Julia Smith
Commercial Lead at Hirestreet- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Hirestreet
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Commercial Lead
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Apr 2022 - Present
Hirestreet and Zoa Rental partners with the UK's leading retailers to offer their customers pay-per-wear models from either their existing website or the Hirestreet rental marketplace Hirestreet and Zoa Rental partners with the UK's leading retailers to offer their customers pay-per-wear models from either their existing website or the Hirestreet rental marketplace
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London Cashmere Co.
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London, United Kingdom
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Founder and CEO
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Sep 2018 - Mar 2022
Direct to consumer brand offering ethically sourced Cashmere knitwear to the UK market - Demonstrated entrepreneurship, founding and growing retail business to seven figure annual revenue with no investment capital prior to exit - Recruited and managed a multidisciplinary team of 13 full-time, part-time and external agency employees across Product, Marketing, Operations and Retail - Full P&L Management, forecasting and performance reporting against business KPI's, achieving over 100% y-o-y growth - Spearheaded initial go-to-market business strategy via pop-up stores, achieving 5.1X on total store operating costs across 16 Pop-Up Stores in 3-year period - Achieved 700% E-Commerce revenue growth in 20/21, accounting for 80% of total business revenue, adapting to Covid retail restrictions - Increased full RRP sell through by 13% in 21/22 by implementing data-driven buying strategy Show less
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RFR
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United Kingdom
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager
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Jan 2018 - Sep 2019
Property consultancy specialising in end-user projects in prime London locations - Successfully managed a multi-disciplinary team of 10+ persons - Led three client projects with multi-million pound Contract values simultaneously at varying project cycle stages to completion - Undertook project pitches for new business, resulting in two new clients Property consultancy specialising in end-user projects in prime London locations - Successfully managed a multi-disciplinary team of 10+ persons - Led three client projects with multi-million pound Contract values simultaneously at varying project cycle stages to completion - Undertook project pitches for new business, resulting in two new clients
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MDesign London
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United Kingdom
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager
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Oct 2016 - Jan 2018
Property Developer of luxury single unit residential projects in super-prime London.
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Assistant Project Manager
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Sep 2014 - Oct 2016
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Education
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The University of Manchester
Bachelor of Arts BA, Architecture -
Northumbria University
Master of Science (MSc), Quantity Surveying -
Newcastle High School for Girls