Professional Experience:
Programme Coordinator with WildAid
Programme Coordinator
Responsible for direct liaison with international offices and partners in India, from print and media to agencies.
• Working as a member of a global team to deliver against objectives to reduce demand for wildlife projects
• Formulating funding requests to potential donors, from foundations to individuals and government
• Liaising with creative agencies to develop communications strategy including broadcast quality PSA’s
• Liaising with high profile celebrities to encourage them to engage with and endorse WildAids messages
• Producing regular activity reports, and supplying information to overseas offices to track progress against targets
Head of Creative Development with Zibrant
Responsible for receiving and responding to tender requests. Managing a team of in-house and external resources to interpret and deliver to a wide range of conference, incentive and exhibition requirements with budgets up to £1million. Clients include: Diageo, AstraZeneca, BMW, Citroen, Barclaycard, Coca Cola, Xerox, British Gas and Aviva.
• Working as a member of the senior leadership team to develop and deliver strategy
• Overseeing tender responses from creative concept development, to costing, writing and pitching proposals
• Ensuring client communications are the correct ‘on-brand’ solution
• Managing costs for the company and clients and maintaining profit margins during the tender and proposal stages
• Procuring and managing of specialists on a job-by-job basis and mentoring junior team members
• Sourcing suppliers and negotiating costs on behalf of clients to secure business whilst maintaining profitability
• Producing documents for clients to best demonstrate the company's strengths, creativity and focus on delivery
• Supporting and participating with the board in delivering their development strategy
• Producing an award winning creative proposal solution for C&IT magazine and Visit Denmark for an environmentally focused product launch
Senior Project Manager with Logistik Ltd
Overall responsibility for large scale projects from concept to delivery for clients, including Lloyds Banking Group, British Telecom, Marks and Spencer and Yorkshire Water.
• Managing multiple projects and team members including contractors in the office and on-site
• Developing and delivering online registration processes and reporting tools
• Coordinating tender responses from creative concept development, to costing, writing and pitching the proposals
• Instrumental in winning a contract for a £1.8million piece of business with Lloyds TSB Retail Banking and a £600,000 project with British Telecom. Successfully delivered both projects and secured repeat business
• Client contact for large corporates, from executive boards to procurement, ensuring projects are delivered according to expectations
• Producing and working to budgets from £500 to £2million, with a focus on delivering jobs on-time