About me

I’m a highly organised, proactive and driven person, with excellent relationship-building abilities and a flair for managing multiple tasks. With a solid background in both corporate and non-corporate event management, I have developed a wide range of skills over a number of years. I am deeply rooted in local community, organising and curating Play Out Days and working closely with the local Centre for Wildlife Gardening to develop fund raising ideas. I was Chair of the PTA at Bessemer Grange Primary School for two years and was pivotal in bringing about key changes that affected the quality of events, money raised, and in engaging an extremely diverse South London school community. When I find the time, I also love restoring armchairs and making fabric come to life in the form of soft furnishings.

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Projects

• 2

  Social media marketing and communications campaign
• The Guardian Commercial Conference
• CS Talks
• The Liberal Democrat Manifesto Launch
• Story time Sunday with Bright illustration AgencyI set up a monthly Storytime Sunday session in conjunction with the fantastic Bright Agency. Each month, a different illustrator/author came to the bar, led creative activities and read books.
• Charity fundraiser for NepalI organised a charity event for Nepal in 10 days and raised £4000.

Work history

Events & Marketing ManagerThe Doodle Bar and TESTBED1
Aug 2014 - Sep 2015
* Establishing and developing relationships with event & location agencies, event & marketing departments, partners * Promoting and managing the event space, TESTBED1 (events included weddings, location shooting, photo shoots, press launches, corporate parties, fashion shows, theatre productions, art installations) * Supporting clients prior to events, liaising with relevant departments internally * Programming and leading new initiatives/events to drive cultural centre during the week including talks partnered with Creative Social, gigs partnered with Sunday Best, Story time for kids partnered with Bright Illustration, Life Drawing, Film nights, Gaming Sundays * Managing production of art work and promotional pieces * Regularly updating social media including Facebook, Twitter & Instagram * Writing copy for newsletters * Writing copy for local advertising, establishing key advertising options Key Events/Achievements * The Guardian Commercial Conference 2015 * The Liberal Democrat Manifesto Launch 2015 * Nepal Charity event with Sunday Best label * CS Talks in conjunction with Creative Social * Storytime Sunday with Bright Illustration agency
Sales & Events Manager
Jun 2006 - Nov 2009
* Overseeing all elements of the trade exhibition including stand positioning, client positioning, feature areas, trends, etc. * Formulating strategy for the oncoming year * Floor plan management * Managing one other staff member, setting targets, annual objectives, etc. * Account management of major clients; conducting face to face and telephone meetings * Researching and implementing sponsorship opportunities * Developing themes and trends and working closely with the Operations Team to implement them at show. Sourcing relevant products * Maintaining and updating databases

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Skills

• Events
• Marketing PR
• Corporate
• Creative Event
• Exhibition
• Festival
• Live Event
• Music Event
• Party Planning
• Promotional Event
• Social Event
• Coordination
• Event Execution
• Event Organisation
• Event Planning

Education

BA(Hons) German
Aug 1997 - Jun 2002
I achieved a 2:1 with a distinction in spoken German