Experience

Invest in Nottingham

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Expansion Specialist

  • Nov 2019 - Present

  My role presents a unique opportunity to promote Nottingham and help grow the local economy through inward investment and business expansion. We provide a confidential service for businesses interested in relocating into or expanding within Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. • Provide bespoke economic data relevant to your business or sector. • Pro-actively promote key development sites in Nottingham and advice about specific business locations and properties. • We help with details about workforce skills and facilitate familiarisation visits. • Offer access to relevant business networks and continuing business support as you grow and expand. • Pro-actively promote Nottingham by co-ordinating and delivering the area’s story to targeted external audiences across all services. • Engage with local businesses in place marketing initiatives for Nottingham. • Present and attract inward investment opportunities that will ultimately increase employment in Nottingham. • Increase Nottingham’s talent pool and skill levels through talent acquisition campaigns. • Raise the profile of Nottingham with consumers to support growth of the visitor economy and highlight quality of life in our area.



Nottingham Professional Services Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  As an independent voice for Nottingham’s professional sector, our objective is to invigorate business activity through better networking across all levels. If Nottingham is to prosper, it must develop its professional community and create successors. At NPS, we aim to ensure the city’s future stars and leaders work together to fulfil this vision. We also want to ensure our professionals know all about our city and county, so that they actively promote the area and its businesses to their clients and contacts.



N2O

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Account and Business Development Manager for Boots

  • Feb 2015 - Nov 2019

  Whilst managing client relationships and providing end-to-end account management for Boots, my role in business development was also to achieve targets and generate revenue for both Boots and the contracted experiential marketing agency N2O. We worked in partnership to create and deliver innovative and impactful brand activations, events and in store marketing campaigns. • Liaised and developed relationships with senior client stakeholders to help shape the Boots in store marketing strategy. • Required to nurture existing clients, drive sales, identify and acquire new clients in FMCG events and brand activations. • Respond to client briefs, create project plans and critical paths for each project and brand campaign. • Responsible for project quotations, budgeting and financial projections with clarity on aims and ROI. • Produce reports, analyse data, present findings and best practice. • Responsible for meeting targets, reviewing, monitoring and managing SLAs/KPIs. • Coordinate internal resources needed to plan, create and deliver the project, communicating clearly with each team and all stakeholders involved. • Procuring and managing contractors, production teams, suppliers and vendors. • Worked closely with the relevant teams such as Boots Legal, Health and Safety, Customer Care, Social Media and other relevant teams to deliver unforgettable customer experiences.



Ashfield District Council

• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• District Councillor and Cabinet Member for Safer and Stronger Communities

  • May 2015 - May 2019

  Having had the privilege of being elected to represent my ward and district in Nottinghamshire, my role was to help and support residents whilst working to ensure we had a safe community and thriving economy. During our term, we were instrumental in the economic development and growth strategy in Ashfield for the benefit of our residents, businesses and visitors.• Provided a political, economic and commercial steer on all council related business.• Appointed as a cabinet member and required to make recommendations, be a key decision maker. Developed and implemented new policies across the district.• Required to have strong financial acumen, to plan and forecast the portfolio budget and distribute funds appropriately across the district.• Required to agree an event plan for the year and budget finances, allocate resources and agree the public consultations, communications and marketing strategy.• Required to create project plans, deliver within budget and conduct a reviews.• Liaised with senior officers and council staff to tackle issues affecting the community, such as housing, health, schools, regeneration, the environment and community safety.• Often required to do complex problem solving, effective decision making and vote on key political decisions. • Approved applications for grants and other forms of funding and investment

• Scrutiny Panel Member

  • 2017 - 2019

• Chair of Hucknall Area Committee

  • 2017 - 2018

• Licensing Committee Member

  • 2016 - 2018

• Overview and Scrutiny Committee Member

  • 2016 - 2017



NICOLLES BOUTIQUE LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Retail

• Owner and Founder

  • 2013 - 2017



Nottingham Women's Centre

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• World of Difference Competition - Membership Project

  • Dec 2011 - Nov 2013



House of Fraser

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Service Representative

  • Sep 2008 - Jun 2010