Experience

Dragonfly Productions

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Assistant

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  • Obtaining competitive quotations from various suppliers such as food vendors, tent hire, venue hire, security as well as organising event merchandise in order to deliver events within or below budget• Creating visually impacting PowerPoint presentations to deliver to event management organisations outlining details for large events• General invoicing for events and chasing payment of invoices• Tracking and recording all receipts for the tax year• Assisting with the running of the Leicester Falcons American Football team which included booking training fields for team training and home games, creating various logos for fan merchandise using Adobe Photoshop, ordering of team training kit, tracking of all team BAFA registrations, designing sponsorship leaflets and sending these out to corporate companies to obtain sponsorship as well as attending home games to assist with ticketing and food vendor locations.• Diary management as well as booking meetings and arranging travel.



Connected Nottinghamshire NHS

• Personal Assistant

  • Mar 2016 - Present

  Personal Assistant to Connected Nottinghamshire. Providing personal and key project administrative support to the Connected Nottinghamshire Team. Involved in some key areas delivering the Connected Nottinghamshire communication strategy. Personal Assistant to Connected Nottinghamshire. Providing personal and key project administrative support to the Connected Nottinghamshire Team. Involved in some key areas delivering the Connected Nottinghamshire communication strategy.



Community Newspaper Group

• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Outbound Customer Services Representative – Classified Advertising (Temp)

  • Feb 2015 - Apr 2015

  • Cold calling prospective clients, selling feature advertisements and general classified advertisements.• Working to monthly sales targets and budgets.•Creating and designing Advertisements, obtaining client artwork and maintaining new client information in the Amtrex advertisement database.•Processing and following up payments for all advertisements booked. • Cold calling prospective clients, selling feature advertisements and general classified advertisements.• Working to monthly sales targets and budgets.•Creating and designing Advertisements, obtaining client artwork and maintaining new client information in the Amtrex advertisement database.•Processing and following up payments for all advertisements booked.



Toun Beach Cafe and Gotem Pumps and Valves

• Waitress/Cafe All Rounder and Clean Up Crew on FQM Ravensthorpe Nickle Mine

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2014

  I took a break from my career in 2010 to get married and raise my son and relocated to Australia as my husband was transferred to a permanent position on a mine in Ravensthorpe. I kept myself occupied while I lived there by opening a small clothing and giftware store with a friend for a year and by working with a couple of local small businesses and charities, helping plan/manage events and assisting with social media management and production of marketing material. I also worked as a contractor on the mine as a member of the clean-up crew one day per week. I worked at the local café full time 4 days per week as an all-rounder for 5 months, serving customers, making fresh juices, coffees, teas, cleaning, making wood fired pizzas and assisting in the kitchen.



AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood

• Senior Study Delivery Associate (Administrator)/ Senior Clinical Trial Administrator:

  • Dec 1999 - Apr 2010

  Content Manager for the Study Delivery Infospace (internally designed intranet)- Working with Content Managers in Sweden and the US to design, deliver and maintain the Global Study Delivery Infospace.Study Delivery Enablement Communications Manager (promotion from Senior SDA)- Working with large teams and other members of the organization to share knowledge, experiences and best practicesSenior Study Delivery Associate (Administrator)/ Senior Clinical Trial Administrator: I was promoted into the role of Senior Study Delivery Associate. Duties included:- Design and delivery of Internal Study Websites - Provide administrative support for global study teams- Organise, co-ordinate and manage global conferences working closely with the Study Delivery Leaders, Meeting Attendees (Doctors, Research nurses, Key Opinion Leaders, Medical Scientists as well as members of the local Study Team) Event Management Companies, AV support Companies, Travel Companies, Hotel Managers and Airport Transfer Companies- Co-ordinate study supplies- Train internal and external study personnel in study specific procedures- Edit and design of internal newsletters- Design, create and maintain departmental and Study web-sites - Prepare, design and present material for global and internal meetings/conferences- Liaise with internal and external partners to ensure delivery of projectsProject Secretary: In my role as Project Secretary, my duties included:- Co-ordination of internal & global conferences- Arranging travel and accommodation - Providing departmental secretarial cover- General administrative support for Clinical Study Teams- Arrange study team meetings; agendas, minute taking and circulation



Cadco

• Ireland
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brand Manager for Parfums Christian Dior

  • Sep 1998 - Sep 1999

  As Brand Manager for Christian Dior Zimbabwe I was responsible for managing and coordinating the promotion and point-of-purchase activities for the one of the world’s leading cosmetic brands, as well as dealing with buyers from major department stores to sell and manage stock. My duties included:- Overall management of locally held product launches- Creation of weekly wholesale and retail sales reports- Management of Consultants for 18 nationwide store- Creation of budgeting and yearly marketing plans- Liaising with internal and external customers- Communication with management and head-office- Dealing with customer queries and ensuring customer satisfaction through training of consultants and regular face to face meetings with customers and obtaining customer feedback



Icon Promotions/Asia Business Ltd

• Sourcing and Merchandising Manager

  • Jan 1996 - Aug 1998

  - Sourcing and merchandising of giftware and premiums for corporate companies, together with processing of artwork for corporate logos.- Liaising and negotiating with various suppliers in Hong Kong and China to source and supply competitively priced merchandise to our customers, ensuring timely delivery of all orders- Drawing up of sales contracts and purchase orders- Processing deposit invoices, delivery schedules and final invoices- Managing client queries - Sourcing and merchandising of giftware and premiums for corporate companies, together with processing of artwork for corporate logos.- Liaising and negotiating with various suppliers in Hong Kong and China to source and supply competitively priced merchandise to our customers, ensuring timely delivery of all orders- Drawing up of sales contracts and purchase orders- Processing deposit invoices, delivery schedules and final invoices- Managing client queries



Freight International

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Secretary to the Finance Manager

  • Jan 1992 - Dec 1995

  Providing administrative support to the Financial Manager. Providing administrative support to the Financial Manager.