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Hatfield, England, United Kingdom

Hatfield, England, United Kingdom

Stevenage, England, United Kingdom

• Manage a team of 6 Event Coordinators• Oversee the teams' event management of c. 500 virtual and face to face events per year• Ensure excellent customer service and response times on phone and via email• Venue liaison and contract negotiation• Use of virtual event platforms (MS Teams, Livestorm, AdobeConnect)

London Bridge

• Full event management from conception through to completion for all Tier 1 (the largest) events in the portfolio. Events range from large conferences with exhibitions to networking drinks receptions for c. 30 – 300 keynote delegates across defence, pharmaceutical and energy sectors• International venue sourcing and contract negotiation including rates, floorplans and logistics• Tracking and reporting on delegate numbers• Complete speaker and sponsor management, once sourced… Show more • Full event management from conception through to completion for all Tier 1 (the largest) events in the portfolio. Events range from large conferences with exhibitions to networking drinks receptions for c. 30 – 300 keynote delegates across defence, pharmaceutical and energy sectors• International venue sourcing and contract negotiation including rates, floorplans and logistics• Tracking and reporting on delegate numbers• Complete speaker and sponsor management, once sourced through to post-event evaluation• Supplier relationship building• Creative and innovative mindset to business process development and sponsorship opportunities• Train and support the junior team members• Cross team working with sponsorship and production to ensure the events surpass their revenue targets Show less

Hatfield, England, United Kingdom

• Content gathering, writing and editing for all student communications channels.• Building on the team’s strategic plan, focusing on building a sense of pride and community for students, and enhancing the community voice.• Project management of student communications across a multi-channel communications plan from equality, diversity and inclusion campaigns to COVID-19 critical and student safety• Lead on developing and supervising the Go Herts hoodie distribution to new students… Show more • Content gathering, writing and editing for all student communications channels.• Building on the team’s strategic plan, focusing on building a sense of pride and community for students, and enhancing the community voice.• Project management of student communications across a multi-channel communications plan from equality, diversity and inclusion campaigns to COVID-19 critical and student safety• Lead on developing and supervising the Go Herts hoodie distribution to new students across the academic year• Build strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, from students, academics and senior C suite members to suppliers and keynote speakers. Show less

High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

As Employer Engagement Officer my role was to liaise with academic colleagues and to act as the first point of contact for employers who were interested in developing a relationship with the University in the following areas:• Marketing placements/internships opportunities for students• Graduate schemes/programmes• Student success focus demonstrating a customer-oriented approach• Physical and online event delivery to provide experience and contacts for students to gain… Show more As Employer Engagement Officer my role was to liaise with academic colleagues and to act as the first point of contact for employers who were interested in developing a relationship with the University in the following areas:• Marketing placements/internships opportunities for students• Graduate schemes/programmes• Student success focus demonstrating a customer-oriented approach• Physical and online event delivery to provide experience and contacts for students to gain employment. Show less

Wallingford

• Account management and customer engagement• I led the management of clients’ large exhibitions envisaging and executing the full registration for their events for c. 300 to 50,000 pax across a hyper-diverse range of target audiences.• Support the delivery of customer strategy, goals and targets• Create content for, develop and deliver email, text, online and hard copy marketing for each campaign with consistent messaging• Developed and maintained strong and longstanding… Show more • Account management and customer engagement• I led the management of clients’ large exhibitions envisaging and executing the full registration for their events for c. 300 to 50,000 pax across a hyper-diverse range of target audiences.• Support the delivery of customer strategy, goals and targets• Create content for, develop and deliver email, text, online and hard copy marketing for each campaign with consistent messaging• Developed and maintained strong and longstanding relationships with relevant senior stakeholders internally and externally to the organisation• Undertook risk and health and safety assessments for all events in my chargePosition terminated due to COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Show less

Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

FIXED TERM CONTRACTIn this role I managed a state-of-the-art showroom, my workload included:• Internal and external customer engagement lead across EMEA for the Experience Centre• Lead in supporting, developing and delivering projects to increase visibility and customer satisfaction and enhance the customer experience. • Ensuring all internal and external messages were aligned to maintain consistency• Face to face visits, webinars, show-rounds and demos of new equipment… Show more FIXED TERM CONTRACTIn this role I managed a state-of-the-art showroom, my workload included:• Internal and external customer engagement lead across EMEA for the Experience Centre• Lead in supporting, developing and delivering projects to increase visibility and customer satisfaction and enhance the customer experience. • Ensuring all internal and external messages were aligned to maintain consistency• Face to face visits, webinars, show-rounds and demos of new equipment. • Implementing procedures to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the Centre in relation to customer satisfaction• Communication with all level of stakeholders; staff, suppliers and customers Show less

Stevenage, United Kingdom

My role at WES included:• Raising awareness of the Society’s business objectives, ethos and success through promoting key messages and services of the Society through events, projects and marketing campaigns• Event lead for all conferences, awards ceremonies and the International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) awareness campaign. • Marketing plan success - In 2018, my marketing plan achieved over 2.5 million impressions via the thunderclap campaign alone, with significant press… Show more My role at WES included:• Raising awareness of the Society’s business objectives, ethos and success through promoting key messages and services of the Society through events, projects and marketing campaigns• Event lead for all conferences, awards ceremonies and the International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) awareness campaign. • Marketing plan success - In 2018, my marketing plan achieved over 2.5 million impressions via the thunderclap campaign alone, with significant press coverage globally, and the hashtag #INWED18 trended worldwide. • Sourcing and leading business partnership with The Telegraph to coordinate the Top 50 Women in Engineering Awards 2018• Full content creation and dissemination, including the daily social media, printed comms, monthly INWED newsletter communications• Customer engagement with international following, on all levels from CEO to lay public• High level of organisation, forward-thinking, effective time management and attention to detail Show less

