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Designing itineraries to fit specific briefs provided by clients. Working with suppliers across the full range of travel products and destinations to deliver unique and bespoke multi day private group tour itineraries in destinations ranging from Indonesia to Morocco and from Iceland to Timor Leste. Inspired Ventures designs. builds and operates events or travel experiences, all delivered under your own brand empowering you to inspire and engage your network, by sharing your passions… Show more Designing itineraries to fit specific briefs provided by clients. Working with suppliers across the full range of travel products and destinations to deliver unique and bespoke multi day private group tour itineraries in destinations ranging from Indonesia to Morocco and from Iceland to Timor Leste. Inspired Ventures designs. builds and operates events or travel experiences, all delivered under your own brand empowering you to inspire and engage your network, by sharing your passions, purpose and goals. Show less

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Working with Student Representatives across the full range of Allied Health Proffessional courses to provide a collaborative voice to the AHP department and drive positive change for students

Leading a team of Product Design experts across our Asia destinations to ensure we create consistently inspiring, relevant, marketable and competitive product that adheres to our global standard ands core requirements.

Working with our local product teams in all Discova destinations globally to drive consistency, innovation and communication of our product offering to better serve our current and future clients.

London, England Metropolitan Area

Connecting UK and European travel operators with our team of global destination management specialists in Asia and parts of the Americas to deliver a wide range of in-destination services customised each business need including day touring, transportation, leisure groups, extended touring and educational travel.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for presentation and growth of Flight Centre product offerings in to Asia and Africa, developing unique and market leading holidays that deliver the best customer experience and value whilst maintaining excellent commerical benefits to Flight Centre. Key performance indicators include:- Room night, passenger numbers and bookings sales figures for each key country within Asia and Africa- New product development- Speed of new product to market- Presence in… Show more Responsible for presentation and growth of Flight Centre product offerings in to Asia and Africa, developing unique and market leading holidays that deliver the best customer experience and value whilst maintaining excellent commerical benefits to Flight Centre. Key performance indicators include:- Room night, passenger numbers and bookings sales figures for each key country within Asia and Africa- New product development- Speed of new product to market- Presence in marketing activity- Maximising financial benefits on key products - Customer satisfaction on product purchased for Asia and Africa- Brochure production Show less

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for presentation and growth of Flight Centre product offerings in to Europe and Africa, developing unique and market leading holidays that deliver the best customer experience and value whilst maintaining excellent commerical benefits to Flight Centre.

London

Managing a full portfolio of travel products sold through 5 Flight Centre brands in the UK. Responsible for bringing products to sale that are relevant to customers, of suitable quality, are marketed correctly and offer a diverse range. Negotiating mutually beneficial commercial deals, maintaining strong client relationships and implementing initiatives to drive growth of the product range are key elements of the role.

London, United Kingdom

Managing B2B and B2C accounts for the GapYear team to help meet agreed service level agreements and maximise sales. Responsible for implementing new accounts into the sales team, monitoring their progress and ensuring opportunities are maximised - both in service levels to the client and revenue. In this role I helped to drive sales of key accounts and built strong relationships with new and existing accounts.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for building new professional relationships with businesses in London to offer our buisness travel management services. Specialising in SME's within London, with a business travel spend of £50k - £2m p/a, I help to provide solutions to their travel needs whilst also offering a personal travel manager, 24/7 Emergency Assitance for travels and account reporting to ensure a high quality delivery of services that is also cost and time effective.

Tunbridge Wells

Leading a the Sales Team for the i to i Volunteering and Inspired Breaks brands. Direct line manager of a team of 2. Responsible for ensuring sales targets are met and standards kept high with the sales process in addition to organising and leading training sessions, daily team management, group travel (across Real Gap and i to i Volunteering brands) - including trip design, costing, sales and support activities - and customer flight sales.

