Ian Thomas Email & Phone Number

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Managing volume and value project, monitoring of the city performance including occupancy and visits to attractions. Monitoring performance of the organisation

NewcastleGateshead Initiative set up a trading arm of the company in 2014 to be able to provide commercial solutions to both our partners and organisations who believe we are able to add value to their business. The research team have worked with a number of clients in recent months including TT2, The Alnwick Garden, Coventry City Council, Nestle and intu.

Progressing to the position from Research Assistant within the same company the position requires varying strengths and attributes.Management of projects with a value of more than £100,000 per annumAnalysis of regional and national data involving using complex data collection software such as SNAPManagement of knowledge from research programmes, presenting.

Working for a manufacturing company the position allowed the development of negotiation skills as well as maintenance of complex databases and production of reports.

This post involved working in a busy tourist information centre dealing with telephone, postal and face to face enquiries from both visitors and residents, allowing further development of communication skills.

Recruited on completion of Degree course the position required excellent communication skills, organising of events and production of marketing material for an engineering supply company. I also developed a new logo, marketing material and website for the company. The position came to an end as the company was sold.

Ba(Hons), Tourism Operations; Marketing

Hnd, Travel And Tourism Management