Kerry Astin Email & Phone Number

Wakefield, England, United Kingdom

• Establishment and curation of new events spaces• Organisation of in-house events• Management of all external hires of event spaces• Development of event partnerships• Expedite entire event cycle; from ideas generation through to actualisation and debrief. • Successfully initiating, building and managing relationships with suppliers• Production & maintenance of all venue policies• Building partnerships with organisations such as Peddler Markets, The Hepworth and We Are Wakefield.

London, United Kingdom

• Events management• Marketing development• Staff development, including creation of systems to aide this• Facilitate teams to develop a corporate strategy and action plan• Coach individuals (corporates, charities & young people)

Sw8 London

FAST (the charity I founded) merged with e:merge in April 2015. Working with 11-30 year olds to inspire transformation in themselves and their communities. Activities included coaching, drop-in's, outreach, detached, sports, events. Role included strategic development, people management, event management of regular community festivals & fundraisers, HR, general organisation, youth work, and fundraising.

London, United Kingdom

Set up youth and community charity on Patmore Estate SW8 London, working with 11-30 year olds to inspire transformation in themselves and their communities. Activities included coaching, drop-in's, outreach, detached, sports, events. Role included strategic development, people management, event management of regular community festivals & fundraisers, HR, general organisation, youth work, and fundraising.

London, United Kingdom

Set up music and arts charity in local community. Role included strategic development, people management, HR, general organisation, youth work, event management, and fundraising.

London, United Kingdom

- Products included six major UK trade exhibitions (International Confex, Event UK, Bar Show, Publican Live and The Care Show’s) and three industry leading publications (Theme, The Publican and Caring Business). - Acheivements included developing the International Confex Exhibitor Party into a self-funded event for over 1000 people, creating the Confex After Hours networking events as a profit-making product, working successfully with headline sponsor Bacardi to create an annual Theme Top 100 Awards evening and also working with Inspirit Brands to improve the Theme Best Bartender heats and industry networking events at venues across the UK. - Managed the integration of three new exhibitions (Leisure Industry Week, London Calling and IOG Saltex) along with a team of thirty people into UBM Information Ltd.- Managed a team of four Event Coordinators- Worked with suppliers to ensure sponsorship fulfilment at the exhibitions and managed relationships with suppliers for all aspects of the events, negotiating on costs and possible contra contracts.

Ba Youth And Community Work And Applied Theology, 2.1

Level 3 Outdoor First Aid Rqf

Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene

Major Event Management

Trauma Recovery Pathway

North Star Strategic Development Tool

Fellowship: Staff Wellbeing & Organisation Sustainability

Education record

Sales Closing Skills, Win-Win Negotiation Skills, Handling Sales Objections, Advanced Sales Negotiat

Foundations Of Management, Recruitment & Selection, Reviewing Performance, Inspiring Performance, Ma

3 A Levels - A-C