The main objective of my role is to ensure the business is managed with a commercial focus, which includes but is not limited to the following:• Financial accountability across Space Liverpool• Responsible for ensuring quotes are produced in line with business requirements • Liaison with Project Managers to ensure appropriate costings for work projects• Managing company expenses in line with company policies• Overall management of Purchase Orders processes• Provide first point of contact with accountants for all business requirements• Provision of financial reports to Studio and Creative Directors (to include client spend and profitability)• Agreeing resourcing requirements with relevant Directors (salaries etc.)• Payroll audit and authorisation• Bank account reconciliation• Managing all invoicing and payment processes to ensure business cash flow is appropriate• Liaison with providers to ensure business achieves value for money across all operational areas; - Insurance - H&S - I.T. - Accountants - H.R. - LicensingAs well as the above, I also support with booking enquiries, managing bookings and being on hand for any support that is needed on the day of the bookings.

- Understanding key client challenges and market trends- Managing numerous key accounts for business with clients including Levi’s, LFC, Warburtons and JD- Managing of these accounts involved taking initial briefs, budgeting, sourcing, booking and managing any external suppliers and delivering the final projects- Setting financial targets, establishing key milestones, ensuring targets are met across the business - Reviewing working practices and putting procedures in place to ensure staff efficiencies - Making sure safety regulations are followed (health and safety, fire procedures, etc.)- Office management - regularly replenishing any office equipment which is running low / broken (stationery, lighting, furniture, etc.)- Ensuring the business operates within the companies plan- Regular supplier reviews and rate card establishment - WorkFlowMax management - creating and sending quotes to clients, calculating and sharing POs with suppliers, finalising and issuing invoices to clients, regularly checking and sharing financial and timing reports with senior staff- Xero management - working with the accountant to match off supplier POs, client remittances and any other queries relating to the company bank account- Support in paying suppliers and logging what is due and when- Cash Flow Management - keeping business health front of mind- Forecasting and financial analysis, regular reporting to senior staff- Managing internal HR requirements - sickness, holidays, appointments, lateness, etc.- Digital support - helping to test any upcoming digital projects before they are pushed live (websites, mobile apps, email newsletters), monthly reporting on client websites

Working with the Operations team at Liquid, day to day responsibilities include:- Managing department targets and profit margins- Taking charge of sending invoices to clients, chasing outstanding invoices and issuing regular statements- Creating and issuing purchase orders for suppliers- Marrying up POs with invoices/receipts using Receipt Bank and Xero- Support in paying suppliers and logging what is due and when- Looking into the profitability of the business, constantly reviewing ways in which Liquid can be more efficient- Reviewing and approving equipment needs- Maintaining department target reviews, flagging up when departments are under-performing and thinking of ways to change this going forward- Working with the whole studio to ensure each team member is logging hours against all jobs each day- Reviewing financial data and preparing monthly and annual reports- Monitoring business spend and ensuring everything is accounted for- Overseeing outgoing quotes to ensure profitability / mark ups are in place- Help managing post project evaluations- Managing internal HR requirements - sickness, holidays, appointments, lateness, etc.- General IT/digital help in the studio, including server, mail and calendar issues- Responding to any generic email enquires from the info@liquidagency.co.uk mailbox (job enquires, new business, etc.)- Carrying out research for new business opportunities- Generating email newsletters to be sent out for Liquid and clients, this involves resizing and recolouring imagery and leading the project by setting deadlines

Upon finishing my two year apprenticeship, I am now a Junior Digital Marketing Executive at Liquid.This role includes being heavily involved with our client's SEO, from backlink development to meta data generation for a wide range of different kinds of companies.As well as this, I work on social media reporting and analysis for a number of clients. This involves monthly reports on how well a client is performing compared to the previous month. The reporting also includes comparisons to competitors and a look at the performance against the key goals / targets.In the past year, I took full control of the design and generation of Liquid's bi-monthly email newsletters. This role involves generating content for the email newsletter, uploading the content to the Liquid website (via the CMS) and then pushing this content on to the email newsletter template. I then also report on each email newsletter that is sent out, in a similar fashion as I do for social media reporting.I continue to test upcoming websites at Liquid. This involves looking out for errors and incorrect aspects of a website and recommending ways to improve the functionality.