Tunbridge Wells, England, United Kingdom

Develop and manage B2B partnerships to promote our business services and drive sales across the Real Gap Experience, Inspired Breaks and i to i Volunteering brands of the business. Also organise bespoke group travel, manage relationships with schools, colleges, universities and businesses utilising our products.

Tunbridge Wells, England, United Kingdom

Leeds, United Kingdom

An internship role offered to get experience and a step up into the travel industry. The role required taking responsibility for all elements of post sale customer processing and administration pre, during and after travel. Additionally, engagement with bespoke online networking platforms, content management and offline marketing activity was required. The key success here was performing to a high enough standard to achieve permanent employment - a rare outcome. High praise was… Show more An internship role offered to get experience and a step up into the travel industry. The role required taking responsibility for all elements of post sale customer processing and administration pre, during and after travel. Additionally, engagement with bespoke online networking platforms, content management and offline marketing activity was required. The key success here was performing to a high enough standard to achieve permanent employment - a rare outcome. High praise was given for work on customer facing activities including presenting face-to-face to newly acquired customers and dealing with often difficult questions over the phone as well as bringing creativity to the team beyond expectations including writing pre travel documentation and product content for the website. Learning to work to deadlines, cultivating attention to detail and operating flexibly and 'outside the box' were key learnings here. Show less

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Working within one of the UK's biggest hospital trusts, within in the world leading Neurology, Gynecology and Ophthalmology departments. Duties included ensuring patients medical records were updated and ready for use in clinic, working cross-trust to obtain patient information and administering clinical operations. The role required attention to detail, consistency, working to tight deadlines and being reactive where necessary, teamwork, honesty and professionalism.

Connecticut, United States

A 10 week placement working on a Summer Camp in rural Connnecticut, this position was to work with camp attendees between the ages of 13-15 years old. Monitoring health and safety at all times was key as well as supervising meals (taken in the woods over open fires) and all daily entertainment schedules. Co lead on a hiking expedition on the Appalachian trail for 5 days with a group of 12 campers with basic rations and resources. This role required high levels of determination… Show more A 10 week placement working on a Summer Camp in rural Connnecticut, this position was to work with camp attendees between the ages of 13-15 years old. Monitoring health and safety at all times was key as well as supervising meals (taken in the woods over open fires) and all daily entertainment schedules. Co lead on a hiking expedition on the Appalachian trail for 5 days with a group of 12 campers with basic rations and resources. This role required high levels of determination, responsibility, intuition, patience and creativity in addition to needing excellent communication skills. Show less

Bradford, England, United Kingdom

Working for one of the UK's leading e-gaming community networks and organisers of the live World Cup of E Gaming - UK qualifying tournaments. This role involved a range of responsibilities including organising events, undertaking general offline marketing activity and developing new business.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

A 12 month placement within an business consultant SME. Predominately responsible for working on a project in conjunction with Yorkshire Forward, the regional business development agency, and UK Trade and Investment. The project involved identifying SME businesses in the region primed for investment and support in the Electronics sector and an analysis of the overall make up of the industry within the region. In addition, supporting the organizing of networking events and seminars was a key… Show more A 12 month placement within an business consultant SME. Predominately responsible for working on a project in conjunction with Yorkshire Forward, the regional business development agency, and UK Trade and Investment. The project involved identifying SME businesses in the region primed for investment and support in the Electronics sector and an analysis of the overall make up of the industry within the region. In addition, supporting the organizing of networking events and seminars was a key part of the role. Skills gained here included networking, project management, research, data analysis and strategy development. Additionally learning to work as part of a larger team and independently were key personal attributes developed. Show less

Bachelor Of Sc, Paramedic Science

HCPC and College of Paramedics approved training program to achieve Paramedic status on completion. Includes education on Intermediate.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business/Commerce, General, 2:1

including 12 month placement at ProjectBox as Research Executive

Education record

Activities and Societies: 3 x A levels A-C, Sociology (C), Sport Studies (B), IT (B) 11x GCSE's A-C including Maths (B), Science (BB).