Phaedra Macdowel Email & Phone Number

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARYAn organised, self-motivated, conscientious and confident individual with +20 years’ experience as a business owner. I have successfully run a short-term rental agency, Stylish Cornish Cottages, since moving to Cornwall in 2007. In addition, I am an experienced events and sponsorship manager, running my own events business from 2002 – 2016. Although self-employed I am equally comfortable working as part of a team. Through years of administrative and marketing experience I can also offer a virtual assistant service covering all aspects of administration, content creation, project, diary and event management. STRENGTHS & EXPERTISEManagement & Growth of Successful Holiday Let BusinessWebsite Management & Content CreationEmail & Social Media MarketingClient CommunicationEvent Creation and ManagementSponsorship Planning, Exploitation & BudgetingHospitality & Project ManagementAccounting, Invoicing & Budget ManagementPROFESSIONAL HISTORY2008 – Current Day ​Owner & Director Stylish Cornish CottagesOn moving to Cornwall in 2007, I have grown a successful short term rental agency from one property to a portfolio of between 10-20 properties in West Cornwall.Attracting new owners to join the portfolioMaintaining & updating a word press websiteDigital and Email marketingSocial Media management & creationContent creation including Blogs & social mediaWrite compelling property descriptionsAdministration of bookings from sale to post-stayClient liaison from owners to guestsKeeping business accounts and accounts for each propertyInvoicing and Xero accountancy softwareManagement of staff and tradesProperty renovation project managementStyling and photographing properties 2002 – 2016 ​Owner & Director Phay MacDowel Ltd. Events and Sponsorship management.Experience included:Account director Gartmore’s sponsorship of the Barbarians Rugby Football Club. Responsible for planning & management of all sponsorship activityCreation & delivery of high profile hospitality programmes for 250+ top clientsCreation & delivery of bespoke celebrity golf & cricket days for highest profile clientsTheming and dressing of venues from inception, design, build and deliveryEvent Director on a 2-day music and street sports festival, London sponsored by Snickers attendance of 60,000 over 2 days.Account Director for 2 x JP Morgan events, hospitality programme for top clients at the Athens Olympics, I hosted all of the events over a 16 day period & sponsorship of sailing’s “round the Island race” in the Isle of Wight.

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