Experienced in working cross-culturally in the property, business and charity sectors. I am an exceptional written and spoken communicator with strong relationship-building and leadership skills. Excellent at juggling multiple tasks under pressure and I am dedicated to bringing enthusiasm and high energy to every environment.Aside from being a native English speaker, I speak professional level Mandarin as I studied it to a high level at university and also grew up in China for the first 8 years of my life. I also speak conversational Turkish as I spent my teenage years in Istanbul and studied Spanish to A-level.
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Corporate Partnerships ManagerResurgoUnited Kingdom -
Corporate Partnerships ManagerResurgo Feb 2023 - PresentLondon, England, United KingdomOur Mission at Resurgo is to inspire and equip organisations to bring about ambitious and sustainable social change through our expertise in coaching, impact management and programme deliveryI work with organisations wanting to make a sustainable impact in their communities through financial and volunteering support of our flagship initiative: The Spear Programme.We believe each young person has huge potential, no matter what barriers to employment they face. On the Spear Programme, we help our trainees realise this potential, by coaching them with the mindset and skills they need to both get into work, and thrive once they’re there.The programme focuses primarily on the attitudinal and behavioural patterns that are holding them back, while equipping them with the hard skills they need to find a job. -
Corporate Partnerships ExecutiveResurgo Oct 2022 - Feb 2023London, England, United Kingdom- Overseeing coordination and planning of corporate volunteer engagement. This involves working alongside the Corporate Partnerships and Philanthropy team to ensure the smooth delivery of the key volunteer days that our partners take part in. - Identifying and researching opportunities for new partnerships through leveraging an existing network and utilising tools such as Salesforce.- Responsible for various communications to our corporate partners such as regular meetings and creating the newsletter that is sent out to over 100 contacts to strengthen existing relationships and build a sense of community. - Working with the Head of Corporate Partnerships and other Resurgo teams, including Consulting, to ensure a coordinated approach to corporate relationships and encouraging corporate partners to engage in multiple initiatives across Resurgo. -
Mandarin Speaking Sales ExecutiveGreystar Jun 2021 - Oct 2022London, England, United Kingdom- Successfully using my knowledge and experience to approach each customer with cultural sensitivity and understanding that has lead to strong relationships and hitting my annual, financial target of £2,000,000 within 5 months.- Being Responsible for the growth and profitability of the brand's Chinese social media and community channels. - Responding to direct messages on Wechat and Charket in Mandarin Chinese. - Developing the response channels by creating 'Quick Reply' and template functions to ensure each inquiry is responded to efficiently. - Creating community groups on Wechat to allow customers to meet others in their chosen property.- Tracking the overall growth of the brand using reporting tools from Salesforce. Specifically, levels of engagement and profitability of Wechat that has supported our Sales & Marketing team to make decisions on advertising budgets. - Analysing data on the different interests and responses of Chinese customers including what marketing campaigns brought the most engagement and developing our profiles of customers to maximise our advertising efforts. -
Mandarin Speaking ConsultantGreystar Aug 2020 - Jun 2021London, England, United Kingdom- Created facilitation and skills-based courses that have been successfully rolled out to over 20 of my clients’ company staff with positive feedback. - Adapted to the needs of international clients with cultural sensitivity with a focus on clients in China; this included translating content into Mandarin and weekly meetings with Chinese clients. - Wrote content for the Company's website on the activities and successes of the team I was part of. - Earned a TAP certificate in ‘Learning Development & Design’ that has given me the skills to identify and solve problems in development and team dynamics.- Successfully contributed to up-selling the company’s products through developing strong relationships and lead generation. - Developed the company’s E-Learning platform by creating a best-practice for course design that has sped up our generation of E-learning courses to clients. -
Partner Development ManagerInvestin Education Sep 2019 - Aug 2020As part of the Partner Development team, it is my role to establish and develop lasting relationships with schools and their teachers, to complement and assist their Careers programmes, and develop the promotional relationship between InvestIN and our widening network of schools, both domestically and internationally (with a particular focus on China). I also write content for the Company's website and translate this into Mandarin Chinese. -
University Summer Chinese Liason OfficerLanguage Study Centres / Sts - High School Jun 2018 - Aug 2018Harrow, United KingdomTranslated for and confidently guided groups of 20-30 Chinese students around tourist destinations in LondonDeveloped activities and successfully integrated the Chinese students into the other groups of international studentsTaught English in a classroom setting twice a week to class sizes of 20 studentsSolved and smoothed over miscommunication between the Chinese supervisorsand my team in ChineseTranslated for and led groups of Turkish students -
Catering AssistantLeeds University Union Oct 2017 - Jun 2018Leeds, England, United KingdomThrived in a vibrant, demanding and busy environment.Brought excellent customer service and enthusiasm to many of the university'smost popular events.
Lily Macdonald Education Details
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Distinction In Spoken Chinese -
Chinese Language And Literature -
A Levels
Frequently Asked Questions about Lily Macdonald
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Lily Macdonald works for Resurgo
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Lily Macdonald's current role is Corporate Partnerships Manager.
What schools did Lily Macdonald attend?
Lily Macdonald attended University Of Leeds, Beijing Normal University, Mef Okulları.
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