Experience

Change Grow Live

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing Lead

  • May 2020 - Present

  Marketing Lead committed to delivering high quality marketing and communications for Change Grow Live smokefree services. Supporting all local marketing and digital activity, connecting with existing service users and proactively promoting the service to new clients and local stakeholders. - Supporting the online presence for SmokeFree Hull and Newcastle Stop Smoking service, keeping the website and social media channels up to date with news, case studies and blog posts - Creating a supportive online community for service users - Raising the profile of the services with partners and stakeholders, ensuring services are as accessible as possible for service users - Providing content for printed and digital materials and resources including training packages - Supporting local health campaigns, promotions, attending events and open days - Collating, monitoring and analysing web data and analytics - Producing comms plans and campaigns for important awareness days and relevant dates in the calendar - Helping to ensure all internal and external communications are in line with CGL values and brand guidelines - Attending meetings with our local commissioners to present marketing activity - Liaising with local authorities and community groups with the provision of stop smoking materials -Editor and writer for the SmokeFree Hull client newsletter.



Agenda Life Sciences

• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Life Science Recruitment Consultant

  • Dec 2014 - May 2020

  Specialising in Life Science recruitment and delivering a high standard of service to clients and candidates in the next step in their career. With international networks, we use a wide range of resources on behalf of our clients enabling us to source and select the ideal candidates.• Developing and winning business for the company through regular communication and recommending suitable candidates• Liaising with current clients and approaching other contacts within the industry to ascertain staffing requirements and secure new vacancies• Selection and security screening of candidates, matching to suitable vacancies and interviewing candidates•Writing and placing attractive job advertisements and media material•Acting as an intermediary between the candidate and client, ensuring each has the support they need throughout the recruitment process including arranging interviews, following up on interviews, providing feedback and dealing with job offers•Contributing to Agenda’s social media presence, including provision of relevant content for Agenda’s various platforms including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn•Assisting in collating a monthly manager’s report to assess revenue and KPI targets•Attending client visits to maintain a strong relationship and promote business•Editor and writer for the company's Welfare First monthly newsletter, putting together interesting and informative articles and blogs on industry news and events•Attend an annual Life Science conference as part of the events team•Assist in coordinating a training programme for employees at fortnightly ‘Lunch and Learn’ sessions, liaising with external and internal companies to arrange suitable sessions and create promotional e-shots •Proofreading and editing internal and external industry literature, tenders and proposals before being published•Developing e-shots and social media activity to advertise internal charity events and communications.

• Contracts Recruitment Co-ordinator

  • Nov 2012 - Nov 2014

  Specialising in placing highly competent, security-cleared animal technicians and other research staff on short or long-term contracts with organisations, large and small, throughout the UK and Europe. Assisting in organising placements, travel and accommodation for the technicians while they work away from home and liasing with clients on their recruitment needs.• Promoting new and current business to contribute to the continued success of Agenda.• Liasing with clients to ascertain their staffing requirements.• Sourcing and selecting successful candidates for interview.• Arranging interviews and setting up security screenings.• Following and enforcing the company's Agency Worker's Rights procedures for temporary staff.• Arranging travel and accommodation bookings and plans for the contract technicians out in the field.• HR responsibilties including monitoring sickness, holidays and weekly timesheets.• Payment queries and calculating charge rates for bookings to ensure a profit for the department.• Writing for the company's Welfare First monthly newsletter with interesting and informative articles/blogs on industry news and events.



Agenda Screening Services

• United Kingdom
• Security and Investigations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Desktop Researcher

  • Jun 2012 - Nov 2012

  Working within the pre-employment screening department for an established Pharmaceutical company, using the company’s bespoke software package and various internet sites to conduct security and background checks in conjunction with the Data Protection Act 1998 for clients wishing to recruit employees. • Security vetting using various internet sites, data bases and other relevant software. • Reviewing and collating information for anomalies and concerns and report to clients. • Analysing, cross referencing and recording data accurately and effectively. • Building relationships and liaising with both clients and candidates. • Maintaining a high level of customer care for our clients with regular updates. • Handling data sensitive information and following company procedures. • Keeping to tight deadlines for clients’ turnaround times. • Progress chasing information from candidates. • Contributing and supporting my fellow colleagues to satisfy clients.



Next Retail Ltd

• Merit Sales Assistant and Team Coach

  • Nov 2005 - Jun 2012

  Working within the different sales departments throughout the store and providing excellent customer care and assistance to potential customers to satisfy their requirements. My role included being responsible for training new employees; supporting management in running the department; evaluating high productivity and remerchandising stock to maximise sales. As well as managerial stock replenishment evaluations and solutions and identifying health, safety and security issues. Working within the different sales departments throughout the store and providing excellent customer care and assistance to potential customers to satisfy their requirements. My role included being responsible for training new employees; supporting management in running the department; evaluating high productivity and remerchandising stock to maximise sales. As well as managerial stock replenishment evaluations and solutions and identifying health, safety and security issues.