Experience

Howarth Timber and Building Supplies Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Showroom Sales Designer

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Managing showroom sales including taking leads, delivering presentations, and successfully selling a range of products from different suppliers. Overseeing complete projects from start to finish including site surveys, designing, quoting, ordering, and administrating. Dealing with customer face to face in appointments, via email and over the telephone in a professional manner with excellent communication skills. Liaising with fitters and external contractors to discuss any installation works required. Including ordering stock and dealing with any remedials or damaged items. Building solid, collaborative relationships with colleagues, customers, and internal and external stakeholders. Developing and managing new business strategy to achieve or exceed showroom sales targets. Organizing and maintaining records, files, and databases. Sensitively and securely handing customer information and ensuring compliance with data protection and GDPR. Show less



Clemency Drew

• Harrogate, England, United Kingdom

• Freelance Interior Designer

  • Aug 2021 - May 2022



Taylor Howes Designs

• United Kingdom
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Designer

  • Feb 2021 - Aug 2021

• Interior Design Intern

  • Aug 2020 - Feb 2021



Young Arts Fundraisers

• London, United Kingdom

• Communications Manager (voluntary)

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

  This was a voluntary position as Committee Member and Communications Manager for external communications and engagement. Young Arts Fundraisers (YAF) is a professional network whose aim is to enable early-career fundraisers working in the cultural sector to connect with one another, engage with senior fundraisers and benefit from their experience and advice. YAF organises monthly events, including networking opportunities, panel discussions and speed-mentoring sessions. It is also connected with the Institute of Fundraising Cultural Sector Network (CSN) which was recently granted four-year NPO funding. As part of this, YAF will be working with the CSN to expand the YAF network and to create regional YAF groups. Show less



The British Museum

• United Kingdom
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 700 & Above Employee

• Leadership Giving Manager

  • Mar 2017 - Feb 2019

  The Leadership Giving Manager played a key role within the Individual Giving team to secure philanthropic gifts. I helped to implement the Museum’s fundraising strategy, by securing leadership gifts through researching, creating and presenting fundraising proposals to current and potential individual supporters. The role involved building effective working relationships with curators and advocates in order to ensure the highest standard of donor care. The Leadership Giving Manager played a key role within the Individual Giving team to secure philanthropic gifts. I helped to implement the Museum’s fundraising strategy, by securing leadership gifts through researching, creating and presenting fundraising proposals to current and potential individual supporters. The role involved building effective working relationships with curators and advocates in order to ensure the highest standard of donor care.



Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Relationships Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2017

  The three Monteverdi ensembles, the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, are a leading force on the international music scene. World-class musicians and singers from many nationalities come together to share in the distinctive vision of our music director, John Eliot Gardiner, in groundbreaking projects that span eight centuries of musical masterpieces. The three Monteverdi ensembles, the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, are a leading force on the international music scene. World-class musicians and singers from many nationalities come together to share in the distinctive vision of our music director, John Eliot Gardiner, in groundbreaking projects that span eight centuries of musical masterpieces.



York Theatre Royal

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fundraising Fellow

  • Sep 2014 - Sep 2015

  The Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy Fellowships were created as a partnership between Cause4 and the DARE Fundraising Academy. The Fellowship Programme's goal is to create the next generation of leading Development Directors skilled with the vision, entrepreneurial expertise and ingenuity to make significant difference to the arts fundraising landscape. This was a rare opportunity to learn on the job from experts in the field, supported by a diverse training and learning programme, focusing on extensive personal and professional career development. Show less



NeosCreative, International Exhibition Specialists

• United Kingdom
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• New Business Development Intern

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2013



British Council

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• British Council Language Assistant

  • Oct 2012 - May 2013



The Guy Fawkes Pub

• Scotton, North Yorkshire

• Barmaid and Waitress

  • Mar 2010 - Jan 2012



James Brown Catering Company

• Harrogate, United Kingdom

• Waitress

  • Apr 2010 - Sep 2010



Mulberry Company (design) Ltd.

• Shepherd's Bush, London

• Work Experience (2 weeks)

  • Jun 2007 - Jun 2007