Kathryn Gray Email and Phone Number

I studied Art & Design, for a total of 5 years, spending 3 years specialising in Theatre Design and Costume. With a Diploma in Theatre Design, I was offered a place at Sadlers Wells Theatre School in London, to continue my studies, for a year, with the Motley Design team, working with current Directors in the London Theatres and Covent Garden. I continued working in London for a short time at the National Theatre at the Old Vic, working in props, wardrobe and scenic painting, then the Young Vic, alongside familiar famous names such as Lawrence Oliver, Joan Plowright, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer and Paul Schofield to name a few. Although I was then offered a position in the wardrobe department at the Old Vic, I decided to take the opportunity to join a new production team at the Newcastle-on-Tyne University Theatre, to be Deputy Head of Wardrobe.I then spent some years in repertory Theatre, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Birmingham, working in production wardrobes, assisting designers to choose fabrics and then to make up bespoke garments for productions.I have since spent a number of years in many diverse roles, ranging from programming, shorthand secretarial, PA, clothing designer for client in Dusseldorf, PA, Office manager, technical administrator, supporting a range of companies ranging from Photographic to Pharmaceuticals, to high-tech aerospace companies.I then made the decision to go back to my gift of art and design work, which very often came in very useful whilst employed in the diverse range of companies mentioned. My love of working with fine fabrics and creating a professional finish to my work, attracted me to making unique quirky clothing and tailored outfits and making beautiful traditionally upholstered pieces. This further developed into silk painting, digital design work on fabrics and watercolour painting and sourcing high-end fabrics to make beautiful items, I designed my Dreamweaver website to showcase these skills.

Managing global orders for bespoke British luxury pens, hand-crafted in England using traditional techniques, supporting and working with the Production Director. Maintaining accounts activityand records, ordering parts, taking part in quality assurance with some hands-on work experience, and presenting the finished product for posting to global markets.

Supporting all the Scientific teams at DSTL with administrational tasks. Maintaining safe documentation, ensuring all correspondence mailed securely, due to the secret nature of most of the documentation. All office services, including downloading files, burning CDs and DVDs, photocopying, typing reports, filing documents, hosting visitors, supporting interviews, meetings, organising meetings and meeting venues. Creating databases, to record complex data. Making travel arrangements, and organising car hire, or accommodation. Maintaining a strict code of practise and procedure, with regard to all activities, to maintain a high level of secrecy and integrity of purpose.

PA to both teams, in particular to Information Display Systems’ Tactical Operations Management Systems Team, organising travel, office management systems, documentation procedures, and day to day co-ordination management of the Teams. Involved with Business Systems in order to monitor Work packages for Systems Design Work within the National Air Traffic Service. Ensure smooth running of both Teams, organising travel in UK and Europe. Build, design and maintain the various Intranets, Systems Control Design Group, Information Display Systems, Tactical Operations Management Systems, Sirius (incorporating MAIDS, and SIRS), using MS Frontpage 2003, within Company guidelines. Organising Conferences and Away Days for the Teams. Assisting Asset Management team with executive level reporting, and organisation of conferences locally. Maintaining documentation on Livelink system as a Super User administrator for the Group. Supporting Activity Management process documentation, using SAP, which had undergone a new implementation since April 07. Using SAP to administer Purchase Requisitioning and Receipting. Using SAP for Timesheet Management Activities. Assisting the chief design engineer with Visio drawing work, to interpret CAD drawings into multiple layers.

Reporting to Head of Quality Assurance, and his team (16) of professional Quality Engineers, being responsible for the creation of metrics and charts for the monthly Quality Assurance Executive Management Meeting. Maintain QA documentation, using the Electronic Data Management System in use by Lockheed-Martin. (EDMS). Using a tailored database (QUEST) for retrieval of audit and corrective action reports' information. Responsible for the maintenance of the QA webpage on the Company Intranet, and reporting to the US on contract deliverables on a regular basis. Raise MOD 640 forms when requested. Working with the Quality Engineers to assure Audit Schedules are adhered to, and any inconsistencies reported. Administering an online system for Suggestions for Improvements to business systems for Lockheed-Martin Integrated Systems U.K. Ltd. Assisting in the conduct of surveys to determine usage/implementation metrics of the Business Management System currently in use by the Management.

Reporting to Head of Customer Equipment, Worldwide, his Business Operations and Technical Managers, and supporting and managing the administration of the Central Equipment Group department, to manage equipment complaints on a global scale. Particular achievements in the role are:The initiation, design, creation and maintenance of two databases using Excel and Lotus Approach importing data from WMS and BPCS systems, to manage and monitor complaints, and track equipment via serial numbers, worldwide. The streamlining of office management systems,: Using AS400 online applications, and Lotus Smartsuite applications. Document Controller for Quality Management System to comply with ISO 9001 standards The creation and maintenance of a Contracts Register. Supporting the European Business Manager by flowcharting business operations in European warehousing.Negotiating with Hogg Robinson (Worldwide air travel, rail, car-hire) and supporting and organising all travel requirements and expenses' claims for the management and department, global. Producing presentation media, for management meetings, as well as supporting documentation in the form of reports.Typing of visit reports, hosting visitors from global Selling Companies, organising conference rooms, hotels and itineraries.

Reporting to Head of Monochrome Marketing, his two Technical Managers, Paper and Film, and supporting and managing the administration of the Monochrome Marketing Technical Services department.Using AS400 online applications, and Lotus Smartsuite applications to manage diaries, meetings, training system, flexitime system, cc mail and email to global counterparts. Negotiating with Hogg Robinson (Worldwide air travel, rail, car-hire) and supporting and organising all travel requirements and expenses' claims for the management and the department, global. Producing presentation media, for management meetings, as well as supporting documentation in the form of reports.

Various temp contracts working for Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Central Toxicology Lab, R & D, BioScience Group. (3 years) Training for Systems Analyst in Cobol Programming with Fraser Williams, Liverpool (specialising in order processing related to the garment industry), (2 years), and designing for the teenie market with A R Exports, as well as working with APL Management Services to support brochure development.