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London, England, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

- Constructing and administering project budgets for third-party costs and team hours into the company’s financial system, including producing/ uplifting purchase orders, project expenses, and reconciling projects after completion.- Creating and maintaining team project planning documents, such as Meeting Agendas, Project status decks and Timelines, ensuring these are kept up to date and distributed to the correct area leads and clients. - Booking internal and external crew accommodation and travel, ensuring these are kept within budget.- Scheduling team meetings/ client meetings, booking the meeting spaces, F&B and AV based on meeting requirements.- Managing Exhibitor inbox for upcoming events, liaising with Exhibitors for stand graphics or AV requirements, sending out stand status updates and resolving exhibitor concerns.- Organising VIPs / Speaker's transport and accommodation, being their main contact whilst onsite, looking after any needs or requirements.- Creating ABC guides for internal/external teams and managing onsite crew with their roles and responsibilities, such as for Furniture, F&B and Brand ambassador crew.- Handling event giveaways and uniforms (sourcing options, writing briefs to suppliers and negotiating costs, overseeing production and storage/shipment of items).- Researching and proposing to senior project managers/clients based on set briefs and requirements, such as research into venues, props/ dancer uniforms, entertainment and F&B options.- Organise and track shipment for all the project courier deliveries, for events taking place in the UK or internationally.- Part of the Lab team, which involved researching emerging tools and trends that could be implemented to improve or aid the event process or attendee experience, key areas of focus included AI and Metaverse tools.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

- Providing administrative organisation and planning support for corporate events and on-campus student recruitment events including Open Days, Applicant Days and UCAS Fairs.- Liaising with colleagues regarding room bookings and set up, IT equipment and AV, cleaning, hospitality, car parking and Student Ambassadors.- Updating and data entry on spreadsheets, such as Gantt charts, room bookings, contact information and catering invoices.- Creating appropriate promotional and marketing material is in place to promote the events, ensuring that the materials are in line with the brand guidelines and are appropriate for the event and raise the profile of the University.- Responsible for updating and reorganising equipment inventory and ensuring all is fit for purpose before each event. - Purchasing or placing hire orders for event equipment and materials from external businesses.- Work with the Events Manager to help benchmark our student recruitment and other corporate events.- Effectively handle and resolve routine inquiries from internal and external stakeholders.- Setting floorplans and creating signage to aid the movement of attendees and avoid congestion.- Sourcing new catering businesses to be used at future corporate events.- Taking minutes for corporate and recruitment meetings to be distributed across multiple bodies of the university.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

- Assisting virtual/physical Open days, representing the university and my course, engaging with potential students from primary school to sixth form/college students.- Leading 60+ Student Ambassadors whilst the Virtual Open Day was operating, answering any queries and problem solving any issues they faced in a fast-paced environment whilst still maintaining a professional manner. Improved my leadership and teamwork within larger groups.- Working at University events such as School Taster Days, regularly involving tasks such as Student Life talks ranging from large lecture talks to group tours around University. Massively improved my communication skills and public speaking.- Creating new and engaging presentation activities, which are now used on Open days by potential students specifically aimed at joining the Business and Law faculty.- Listening and analysing client needs, to give an engaging and personal experience when selling the University to potential students.- Being involved in various student-related activities that required training such as Public Speaking, Data Protection as well as Health and Safety and Mental Wellbeing.- Cooperate with the Schools and College Engagement Office in representing and promoting ARU all over the UK during Careers Fair, Campus visits, University at UCAS Fairs, advising courses to potential students in an active fast pace environment. It enhanced my negotiation and influencing skills. - Working as a Clearing Admin Ambassador through the Clearing application period, this involved taking phone calls from potential students hoping to receive offers and places at the university and applying their qualifications/information to the database.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

- Generate digital content for ARU social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok) around student life and my course. - Provide support to current and potential students by addressing their queries and/or directing them to the relevant teams within the university through the Unibuddy Platform.- Write blog posts/ photoblog/ Vlogs either university or student life-related publicly available online. Developed literacy skills.

- Setting up and scheduling speaker sessions/panel Q&As to run alongside smoothly with other activities taking place for the duration of the two-day virtual event.- Networking and locating a range of speakers for specific sector highlight sessions for the virtual event.- Scouting small local businesses to large global organisations to take part within the virtual event promoting opportunities within their organisation.- Administration and monitoring the running of the virtual event answering any questions attendees/stallholders had and problem-solving issues occurring through the event.- Creating marketing agendas to be shared and posted on SELEP’s own website and partnership council websites / social media.- Creating magazine articles for the career magazine shared with all attendees and future events and blog posts for the SELEP website.

Essex, United Kingdom

- Joined as a part-time barista but quickly progressed into a full-time position, after which I was trained into a supervisory role. Taking charge of keeping the brand standards and quality control of coffees and working practices.- Being responsible for the shop in the absence of store managers, as well as training new staff and appointing daily roles to colleagues. - Improved my multi-tasking and organisation ability’s from serving multiply customers in a fast-paced environment.- Resolving customer complaints with an empathetic and understanding approach to find a resolution.- Developing business connections with local companies, persuading them into active involvement with the Costa Foundation Charity, as well as liaising with potential new connection deals with the local businesses.- Administrative duties including stock control, office tasks and other duties when and where needed.

Essex, England, United Kingdom

- Arranged originally as work experience (2 week period) through the summer whilst at secondary school, ended up being offered a role after completion of work experience.- Focusing on customer needs and recommending products. - Engaging regularly with customers, creating loyal customers for the business with my approachable friendly service attitude. - Assisting in the office with administrative tasks, improved the organisation of the business creating an effective and organised folder structure for computer systems, which had not been in place previously.

Business With Events Management, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services, First Class Hons

Modules: Tourism & Events Business Management, Marketing, Project Management, Accounting for Managers, Organisations and Management.

A-Level / Level 3 Btec

Subjects include: ICT, Product Design, Media, Photography

Gcse'S

11 GCSEs from C-B