About me
With almost 5 years of project management experience, I have worked on a variety of creative and innovation projects including brand strategy & design, website design, video & animation, product & service design, business innovation, and digital events and experience design.
I have an empathetic approach to the way I work and always aim to lead from the middle to get the best out of each member of the team. I bring clarity in challenging situations and solve problems quickly; I'm skilled at creating synergy and harmony within teams. I’m particularly passionate about maintaining good team connection and communication through effective project ‘kick offs’ to ensure the team is aligned on the objectives of the work and what success looks like, and by setting up rhythms and rituals, such as stand-ups and retros.
I’m experienced at project timeline planning and delivery milestones, managing budgets and making strategic commercial decisions to maintain profitability; I also enjoy forming close relationships with clients of all levels and I work well with external suppliers.
I have a creative nature and an eye for design; I'm proficient in Adobe Illustrator & InDesign and can comfortably pick up creative tasks when required. I’m also well versed in a number of digital tools including Miro, Figma, Unbounce, Squarespace, Trello, Google Suite, Microsoft & Slack and I am a certified SCRUM master.
I’m frequently asked for advice on how to accelerate stalled tasks and support with ideation; I bring a positive, proactive energy to my work and strive for happy, healthy teams.
Work history
Innovation Consultant - Project ManagementFluxx ltd
United KingdomFull Time
Progressing my PM role within the business, I'm responsible for taking the client brief and defining and writing the approach, creating accurate project costs, drafting contracts, choosing and booking the right team to deliver and working with procurement teams to ensure correct set up (PO / contract signature, invoice process etc).
I also plan the project timeline, key milestone and sign off points and I'm responsible for the commercial tracking and reporting. I am particularly passionate about the project kick off and the impact it can have on a project if done properly (and if not!); I'm an advocate of setting up rhythms and rituals, such as stand-ups and retros, to maintain good team connection and communication.
In this role I have designed and delivered a digital festival for 25,000 employees, managed an employee engagement project and a website design process for a recently merged FS business.
I am a certified SCRUM master, I'm a coach to a junior member of the team and I regularly support the marketing with event management.
Junior Innovation ConsultantFluxx ltd
- United KingdomFull Time
Moving into an innovation role, I trained in design thinking, Lean and Agile methodologies; there was a higher level of variety in the projects that I managed, including sustainable service design, digital event design and delivery, sponsorship design for clients such as Ageas, Bupa, PepsiCo, Orange.
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Skills
- Organisation
- Event Management
- Project Management
- Client Management
- Cost Estimating
- Project Planning
- Time Management
- Team Building