Polly Murray

Development & Alumnae Officer at Priors Field School
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(386) 825-5501
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Godalming, England, United Kingdom, GB

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I worked alongside Polly for almost 3 years during her time at AQA. Of her many responsibilities, she would analyse, interpret and translate client needs into first-class written briefs for designers and developers. Once these had been created, Polly would take the project through to completion by overseeing the design, production and testing stages before they were approved by senior staff for the public domain. You always feel in safe hands with Polly as she is a proficient organiser and very clear in her approach – a dream for a designer! She is a great collaborator, very careful to listen to all sides of a conundrum before combining the facts with her expert knowledge. From this she can extract and prioritise the most important points of any given task and focus on getting them done. When a task is underway, Polly always stays on top of its progress and ensures things are shifting along to schedule with her extremely proactive nature. During busy periods, Polly is never shy to roll her sleeves up and apply her broad set of skills by taking on any jobs needed by the team such as image sourcing, image editing, front-end coding and copy-editing. Even if she doesn’t know how to do something, she is keen to add to her repertoire of skills by learning. Polly can quickly grasp ideas and rationale even in its most abstract form. This often makes her an extremely effective communicator during the design and sign-off stages of projects. Her outward-facing role in the team gave her the hugely challenging task of managing both internal and external customers on a daily basis through a number of different channels. However, this was bread and butter to Polly as she has an innately warm nature, a fantastic work ethic and a desire to satisfy. This makes working with her extremely fun and incredibly rewarding. Her effort and aptitude is recompensed with a faultless record and a well-known reputation for getting things done efficiently and to the highest standard. In short, Polly is a joy to have around the office. She immediately puts everybody at ease, not only by the timely and accurate delivery of her projects, but by her highly personable nature and cracking sense of humour. If you want a top quality producer in your team, please look no further. Polly is very highly accomplished.

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Credentials

  • Grade 1-4 Flute
    Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
  • Grade 1-6 Theory of Music
    Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
  • Grade 1-7 Piano
    Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Development & Alumnae Officer
      • Feb 2016 - Present

      - Develop and manage a programme of events- Maintain contact with PF leavers, located 'lost alumnae' and reconnect- Cultivate personal relationships with alumnae of all ages - Deliver reunions and other engagement events in liaison with catering, maintenance, boarding and teaching staff- Maintain records and build individual profiles on the CRM database- Edit, produce and distribute the annual magazine for alumnae- Have overall responsibility for the care and maintenance of the PF Archive

    • United Kingdom
    • Rail Transportation
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Training Coordinator (short-term contract)
      • Apr 2015 - Present

      - I was chosen, out of the department, to become the team's Communication's Champion - actively participating in meetings as well as producing copy for the Team Brief Pack, distributed internally.- During an office relocation, I nominated myself to manage the reception area to welcome delegates on arrival to the Campus as well as meeting and greeting all external visitors.- I manage the training for the Wessex route, including booking delegates onto courses, resulting course packs to deadline, supporting trainers and maintaining a high standard at the Campus.- I manage the budget for the department, raise purchace orders, order equipment, participate in monthly budget meetings and help to develop the centre.

    • United Kingdom
    • Retail
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Learning & Development Coordinator
      • Jun 2014 - Apr 2015

      - Maintain Learning and Development Intranet page in conjunction with L&D Team and HR Business Partners.- Coordinate internal training e.g. booking rooms, preparing handouts, distribute Academy invitations. - Maintain a library of training materials and issue on request.- Attending meetings and taking minutes.- Source and liaise with external training providers using existing and new training contacts.- Coordinate external training where appropriate in line with the training plan.- Coordinate collation of feedback from training events.- Record and analyse statistics and feedback to provide information to the business.- Record appraisal information and generate and distribute relevant weekly reports. - Collating of Academy nominations and monthly distribution of Academy workbooks.- First point of contact for all Academy queries.- Monthly reconciliation of training budget, logging invoices, maintain budget spreadsheet for analysis.Active member of the company's social committee.Personally chosen out of the department to assist with running the company's largest industry event in Birmingham.

