Experience

William G Search Limited
• United Kingdom
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Area Hire Manager

  • Nov 2020 - Present

Festival Republic
• Musicians
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Production & Licensing Coordinator

  • Feb 2018 - Nov 2020

We Love This Ltd.
• United Kingdom
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Event Production Manager

  • May 2017 - Feb 2018


Hokkaido Tourism Management (HTM)

• Japan
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Property Inspector

  • Nov 2016 - Mar 2017

  I am a keen winter sport enthusiasts and decided to move to Japan for the 2016/17 winter season. Working for Niseko Central- a luxury accommodation provider, I was required to undertake a number of responsibilities under the title of guest services. Duties included liaising with guests, pickups and arrivals in the village, damage inspections, collating images for social media, working as part of a large and diverse team, answering complaints and any other ad hoc tasks as required. This was a fast-paced role and the ability to prioritise my workload was essential. Show less

• Licensing Coordinator

  • Feb 2015 - Oct 2016

  Licensing Coordinator for Reading Festival, Wireless Festival, and BBC Live Events in Hyde Park. Responsibility for: Planning • the licensing of the event • writing and updating the Event Management Plan and associated appendices • the implementation of policies • organising and taking minutes for meetings • planning of the event in relation to welfare, security, security co-ordinators, eviction team, medical team, fire team. • preparing and updating contact list and production schedule throughout • maintaining up to date ticket database Delivery • the compliance of the event with all licensing and legal obligations • keeping abreast of licensing developments and other relevant legislation and guidance and implementing as required • ensuring contractor and staff compliance with licensing conditions, policies and other commitments Multi Agency • strong liaison with statutory and non-statutory local agencies (eg police, fire, ambulance service, landowner, environmental health, licensing, building control, emergency planning, planning and Highways Agency where required) Traffic • applying for traffic regulation orders, footpath closures and other orders as required. Contractors • collating and booking the requirements for all licensing contractors • negotiating and agreeing best prices for each contract, raising purchase orders and liaising with accounts over payment schedules. • sending out confirmation letters, purchase orders and relevant paperwork. Staffing • organising CRB / PNC checks if required • the recruitment of licensing office staff as required Budget • assisting with budget preparation and updating on an on-going basis as delegated Extra responsibilities during the event onsite: • managing the onsite licensing office • collating figures for key issues / comparing with previous years and updating agencies • organisation, attendance and minuting of onsite agency meetings • live dealing with complaints / feedback if relevant Show less



Leeds Metropolitan University

• Public Relations and Communications Services

• Faculty Events Officer

  • Apr 2014 - Feb 2015

  My third full time role with the events team has seen me appointed in an faculty officer role responsible for events admin processes for one of the four faculties within the university. This role has helped to develop many of my skills including attention to detail, prioritising workloads and managing members of staff within my team and whilst working on events. My third full time role with the events team has seen me appointed in an faculty officer role responsible for events admin processes for one of the four faculties within the university. This role has helped to develop many of my skills including attention to detail, prioritising workloads and managing members of staff within my team and whilst working on events.

• Intern

  • Aug 2014 - Aug 2014

  I was taken on as Health & Safety intern within the licensing office to work specifically on Leeds Festival 2014. In the 5 weeks living and working on the event site I was involved with the following tasks: General monitoring of health and safety on the site Checking off structures Generate and put up signage around the site Implemented a permit to work system Induct new staff on site to ensure they are Health & Safety compliant Creating completion certificates for 100+ contractors on site Supporting staff in the licencing office with general running of the festival Ensuring the organised camp site bonfires were built correctly and safely Monitoring weather through the build up of the event and taking necessary actions to stop work in adverse weather Sign off venues daily for each contractor to ensure they are fit for purpose Record and monitor all health and safety activities on site Generate incident reports for situations where they are required Compile all special effects and pyrotechnics summary to provide for council staff and other key parties Generate hazard maps for Leeds Festival and BBC Proms in the Park Marking of emergency exits in each venue to ensure they are compliant with regulations This role was a minimum of 12 hours a day, 7 days a week where it was essential to prioritise my workload and respond instantly to any situations which arise when running an event with 70000 attendees. Show less



Leeds Beckett University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Events Administrator

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Returning to the events team with a focus on delivering the week long university graduation ceremonies in 2013 (more details are provided in the position below). I was responsible for supporting the events officers and event manager whilst dealing with a range of queries from guests and university staff. In addition to dealing with queries i was responsible for organising aspects of the event including seating plans, special requirements for guests and the invitation of special guests. Throughout the event I was placed in a number of supervisor roles experiencing different aspects of the event. Show less

• Events Placement Student

  • Jan 2012 - Aug 2012

  Based within the marketing team at the university. I worked on major university events which required a large amount of forward planning and sometimes had a lead time of over 9 months. Myself and the team were responsible for delivering large scale events such as graduation (with over 15000 people attending across the week) as well as other corporate events such as induction week for new starters. I was responsible for looking after the prize winners ceremony- an additional ceremony to the main graduation. In my time at the university I gained a lot of hands on experience working on a range of different events. I was responsible for looking after the events team phone and inbox which received a high volume of calls and emails every day. I learnt how to priorities my workload to cope with the demands of the job whilst maintaining an excellent customer service. Show less



The Royal College of Psychiatrists

• United Kingdom
• Mental Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Events Placement Student

  • May 2011 - Dec 2011

  My role was to support the events manager and deliver training courses to practicing psychiatrists. I dealt with a lot of admin processes in order to help the events run smoothly, whilst also having my own workload and a selection of events to manage. Tasks covered include payment of invoices, sourcing of venues and speakers, managing of events and staff at live events, booking of travel and accommodation for speakers and creating the packs given to delegates who attend the event. My role was to support the events manager and deliver training courses to practicing psychiatrists. I dealt with a lot of admin processes in order to help the events run smoothly, whilst also having my own workload and a selection of events to manage. Tasks covered include payment of invoices, sourcing of venues and speakers, managing of events and staff at live events, booking of travel and accommodation for speakers and creating the packs given to delegates who attend the event.



Bradford and Bingley Building Society

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• 3rd Party Administrator

  • Mar 2008 - Aug 2010

  I was responsible for liaising with 3rd parties such as solicitors and debt recovery agents to reclaim money on mortgage accounts that were in arrears. My role included the following: Dealing with both email and phone queries from third parties. Preparing documents and letters. Communicate with management and other departments. Attend meetings on behalf of my team manager. Quality control. Use of Microsoft office and specialist IT systems. All of the above experience has given me a vast understanding of administration processes which have been useful in every job i have undertaken. Show less