As of September 2022, I am on a new career path as a Community Success & Engagement Manager at WPP, working in IT Business Transformation on the global rollout of Workday across the WPP network, alongside our Change, Comms, and Training Leads (and many others) - to onboard, engage & successfully rollout one of the biggest business transformation projects at WPP e v e r.
EA Career: Over 15 years' experience as an Executive / Personal Assistant in both Celebrity & UHNWI private offices & households, and international corps, from the BBC News, to music, television, luxury travel with Belmond, musical theatre & productions as Private PA to Lord & Lady Lloyd Webber in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Private Office, and a travelling Private PA to and in Simon Cowell's Private Office. Most recently at WPP as the WPP Unilever Team Manager, and EA to Peter Dart (2018-2020), then Toby Hoare (2019 - 2022) as the Global Client Leads of the WPP Unilever Team.
Award-winning ERG: WPP Unite, WPP’s LGBTQ+ Community alongside David Adamson, Alys Donnelly & James Cunningham, and is a member of the WPP Unite UK Committee. Fervent feminist, BLM & BIPOC ally, tech enthusiast, and Mental Health advocate & ally.
Past side-hustle: 8 years as PR & Social Media Lady of a live music & spoken word events company, OneTaste. Weekly & monthly events, one off sell-out events at London’s KOKO & Jazz Cafe, 3 Festival Tours, and 8 stand-alone OneTaste Festivals, with talented artists such as: Newton Faulkner, Portico, Bridgette Amofah, Nick Mulvey, Kae Tempest, Jamie Woon, Little Dragon, Fiona Bevan, Laura Dockrill, Musa Okwonga, Jono McCleery, Foy Vance, ESKA, and so many more.
Fun stuff: Devours books, mainly audiobooks & podcasts these days. Loves to travel - especially a good road trip! Incredible researching skills & laser-beam eyeballs for proof-reading. Great sense of humour (dark), loyal, team player, big picture thinker with strategic skills to bring together big / small projects, compassionate, empathetic, supportive, a no-nonsense powerhouse. Should gym more.
Brainiac: 1st Class w/ Honours, BA degrees in Media Studies, and Print Journalism, from University of Westminster (2003 - 2006).
Awards: WPP Unite - Outstanding Employee Network of the Year - British Diversity Awards 2022. Finalist and Shortlisted for numerous PA of the Year Awards in 2012, 2013 & 2014.
Industry: Board Member of the Association of Celebrity Assistants (ACA-UK) from September 2014 - June 2019 (Social Media) & more recently as Membership Secretary April 2021 - Feb 2022.
Projects credited in
- Dove - Reverse Selfie by Sophie Harris-TaylorSophie Harris-Taylor photographs the stills campaign for Dove Reverse Selfie. Created with Ogilvy, this campaign addresses the issue of women and girls’ self-esteem, as it is brought to the top of the agenda with Dove highlighting the potential damage caused by the trend for heavily edited selfies. Dove Reverse Selfie has received wide coverage from the industry’s top media outlets including The Drum, Shots, Little Black Book, Creative Review and more.2
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Work history
Community Success & Engagement ManagerWPP
London, United KingdomFull Time
As of September 2022, I am on a new career path as a Community Success & Engagement Manager at WPP, working in IT Business Transformation on the global rollout of Workday across the WPP network, alongside our Change Leads, Comms Leads, and Training Leads (and many others) - to onboard, engage & successfully rollout one of the biggest business transformation projects at WPP e v e r.
Operations & Logistics - UNITEWPP
London, United KingdomPart Time
WPP’s LGBTQ+ community.
LGBTQ+ ally, supporting, and championing the community for more inclusive workplaces, and inclusive creative work across WPP for our colleagues, but also our clients.
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Skills
- Marketing PR
- Administration
- Customer Support
- Event Planner
- Office Management
- Project Management
- Event Management
- Executive Assistant
- Diary and Travel Management
- Time Management Multi-tasking Efficient in Details
- Social Networking
- Travel Management
- Social Media Marketing PR
- Team Building
- Team Management
- Team Leadership
- Business Management
- Business Operations
- Business Administration
- Business Development
- Community Engagement
- Community Building
- Community Projects
Education
BA(Hons) , Media Studies and Print JournalismUniversity of Westminster
- London, United Kingdom
Double 1st Class Degree with Honours, covering practical and theoretical areas of all Media and specifically Print Media.
Activities and Societies: Westminster Voices Choir
11 GCSEs, 4 AS levels, 3 A2 levelsChrist's Hospital School
- Horsham, United Kingdom
Awards
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Finalist: Executive PA Magazine 'PA of the Year' Award 2014Executive PA Magazine
Finalist (Top 6) for the Executive PA Magazine PA of the Year Award 2014.E
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Nominee: Executive PA Magazine | Hays PA of the Year Award 2013Executive PA Magazine / Hays
Shortlisted in the Top 20, for the Executive PA Magazine | Hays PA of the Year Award 2013.+ Show more