Tom Rees Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, United Kingdom

Project Development, Management and Strategic Planning• Directed delivery of 80+ Research projects per year, from commissioning to publication. Subjects included finance, media, legal, lifestyle, food and drink, foodservice, health, utilities and leisure.• Worked with German and US offices to create and project manage international reports.• Maintained and updated report schedules; met monthly/annual report publishing targets.• Initiated and co-ordinated new report generation in… Show more Project Development, Management and Strategic Planning• Directed delivery of 80+ Research projects per year, from commissioning to publication. Subjects included finance, media, legal, lifestyle, food and drink, foodservice, health, utilities and leisure.• Worked with German and US offices to create and project manage international reports.• Maintained and updated report schedules; met monthly/annual report publishing targets.• Initiated and co-ordinated new report generation in collaboration with internal stakeholders.• Worked with the Marketing and Sales departments to drive company revenue.Management and Team Development • Built, developed, organised and motivated the UK Reports team to ensure outstanding productivity and performance of ~5-10 team members and freelancers.• Allocated reports budget and managed the team's workload.Data interpretation and Analysis• Directed all quality assurance efforts to ensure excellent standards were achieved and maintained. • Provided expert data interpretation/analysis to ensure high quality of all publications. Ensured accuracy of all data and analysis in reports.• Used in-depth knowledge of relevant issues in research design and reports solutions for clients. Questionnaire Design• Wrote consumer research surveys; worked with YouGov US and YouGov Germany colleagues to write surveys for US and German-focused reports.Presentation and Media/PR work• Presented research findings and reports to clients; undertook media interviews (press, radio, TV).• Edited/approved PR of reports for publication. Checked, edited and signed off all client PR and/or analysis requests. Show less

Supported Director of Research Reports across all responsibilities (see above)

Supported Director and Associate Director in all responsibilities (see above)

Project Management• Ensured 65+ UK and international travel reports were delivered annually.• Researched and wrote 10+ UK Travel/tourism reports each year; designed all consumer research and analysed results. Commissioned/edited/quality controlled a further 10+ freelance reports.• Improved depth and quality of reports and reduced the deadline overrun rate of all travel reports to zero – a level maintained since 2008.• Successfully co-led Research department's office… Show more Project Management• Ensured 65+ UK and international travel reports were delivered annually.• Researched and wrote 10+ UK Travel/tourism reports each year; designed all consumer research and analysed results. Commissioned/edited/quality controlled a further 10+ freelance reports.• Improved depth and quality of reports and reduced the deadline overrun rate of all travel reports to zero – a level maintained since 2008.• Successfully co-led Research department's office move/transition to hotdesking (40+ people).People Development• Created and implemented the training/induction programme for Mintel’s first-ever graduate research team, consisting of 10 employees.Business Development• Worked with account managers/sales team to meet client requests, driving new business and maintaining existing relationships. Also multiple media interactions per year, and the creation/delivery of external presentations.• Recorded more successful client/media contacts than any other Mintel employee in 2011.Data Analysis• Analysed consumer research results; forecasted consumer markets using specialist software; analysed and wrote up the results of consumer research; edited/optimised consumer surveys. Show less

• Analysed consumer research results.• Forecasted consumer markets using specialist software.• Liaised with report writers and analysed and wrote up the results of consumer research.• Edited/optimised consumer surveys.

• Managed five Research Analysts. Responsible for the delivery of all the team's work and training. • Joint responsibility for all team recruitment, performance reviews and development plans.• Researched and created two retail reports per month and contributed to the team's output.• Introduced two new products – Today in Retail and Consumer Confidence Index.

• Managed a team of four administrators, supporting the marketing and sales departments. • Recruited and trained staff; managed individual performance; producing daily, weekly and monthly internal productivity reports; processed confidential information.

London, United Kingdom

• Daily addition of legislation reports to the Lawtel website - creating HTML files and uploading.• Updated and edited various parts of the site; proofread website copy; and produced document accessed statistics for monthly management reports.• Led two major projects, planning both and owning staff and delivery outcomes.• Trained in proofreading.