Philip Bittner Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Gb

Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Trustee at Bradgate Park Trust

Midlands & East Of England

Reporting to the Assistant Director, Consultancy, I lead Growing Support team for the Midlands & East Region. The highly skilled team of internal consultants I support includes; fundraising and grants, philanthropy, on property fundraising membership, service internal communications and marketing and communications. I am responsible for brokering resource internally and externally which delivers core and project work for the operation. ● Direct internal resourcing for major projects and infrastructure investment programmes. Currently delivering over £4m of investment, including, Destination Longshaw and Inspirational Ilam. Direct responsibility for external resourcing to support this work, procuring architectural, building and conservation support as required. ● Led the Experience Design process for two major investment programmes in the Peak District Portfolio to develop the visitor experience, and secondary spend commercial business, to build a sustainable income and growth potential. ● Strategic lead for service culture in the Midlands, leading and directing the delivery of the the Trust’s national service strategy in the Midlands and contributing to developing national strategy.

Midlands

Lead for visitor experience with primary focus on the outdoors and nature engagement. Worked to deliver support and expertise in audience insight to properties in the East Midlands, working closely with curators, conservation, membership and commercial consultants, supporting operational colleagues to deliver visitor growth, visitor programming, secondary spend.● Led projects utilising the Experience Design process; improving the visitor experience and infrastructure development at three flagship property portfolios resulting in visitor and income growth. ● Provided a consultancy service in visitor experience. Led research and analysis of audience insight to interpret visitor needs in order to develop the visitor experience at three flagship portfolios● Worked with other consultants to support and develop experiences that experiences that reflect the significance and relevance of each place, focus on access and everyone welcome. ● Strategic lead for service culture in the Midlands, representing the region at national level. ● Facilitated, coached and trained professional teams (property staff and volunteers, other consultants) to enhance skills and transfer knowledge to build capability and understanding locally in order that properties can become more self-reliant.

Derbyshire

Led the project management team working on the acquisition and development of Stoneywell, an Arts & Crafts property in Leicestershire, into a fully operational business model from concept stage to implementation in 2013/14. • Led the acquisition of the property, change of use, development of the Client Brief, Business Case Managed the procurement of internal and external consultancy resource with budget responsibility for the £1.48m project fund. • I oversaw successful external bids for individual donations in excess of £200k and facilitated private donor and fundraising events.

Derbyshire

Led the Visitor Experience Team at one of the Trust’s flagship properties, Calke Abbey, with budget responsibility for admissions, membership and events income leading to significant visitor and commercial growth. ● Led the recruitment, induction and training programme for new regular, seasonal staff and volunteers● Led the development, facilitation and delivery of service training for all 70 staff and in excess of 350 volunteers● Led all marketing activities including planning of the extensive income generating and added value event programme

Midlands

South West

Management of five inland marinas, with budget responsibility for £0.6m annual income. • Acquisition of two marina sites, one acquisition from the private sector and one transition from British Waterways• Led significant infrastructure investment across three of the sites

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Little Venice, London

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Painting (Chelsea College Of Art, 2:1

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Painting

Foundation Degree, Art & Design

Foundation Degree, Art & Design

A Levels

Activities and Societies: Art, History of Art, English Literature

10 X Gcses