Rachel Mclagan Email & Phone Number

Basel, Switzerland

Glasgow

• Established Flings & Things in 2014 as a provider of Highland Dancers and traditional Scottish entertainment for large-scale corporate events, private functions and festivals. Since then have choreographed, directed.
• Dance Director for 2022 Basel Tattoo, managing team of 50 dancers and creating 5 choreographed performances of traditional and modern highland dance
• Co-Dance Director 2019 Basel Tattoo, collaborating with OzScot Australia and CanCelt Highland Dance teams
• Working with Scotland’s largest entertainment agencies to provide bespoke entertainment solutions for corporate functions and events throughout the UK
• In 2015 launched 'Flings & Things on Tour' Workshop Series - delivering workshops for competitive dancers, coaches and parents all over Scotland; partnering with lecturers from national sporting institutions to deliver.
• Managed and choreographed dance troupe for Scottish international touring act Red Hot Chilli Pipers, providing performers for UK, European and US tours since 2013

London, England, United Kingdom (remote)

Responsible for Comic Relief’s portfolio of Celebrity Broadcast Challenges and event based fundraising activity, developing and executing broadcast and event fundraising strategy for annual national campaigns - Red Nose Day and Sport Relief. This encompassed broadcast challenge events featuring well known celebrity talent and live entertainment events.

London, United Kingdom

From 2019 to 2024, managed a portfolio of annual Celebrity Broadcast Challenge events which generated over £13million in fundraising income. Highlights include:2024 - 'Mollie King's Pedal Power for Red Nose Day' - BBC Radio 1 Supported by Morning Live (Mollie King - raised £1.3m)2024 - 'Snow Going Back: Comic Relief vs the Arctic' - BBC One, first all.

Glasgow

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

• Project Management of ‘BBC Radio 2’s Longest Ever Danceathon’ celebrity challenge, which raised £1,038,880 for Red Nose Day 2019
• Responsible for establishing project governance and planning and executing delivery across Public Fundraising, Marketing, Broadcast, Brand and Creative, PR and Communications, Legal, Assurance and Talent Management
• Working directly with Radio 2 production and editorial teams
• Overseeing the planning, delivery and coordination of national PR activities and community fundraising activities and managing associated budget
• Involved in strategic forward planning for future campaigns, including developing new governance and decision-­making framework

Glasgow, United Kingdom

- Programme Management of venue scheduling for Technology and Broadcast workstreams- Interim Digital Results Integration Workstream Manager (Timing, Scoring, Results and Digital Media programmes)- Venue Technology Manager for Scotstoun Sports Campus

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Glasgow

• Responsible for delivering Games-wide data network, WiFi, telephony and print solutions, managing multiple teams of suppliers and coordinating delivery activity across all divisions of the Organising Committee.
• Managed and developed client relationships between key stakeholders across the Organising Committee and multiple supplier teams through the implementation of structured Project Governance and Communications Plans
• Managed project budget, forecasting and reporting
• Developed detailed project plans across all project streams, covering planning, design, implementation and event execution
• Managed requirements gathering across all business areas, ensuring key dependencies identified and tracked

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Managed a number of cross-functional projects, ranging from the implementation of small scale IT enhancements to large-scale customer service improvement projects
• Led diverse teams of resources and Subject Matter Experts, both local and offshore
• Successful coordination of resources across business areas within strict budget constraints
• Managed the delivery of technical improvement project resulting in multi-million pound saving for UK business

• Responsible for the delivery of national company- wide unified Telephony platform and front end operating systems
• Managed large team of internal staff and 3rd party suppliers from requirements gathering stage through design, testing and implementation of unified communications solution
• Planned and facilitated deployment of solution across 9 UK sites with minimal disruption to business
• Worked with Customer Services, Sales, HR, Finance and Marketing to identify solutions which streamlined business processes resulting in more efficient customer service provision and ultimately cost savings
• Coordinated all project communications and stakeholder engagement, including regular presentations to UK Executive Boards and Governance Committees

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• IT & Change Graduate Programme, AEGON UKVarious roles within IT & Business Change function during 2 year Graduate Programme
• Management and administration of all project reporting and production of project MI
• Acting Resource Manager for FSA Regulatory Remediation Programme, working with Programme Managers to manage allocation of key resources across business functions
• Coordinated set up of new customer contact department with Customer Services and Marketing

Ba Hons International Business And Modern Languages (2:1), Economics, French

Activities and Societies: IBML Staff/Student Representative

International Business Strategy, Strategic Marketing, Sports Marketing