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Edinburgh, Scotland, Gb

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Leading on the development and promotion of Business Events as vehicles to achieve local and national policy objectives. Working with national and city partners to connect Business Events to influential people and organization in Scotland, and developing the understanding of the potential of business events to be catalysts for social and ecnomic change in Scotlands public sector.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Researcher – researching viable international association and corporate leads for Scotland, ICCA database and web based. • Support the Scottish Ambassador Network, developing existing and new relationships with ambassadors in key regional cities. Developing relationship and generating leads for conferences into Scotland. • Departmental Reporting – monthly statistical report of cross team activity and lead generation across key markets. Use of CRM systems, Power BI and office programs to present data in useful and meaningful formats. •Support the National Conference Business Fund – a £3m fund to support conferences into Scotland. Heavy focus on high level administration, contracting in line with Scot Gov guidelines, use of CRM system s to record projects and ensure KPI’s met, event metrics recording and annual reporting of same. Forecasting and budget reporting. • Research and develop leads, contacts and stories to ensure success of Legends – a digital marketing project which I have been involved in from inception. Organising and leading regional workshop series to promote the same. Giving presentations of project to senior comm’s partners at Scottish Gov, SDI, SE and Universities Scotland. • Social media content production and management – for Legends, including organising filming shoots and edits. Contribution to website content management and reporting on success & metrics of campaign posts. • Relationship management with key cities and partners in Scotland and Europe, including Scotland Europa and Scottish Universities • International Representation – representing Scotland in Europe at sales opportunities, presenting to clients, developing leads and converting these into opportunities for Scottish partners.

Ischgl, Austria

•Facilitating communication across departments and suppliers•Responsible for daily hotel operations, restaurant service and housekeeping, maintaining strict company standards•Responsible for staff training and ensuring high service and hotel standards across operations•Stock taking and oversight, essential chemicals and laundry•Assisting in weekly report writing for use by regional and senior management•Guest data recording in line with strict Austrian legislation•Weekly property checks, identifying and addressing HACCP issues•Invoice creation and payment processing•Staff motivation, holding weekly meetings to share goals and provide feedback•Daily sales recording•Key supplier relations, ensuring all property issues swiftly remedied•Designated resort driver, snow trained, driving staff to and from place of work as needed•Actively promoting company image at all times, being enthusiastic point of contact for all guests•Social Media contributions, images and video submissions

London

•Responsible for daily delivery of service goals in frantic, highly pressurised environment•Rapid and constant problem solving•Created and implemented staff training model to streamline process•Training of new members of staff to Ottolenghi standards of service delivery•Providing effective communication between departments•Focus on enhancing individual guest experience through interactions•Gained and maintained in-depth product knowledge of wide variety of unique foods and wines•Responsible for EPOS maintenance, adding and editing price lines and product keys, addressing technical issues, printer routing groups and accurate invoicing•Daily cash responsibilities, recording takings and reconciliations•Daily admin tasks, report writing for senior management, monitoring emails•Liaising with clients on external orders, taking and processing of orders, communicating and liaising with all departments, scheduling and prioritizing of orders

Kabul

•Programmatic proposal writing, development of training programs for other Afghan based NGO’s, meeting and developing joint ventures with other organisations.•Reporting to Development Partners on program progress, LOG-frame goals, budgets and finances, analysis of successes, obstacles and remaining challenges. •Strategy Development: identified contact groups, developed three tier strategy to improve information sharing and partnerships•Organized communications activities in line with my own strategy: newsletters, publication sharing, developed social media capacity from scratch, development partner progress meetings and key stakeholder targeting. Developed time-plans for activities. •Production of Press statements, MoU generation with external media bodies, PR guidance, media-monitoring, and proactive communications agenda setting•Production of Copy for website and print. Design of leaflets in Word. Managing contractors, payments, designs and printing. Production of in house media content, newsletters and all web based copy. •Database Management: Updating contact lists as necessary, inputting new information, editing out the old.•Internal Procedure Improvement: Development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) for all communications and for fund-raising process in reaction to ‘Calls for Proposals’ (CFP).•Implementation of improved communication lines from field to Kabul, organizing use of cloud-based systems to share files and information.•Program Management: Preparing budgets, organizing cash payments, receipts and accountability. Delivering resources to program, liaising with stakeholders in program, media management and press officer.

Islington, London

One of London, if not Europe's leading culinary establishments, specialising in Israeli/Palestinian food with a strong Mediterranean and Levantine influence. Role began while studying for second masters as a sales assistant/waiter, working in hectic shop/restaurant environment. Team togetherness, focus, great customer relations, professionalism and diligence key to long success. Developed role to back of house and admin functions, with focus on remote order taking/execution, stock management, cash handling and recording & customer relations

Responsible for venue when on shift. In charge of all cash on site, for delivering service goals, organising staff, and liaising with kitchen. Responsible for stock taking/ordering as well as key utilities maintenance.

Edinburgh

Internship as research assistant to David McLetchie MSP.•Media monitoring: on relevant political issues to David and the party.•Research: Researching topics of immediate relevance to David, the party and in line with upcoming parliamentary sessions, sitting in on chamber debates and reporting•Constituent liaisons: Managing issues arising from surgery, communicating results, following lines of enquiry, researching constituent problems, report compilation, advising on constituent issues, finding answers and looking for solutions. •Drafting correspondence from David to Constituents

Ma - 1St Class, Honours, Management With Marketing

Activities and Societies: Snow Sports Society, Vice president of Mountain Bike Club First Class MA Management and Marketing with Honours..

Ma International Relations And European Politics, Relationship Between Eu And Russia In Field Of Energy Security

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