Leanne Smith Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

• Planning and delivery of multiple events throughout the calendar year, including the largest B2B industry focussed event in the UK. In the first three months of this role, I was able to increase exhibition revenue by.
• Event strategy planning including budget management
• Venue sourcing, and vendor tender and negotiations
• Exhibition conception through to implementation including creative designs and logistics
• Ownership of both pre-event and onsite event operations
• Point of contact for sponsors, exhibitors, and external suppliers throughout the event timeline

• Annual delivery of a c.3, 000 delegate international conference and exhibition held around the UK. Responsibilities:Conference and Exhibition Management
• Principal contractor research and tender liaison
• Pre-event design and planning of exhibition floor plans, key builds including registration desk, and feature areas as required for the event
• Design of exhibition manual and interactive booking forms
• Key contact with event venue team, caterers, logistics support and security
• Key liaison with sponsors, exhibitors and suppliers

• Accountable for day to day management of a growing portfolio of rental properties and newly acquired 70-bedroom hotel. Responsibilities:
• Operational management across all sites
• Streamlining of all hotel processes
• Instrumental in new reservation system install and training
• Key contact for all supplier accounts
• Financial auditing

Margate

• Charged with managing all aspects of the boutique hotel, two rosette awarded restaurant, bar, function space and ice-cream subsidiary; reporting directly to the hotel owner and director. Responsibilities (along with.
• Operational lead across all hotel departments
• Supporting HR and H&S policies/procedures for the site
• Negotiation of supplier accounts
• Budget management
• Marketing, communication and promotion across all media platforms

Margate

• Delivery of a variety of corporate and private events. Tasked with increasing event revenue and improving brand awareness. Responsibilities:
• Overseeing multiple client accounts from initial quotation through to completion
• On-site event management
• Communication across all departments
• Working to annual budgets
• Organisation of venue promotion across relevant platforms

Canterbury, United Kingdom

Canterbury, United Kingdom

• Responsibilities included:
• Internal and external event management, including graduations, training days, summer conferences and weddings
• Sales and negotiation of conference, meetings and events packages
• Liaison between facilities teams, including caterers, housekeeping and logistics providers
• Organisation of international summer groups including 1000+ bedrooms lettings
• Financial accounting under university guidelines

Canterbury, United Kingdom

Canterbury, United Kingdom

Bachelor Of Science - Bs Honours, Business Studies And Marketing, 1St Class Degree

Activities and Societies: Netball Team Member, 4th Team Captain

Gcse

9 GCSEs at A*- B grade including: English Literature - A* | English Language - B Maths - A Science - Double Award - B/B