant. However, the layout of the premises was not fully adapted to the activity. I therefore imagined a new location for the bar, a different table plan and some changes in the kitchen to make it more efficient and in line with HACCP standards.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane Accueil is a non-profit organization run by volunteers. Its mission is to welcome, inform and support French speakers and their families living in Brisbane and its surroundings (including the Gold Coast). The association aims to welcome all Francophones and Francophiles, without social, political or denominational distinction.MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:• Website management• Writing of the Newsletter• Event planning and management

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

The Brisbane French Festival – now called Le Festival – was launched over a decade ago with the view of celebrating French culture. It is a not-for-profit association run by a passionate team of around 25 volunteers, most of whom work year-round, and 300+ volunteers throughout the event week-end. Le Festival first came to light in 2010 as a way of sharing the Brisbane Francophile community’s passion for France with Queensland, and Australia. Today, the festival has grown to become the largest French Festival in Queensland (with at least 20 000 registered visitors every year), providing a unique «rendez-vous» for Brisbane locals and wider communities to enjoy a genuine French cultural immersion like no other.MAIN RESPONSABILITIES :• Setting up the Line Up: making contact with the artists, analyzing the budget and organizing the program• Management of the entertainment budget: negotiation of fees and needs based on technical sheets• Technical needs: Research and order of backline, sound, light, video and structural equipment• Behind-the-scenes monitoring of the event to ensure compliance with the program and prepare for the unexpectedMAIN ACHIEVMENTS:• Negotiation with the Big Band of Noumea for a special concert evening• Creation of the festival mascot, the French bulldog "Maurice"• Setting up a pre-opening show on Friday evening

Région De Lille, France

CARRE DU HELIN is a wedding and function venue located in North of France. It offers a 2000 sqm site and welcomes more than 200 events a year.MAIN RESPONSABILITIES :• Organizing over 200 events a year most of them simultaneously in different rooms (about 30 weddings, 100 seminaries, 5 roadshows, 20 business diners, 50 incentive’s day, 10 conferences… ).• Answering customers queries (face to face, phone, email…).• Establishing quotes, invoices and basic accounting.• Managing staff (2 permanents & up to 20 casuals).• Liaising with external stakeholders (caterers, audiovisual providers, entertainment companies…).• Managing the communication tools (brochures, web site, Facebook page, newsletters, press releases…).MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS :• ALCATEL LUCENT Tour 2011 - A 2 full days Roadshow with 30 IT exhibitors and 300 businessmen attending tens of conferences with lunchs and cocktails. High technical requirements such as internet connexion for most of the exhibitors, several projectors and sound systems everywhere in our venue. I was particularly in charge of the IT and AV requirements in partnership with our main provider.• General Meeting for the 1,000 VICTORIA's representatives - To be able to organize the plenary meeting, we added over 1,000 sqm of tents in junction with the main room where was served the cocktail. The other rooms were used for exhibitions and also for sub-committee meetings. For that event, I made a quote including a 3D view of the event because as it was the biggest tent event we ever organize. Then I liaised with all the internal and external stakeholders in accordance with our client's requirements.

Région De Marseille, France

LA CHRYSALIDE MARSEILLE is an non profit association over 800 employees who manage 37 residential institutions for 1,000 mentally disabled people.MAIN RESPONSABILITIES:• Creating communication media, such as booklet, flyer, posters (with Photoshop, Indesign and Illustrator…).• Administering the website and social media (Facebook Pages…).• Creating the newsletter with MaxBulkMailer Software.• Liaising with all internal stakeholders (Human ressources, Accounting, Top Management…).• Creating and updating the pictures library…MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:• Creating an internal painting competition among the works by people with disabilities to illustrate the association's annual greeting card with an exhibition in the City Hall.• Managing the 50th anniversary of one of the institution with concerts and diner-show for 300 guests.

Région De Aix-En-Provence, France

EVENEMENCE was an event agency specialized in street-marketing campaigns and incentive events.I had to close the company because it was not earning enough money, but it was a great experience with so many challenges. It opened me new horizons and developed my leadership and autonomous skills.MAIN RESPONSABILITIES:• Daily responsibilities of Business Owner (sales, quotes, invoices, accounting, management…).• Negotiating with partners and providers (venues, AV, caterers…).• Liaising with the local institution for street-marketing campaigns.MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:• Organising a event for 80 golf players during a week-end with 3 challenges : golf tournament, kart racing and Segway-polo game.• Managing a street-marketing campaign for ORANGE with 20 people simultaneously in 10 city centers.

Région De Lille, France

NEP TV is one of the most important Event Agency in North of France. It's a firm of GROUP LA VOIX DU NORD, which is a branch of ROSSEL, one of the main media group in Europe.MAIN RESPONSABILITIES:• Negotiating with providers (AV, equipment hire, caterer, venues, entertainers…).• Writing proposals with budget, 2D and 3D map views, in the requirements and specifications of clients.• Working autonomously as well as a part of a team with frequent meetings and reporting.MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:• Taking part in a major event management for the century anniversary of a regional branch of CREDIT AGRICOLE (one of the top 5 French Bank companies) for 3 000 guests. The event took place in a sports hall with a plenary meeting, a cocktail and a live show with Michel JONAZ.• Organizing a summer tour "La Ruée vers l'Eau" for LES VOIES NAVIGABLES DE FRANCE, the french waterway management company, with more than 20 stopover all around North of France. I was in charge of the entertainments with different stakeholders every time. I also worked on the issue of sponsorship and marketing ahead of the event.

Région De Lille, France

CSE LIVE (now known as CSE TECH) is one of the main AV providers in North of FranceMAIN RESPONSABILITIES:• Developing the event client’s portfolio which was only a small part of the business of the company at that time.• Editing quotes and following some company’s prestations…MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS :• In 6 Months, I established a large professional network through the organization of several events. First of all, I organized a party to celebrate the relocation to our new office. Then after few months, I organized a barbecue party with entertainments and a huge sound and lighting show to exhibit the potential of the company as AV provider.• When I left, most event professionals knew the company, its equipment and recognized the quality of its services.

B.A. Of Communication, Communication And Media Studies

Activities and Societies: Vice-president of student union

Baccalaureat (Year 12 Certificate), Economics