Marlow, Buckinghamshire

• Full events and marketing management of a range of events from store openings, to nationwide experiential events, to seasonal activities on a mass scale for shopping centres simultaneously, as per client requirements (internationally and nationally).• Customer/Client engagement - Building strong and productive stakeholder relationships• Delivering projects proactively with added value, profitably, to strict timescales, on budget and to brief.Role ended due to redundancy

London, United Kingdom

FIXED TERM CONTRACT• Design, implementation and review of an events and communications process to be disseminated across all organisational events. Events ranged from product or publishing/book launches to conferences and debates, council meetings, roundtable events and networking receptions.• Implemented a full events review; including step by step guides for staff and organisers (internally and externally) and template marketing documents to aid in event execution inhouse and… Show more FIXED TERM CONTRACT• Design, implementation and review of an events and communications process to be disseminated across all organisational events. Events ranged from product or publishing/book launches to conferences and debates, council meetings, roundtable events and networking receptions.• Implemented a full events review; including step by step guides for staff and organisers (internally and externally) and template marketing documents to aid in event execution inhouse and third-party partners• IT and database development• Strong supplier and stakeholder relations • Creating and managing KPIs and targets including full budget management and reporting Show less

London, United Kingdom

MATERNITY COVER• Develop and deliver Students’ and Trainees’ specialty Councils’ aims and objectives through events and communications• Full end to end events management for c. 20-30 events annually, from trade shows to multi-day conferences, networking receptions and awards ceremonies • Content creation, development for event promotion and success• CRM database development, maintenance and reporting• Liaison with internal and external stakeholders• Design, development… Show more MATERNITY COVER• Develop and deliver Students’ and Trainees’ specialty Councils’ aims and objectives through events and communications• Full end to end events management for c. 20-30 events annually, from trade shows to multi-day conferences, networking receptions and awards ceremonies • Content creation, development for event promotion and success• CRM database development, maintenance and reporting• Liaison with internal and external stakeholders• Design, development, implementation, testing, creation and maintenance of new prize software (Shocklogic – Abstractlogic). This included HTML coding and training a full suite of all staff. Show less

Piccadilly, London, Uk

MATERNITY COVER• Complete event management of The Society’s flagship, high profile and international events. • Full communications and marketing planning; design, promotion and delivery via a full range of media • Full budget/financial management for each event • Venue and contract negotiation for vendors and sponsors• Liaison with key internal and external stakeholders and high-level/VIP attendees

Camden, London, Uk

• Working with senior management and other key internal and external stakeholders to identify educational event and marketing requirements, content development and communication designs• Database integration and maintenance and reporting• Led in the complete management of delegate registration from form creation and liaison with our booking agent/s, budget management, marketing plan creation and execution, site visits, through to onsite management and event… Show more • Working with senior management and other key internal and external stakeholders to identify educational event and marketing requirements, content development and communication designs• Database integration and maintenance and reporting• Led in the complete management of delegate registration from form creation and liaison with our booking agent/s, budget management, marketing plan creation and execution, site visits, through to onsite management and event evaluation• Communications lead for general enquiries and being the ‘go to’ person regarding registration for all events. Show less

Manchester

This was an extremely varied and fast-paced job role – an environment that I thrive in. This role involved:• Working in every area of the events industry, from sales to production, artist liaison to presenting and training volunteers/staff. • Recruiting clients to partake in our student sporting events such as ‘BUCS Surf Champs’, ‘SportsVest’, ‘SummerBreak’ and ‘Star Surf Camps’. • Strong emphasis on customer focus and adapting approaches dependant on the customer (their needs… Show more This was an extremely varied and fast-paced job role – an environment that I thrive in. This role involved:• Working in every area of the events industry, from sales to production, artist liaison to presenting and training volunteers/staff. • Recruiting clients to partake in our student sporting events such as ‘BUCS Surf Champs’, ‘SportsVest’, ‘SummerBreak’ and ‘Star Surf Camps’. • Strong emphasis on customer focus and adapting approaches dependant on the customer (their needs, wants and expectations). • Liaising with suppliers, venues and artists, allowing me to build lasting professional relationships. Show less

Ba (Hons) Performance: Dance, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Chair and Treasurer of Sports and Societies Committee, Treasurer of Dance Society, Active member of Women's.

Diploma, Event Management, Distinction

Activities and Societies: MPI - member ICM - member

A Levels And Gcses

A levels: A in Communication Studies, C in Spanish AS levels: B in General Studies, C in Psychology GCSEs: 11 A*-B A* in Dance A in ICT.

Cpd Course - Marketing, Mastering Social Media For Event Promotion Course, Pass

Beginner’s Guide to Setting Up Your Social Media, 7 Social Media Success Tips from Leading Eventprofs, 7 Common Social Media Mistakes.