Experience

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  Heringtons Solicitors

  • Hastings, England, United Kingdom

  • Marketing Executive & PA to Managing Partner

    • Apr 2014 - Present
    • Hastings, England, United Kingdom

    Assisting our Managing Partner, with day to day matters I also help with marketing and PR and act as the corporate charity co-ordinator working closely with our local charitable projects within the community. I am the key organiser of the firm's client, marketing and staff events. I work closely with our Practice Manager and the reception teams at our five branches and share the firm's vision of strengthening our key client relationships.

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  PartyLite

  • Hastings, England, United Kingdom

  • Independent Affiliate

    • Aug 2017 - Dec 2022
    • Hastings, England, United Kingdom

    In my spare time I enjoyed representing PartyLite UK as a distributor of their candles and other home fragrance and accessories.

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  The Pampered Chef - UK, Ltd

  • East Sussex, UK

  • Independent Sales Consultant and Team Leader/Trainer

    • Aug 2005 - Dec 2015
    • East Sussex, UK

    As an independent consultant for The Pampered Chef UK I demonstrated a range of high quality kitchen tools by preparing simple but delicious recipes at private home Cooking Shows and fundraising events. Guests at the Shows had fun whilst learning new cooking techniques. Our products appeal to cooks and non-cooks alike. During my ten and a half years with the company I was also been a team leader. I provided start-up training for new consultants and gave ongoing support by way of monthly team meetings and training sessions. I promoted within the Pampered Chef's consultant tiers to that of Advanced Director with a team of over 30 consultants around the UK. I achieved many sales, recruiting and development awards with incentives that included luxury travel to Rome, Monte Carlo, Chicago, Dubai, Venice and Croatia.I created a Facebook Group for UK Consultants and team leaders to discuss topics of mutual interest. I left the administration of this group in January 2014 by which time the membership had grown to over 2,500. If I have a legacy at all with this company it would for helping achieve this support network. I am grateful to Doris Christopher the founder of The Pampered Chef and Warren Buffett our owner for the amazing experiences, friendships, support and opportunities which have been provided to me during my time with the company.

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  Hastings Borough Council

  • Hastings, East Sussex

  • Chief Executive's Secretary

    • Jan 1995 - Apr 1997
    • Hastings, East Sussex

    I provided secretarial assistance to the Chief Executive as well as his Deputy. Duties included the word processing of all correspondence, reports and also some desktop publishing for the Chief Executive’s Public Relations Office. I maintained two busy diaries, prepared agendas, took minutes during meetings, read all post and initiated routine responses. I was responsible for the filing of all the Chief Executive’s documentation and dealt with queries/complaints from members of the public. My biggest project whilst working with the Chief Executive was the organisation of the visit of Her Majesty the Queen to Hastings in 1997 during which she opened the Priory Meadow Shopping Centre. (I resigned from this post as I wished to take a career break to have my son Jonathan.)

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  BBC

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Secretary/PA

    • Jan 1987 - Jan 1994
    • London, United Kingdom

    I was originally recruited by the BBC as Secretary to the Head of the Educational Broadcasting department. In 1990 the Head of the department was set the task of forming a small charitable trust company related to educational broadcasting within the BBC but financially independent of it. We were seconded from our BBC posts to help set this up and eventually run it. My main role was as PA to the Chief Executive and Company Secretary. Duties included all correspondence, reports, filing and liaison at Board Room level. I arranged meetings, conferences, hospitality and scheduled travel itineraries. I also acted as Office Manager overseeing the day-to-day administration of the office. On occasions I acted as Production Secretary working alongside various directors on broadcast and non-broadcast programmes. This work involved hiring crews, booking studio time and co-ordinating filming schedules. (I left this post when I married and returned to live in Hastings.)

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  SSK Enterprises Dubai

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Secretary

    • 1982 - 1987
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    An exciting and interesting six years spent in the expanding Emirate of Dubai where I was Secretary to the Managing Director, General Manager and Managing Partner.

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  Bryn-y-mor Hotel/Connaught Nursing Group

  • Hastings, East Sussex

  • Junior Secretary/Receptionist

    • 1979 - 1981
    • Hastings, East Sussex

    My work at the hotel was confined to the usual reception duties but I gave secretarial support to the owner, former Hastings Mayoress, Mrs Karen Alun-Thornton, and help towards her Council work.