Senior Executive Assistant providing board of five directors with high level of PA and business support. Business support role covers comms/marketing, practice management/operations, corporate governance, bid co-ordination and project management.

Supported Director of Communications at organisation of 450+ staff located across the UK; co-ordinated directorate’s eight teams from digital to design - organising project kick-offs, team workshops, user events etc.; built exceptional working relationships with teams and board; dealt with range of contacts incl. trustees, leading clinicians, charity users - all of whom have different communication needs; produced range of documents including board papers, slide decks, and project plans/reports; project managed a programme of support events across the UK; twice promoted during five years at organisation with increasing responsibility/projects.

I took time away from a desk job to manage a back injury. Managed a busy store, developing strong relationships and a broad range of commercial and creative skills including trade analysis and business reporting, merchandising and sales tracking, product development, data analysis and buyer behaviour, people management and diplomacy, and visual merchandising.