    • United Kingdom
    • Hospitality
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Training, Membership and Events Manager
      • Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

      Handling all phone and email enquiries initiated by members, non-members and suppliersEvent and Training management including:- Organise the logistics of HBAA training courses and events: source conference venues, arrange catering, book employees onto courses, send joining instructions to confirmed delegates.- Actively participating in the development of a large scale event smart phone app and implement it during our largest event.- Contribute and proof-read weekly e-newsletter, ensuring copy was received in good time to meet the deadline.- Identify demand for all types of training and plan schedule based on trainer availability.- Update and maintain the company website with the latest course information including dates, prices and course outlines.- Ensure that conference centres have the information they need regarding the arrangements for the training and events, including health and safety policies.- Respond to all training queries regarding dates, logistics and arrangement for training and events.- Run training reports to show current figures, including budget information.- Identify trends in course uptake to define future course and event schedule.- Order materials required for training programmes and events and ensure they are delivered on time to the appropriate training venue.Membership administration including:- Advising potential members of joining options.- Overseeing the membership application process.- Redesigning membership joining process, liaising closely with external web management company.- Activating member profiles on website- Managed the development of a large scale redesign of application processes, on website- Creation of web pages for different projects, such as the Student Placement Scheme

    • Switzerland
    • Professional Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Training Coordinator (short term contract)
      • Mar 2013 - Apr 2013

      A temporary position involving:- Enrolling delegates onto UK courses - Processing exam packs following a course- Producing weekly course progress reports- Marketing campaign promotion- Liaising directly with tutors to arrange availability- Sourcing course venues in the UK- Invoicing for courses- Purchase orders A temporary position involving:- Enrolling delegates onto UK courses - Processing exam packs following a course- Producing weekly course progress reports- Marketing campaign promotion- Liaising directly with tutors to arrange availability- Sourcing course venues in the UK- Invoicing for courses- Purchase orders

    • United Kingdom
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Web Coordinator (Promoted from Deputy Web Coordinator)
      • Jul 2012 - Mar 2013

      - Training delivery and support for colleagues using new CMS - Web development and design- Marketing campaigns uploaded to website- Chaired and managed marketing campaign and web project meetings- Training delivery to marketing colleagues on departmental processes- Following established weekly marketing home page banner plan - HTML coding- Short-listing and interviewing candidates Key Achievement: I was nominated for an award in the ‘Recognising the Best’ scheme, having completed a large scale migration of a series of pages in our external website.

    • Deputy Web Coordinator
      • Nov 2010 - Jul 2012

      - Close liaison with marketing colleagues- Joining in on training workshops - Management of team mailbox- Assisting Web Coordinator- Following established weekly marketing home page banner plan - Attending training courses

    • United Kingdom
    • Professional Training and Coaching
    • Training Coordinator
      • Oct 2009 - Nov 2010

      - Managing all inbound and outbound sales for the full complement of courses- Delivering customer support via telephone, e-mail and mail- Full coordination of course schedules through liaison with instructors/trainers- Coordination and adaptation of printed material- Preparation and set up of course and conference venue - Management of stock levels - Intensive diary management- Management of aged debtor list - Managing all inbound and outbound sales for the full complement of courses- Delivering customer support via telephone, e-mail and mail- Full coordination of course schedules through liaison with instructors/trainers- Coordination and adaptation of printed material- Preparation and set up of course and conference venue - Management of stock levels - Intensive diary management- Management of aged debtor list

    • Music
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Secretary/Accounts Assistant
      • Nov 2008 - Nov 2009

      - Intensive diary management- Organising large-scale music events- Management of studio bookings- Negotiating and managing the leasing of music equipment for artists- Forward planning and booking of all travel arrangements - Management of fan mail- Management of company accounts- Audio typing- Edit suite work- Management of score library- Proactively sought further work experience in filming techniques - Intensive diary management- Organising large-scale music events- Management of studio bookings- Negotiating and managing the leasing of music equipment for artists- Forward planning and booking of all travel arrangements - Management of fan mail- Management of company accounts- Audio typing- Edit suite work- Management of score library- Proactively sought further work experience in filming techniques

    • United Kingdom
    • Food and Beverage Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Credit Controller
      • Nov 2007 - Nov 2008

      - Credit control- Using accounting software Sage MMS- Customer accounts - Daily banking- Bank reconciliations- Petty cash - General administration - Credit control- Using accounting software Sage MMS- Customer accounts - Daily banking- Bank reconciliations- Petty cash - General administration

Education

  • University of Hertfordshire
    Bachelor of Science (BSc), Music Composition and Technology
    2003 - 2006
  • Godalming College
    A-levels, Music Technology, IT, Theatre Studies
    2000 - 2002
  • Prior's Field School
    1995 - 2000

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