Nicky G. Email & Phone Number

Dublin, IE

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Driving sales excellence for account executive and account management teams at Personio.Member of Sustainability Committee

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

• At Dogpatch I helped develop and deliver world-class corporate innovation programmes, notably ESB's X_Potential internal incubator with the goal of creating new carbon-reducing, revenue-generating business lines for ESB.
• Project Management: Ran ESB's start-up incubator, taking 5 teams from idea to investor pitch. Idea selection, team recruitment, operations, event mgt, agenda & budget mgt, innovation & process improvement.
• Communications: Devised new comms strategy, created video outlines, wrote pitch scripts, exec scripts & social-media posts, built program decks, conducted C-level interviews, managed day-to-day comms.
• Presenting: Hosted large innovation events and webinars, created and ran creativity & confidence session for new innovators, coached teams on storytelling and pitching.
• Other: Managed corporate relationships, coached on company-wide incubators, contributed to company tenders, elected comms officer of social committee.

I was invited to join (my old employer) getAbstract's innovation wing to help develop a new learning product over the summer. Responsibilities: Product design, content creation, content curation, curriculum and session design, integration of learning experience design best practices, collaboration with UX designers

County Dublin, Ireland

• I led a team of 8 business developers sparking digital-transformation conversations within the High Tech and Healthcare industries in the UK.Responsibilities:
• Hiring top talent
• Development (skill coaching, career coaching, performance coaching)
• Motivation (recognition, personality workshops, designing and running incentives)
• Stakeholder management
• Cross-functional collaboration (sales programs, sales strategy, marketing, HR)

County Dublin, Ireland

• I managed 14 graduates, turning them into name-takin', target-smashin', lean, mean sales machines.Responsibilities:
• Recruit, grow, and retain early-in-career talent across EMEA
• Conduct performance check-ins. Identify strengths, career interests, and improvement areas
• Run 1-1 and group coaching sessions on sales and professional skills e.g. discovery, objection handling, time management, personal brand
• Coach for interview and fast ramp in inbound sales development role. Promotion rate: 90%
• Compile and present monthly business reviews to directors

County Dublin, Ireland

• Consultant to 70 mid-market clients in German-speaking regions
• Areas of expertise: Consultative sales, employer branding, customer event management, C-level presentations, market trends, client engagement and retention
• Trained new hires, coached tenured sales reps, held best-practice sessions, managed team incentives, presented company all-hands meeting
• Led sub-team devising and rolling out new peer-to-peer coaching strategy

Dublin, Ireland

• Managed portfolio of 100 SMB clients across UK, Scandinavia, and Germany
• Consulted on employer branding, social content, employee engagement
• Elected to LinkedIn culture committee, devising internal engagement programs

Dublin, Ireland

• Diagnosed and troubleshot technical issues. Collated feedback for product team
• Onboarded clients and advised internal teams on processes and tools
• Consistent presence on leaderboard for NPS and number of closed tickets

Madrid Area, Spain

Translated the bestselling book, Die Kunst des klaren Denkens, into The Art of Thinking Clearly.Themes: Business Psychology, Cognitive ErrorsPublication Date: May 2013Created and translated various training modules from customer service to team performance (freelance)

Hamburg Area, Germany

Consultative Selling: Contacted prospective clients to discuss individual online advertising solutions. Gained deep knowledge of SEO and SEM applications, features, benefits and sales arguments. Compiled proposals, click reports and industry trends to support business case. Acquired understanding of firms’ goals and challenges. Sales Administration.

Over 12 months, I visited America, South America, New Zealand, Australia and South East Asia. I had the time of my life trying different languages, food, sports, climates... and negotiation tactics.

Lucerne Area, Switzerland

Account Management: Managed a multi-industry client portfolio. Tracked account statistics. Conducted account reviews and webinars. Negotiated renewals. Created and distributed targeted marketing collateral based on new services and e-learning trends. Developed internal marketing plans for corporate learning initiatives. Provided comprehensive customer.

Lucerne Area, Switzerland

Writing and Editing: Edited summaries on business themes ranging from leadership and strategy to economics and finance. Created and edited presentations, web texts, case studies, social-media content, etc.Project Management: Managed 10-month multimedia consultation project. Ensured content quality, adherence to deadlines and frequent communication with the.

Fribourg, Switzerland

Content Management: Maintained corporate intranet and web site. Created layouts, conducted web governance and compiled Web Trends reports.Newsletter Production: Edited company newsletter. Duties included sourcing, researching, writing and editing articles, production and distribution, coordination of translation into four languages, and subsequent editing.

Dublin, Ireland

Edited copy at Irish national newspaper. Wrote headlines and standfirsts. Ensured adherence to house style.

Pgcert Sustainability Leadership, First Class Honours

Sustainability principles, ESG, UN SDGs, planetary boundaries, doughnut economics, just transition, circular economy, social &.

Pgdip Creativity, Innovation And Leadership

Level 9 Professional Diploma in UCD's Innovation Academy. Topics: Design thinking, design sprints, fostering a culture of creativity.

B.A., Journalism And German, 2:1

Theoretical: Political Communication, Media Law, Ethics and Standards, Irish Politics, European Politics, Sociology, Business Journalism.

Journalismus

Activities and Societies: Six-month Erasmus program

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