About me
Over the past six years I have worked in a number of different industries from large charities such as Oxfam to high end fashion brands. I am adaptable, hard working and have numerous skills I can bring to any organisation from events, project, marketing managements to business development and sales. I am extremely organised, capable of setting budgets, I have management experience and most of all I am creative in everything I do.
In terms of achievements I have project and account managed a number of coporate partnerships from Boots to The Royal Bank of Scotland, I have event managed large-scaled fundraisers, increased brand awareness for luxury fashion and beauty brand by 20% through a number of strategies.
Projects
- Corporate Partnership acquisition for OxfamPitched and secured two corporate partnerships for Oxfam South West worth over £30,000, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Ecotricity. Drew up and implemented the fundraising strategies to include fundraising events, and relationship managed the employees to maintain donor retention to continue after the partnerships ceased. Maintained donor excitement throughout the partnership through Oxfam site visits, festival Oxjam competitions etc
- Project developed Cobella Spa refurb and increase turnover by 90%Increased Kensington Spa turnover by 90% through overseeing the refurbishment project and securing external practitioners to rent five rooms from the company. - Responsible for overseeing of the design and build of the refurbishment - Advertising and contracting external practitioners to rent the beauty rooms out
Work history
Project, Marketing and Business Developer
- Responsible for implementing new strategies for two high-end luxury salon spas that housed over 60 members of staff over two sites (Selfridges concession and Kensington High Street)
Increased sales targets over both sites by 10% through PR, Social media, marketing and event campaigns
Co-ordinated numerous events throughout the two years to increase market share within the industry from Press events, bloggers and celebrities
- Developed an exclusive, unique consumer in salon experience whereby bespoke hair treatments will be produced for both salon use and retail purporses– an individual service consumers love.
-Increased the company’s market share through managing relationships with other leading beauty brands and account managed industry suppliers such as L’Oreal which lead to advertising and promotional opportunities and income
- Successful increased client retention rates by 9% through improving client care journey and maximising database usage
- Project Managed Cobella ceasing trade in Selfridges May 2015, through our comms strategy we retained and transferred 20% of clients to Kensington Flagship branch
- Increased Kensington Spa turnover by 90% through overseeing the refurbishment project and securing external practitioners to rent five rooms from the company.
Fundraising & Corporate Partnership Manager Maternity Cover
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Main responsibilities:
• Recruiting and managing a team of fundraisers to ensure the organisation’s regional strategy and target income of £70,000 (13/14) is achieved
• Leading on the development and delivery of the community fundraising strategy in the South West
• Growing existing fundraising groups and increasing the number of new fundraising groups in the region
• Retaining and recruiting volunteers across the region through a number of media channels
• Being responsible for establishing a new network of groups and individual volunteers that fundraise for the charity. This involves working with corporates, existing organisations, groups and societies to garner their support for Oxfam
• Delivering and managing national fundraising projects in the region and supporting cross-divisional campaigns
• Encouraging growth and income through various other established income streams
• Working alongside Oxfam’s shops to support any local fundraising by volunteers
• Meeting financial targets and managing an expenditure budget
• Working with Oxfam’s wider events and community fundraising team to develop and refine propositions, systems and marketing events through marketing proposals
• Representing the charity at events and in the media, including being a spokesperson on live radio
• Evaluating community fundraising activity and providing regular reports to Head of Fundraising
• Developing and initiating new business relationships and increasing the number of corporate partnerships. This includes working closely with RBS in Bristol and Unilever Gloucester on their community outreach programmes
Achievements:
• Exceeded fundraising target by 20% in terms of income and sign-ups for Oxjam community campaign within the South West and Wales which generated over £20,000
• Developed and grew RAG, membership groups and individual income streams within the region by 5% through refining the supporter care journey.
• Launched four successful fundraising groups across the South West which will collectively generate more than £10,000 per annum
•Throughout my year at Oxfam 2013 I secured two corporate partnerships worth over £70,000 (Ecotrcity and The Royal Bank of Scotland)
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Skills
- Advertising
- Events
- Marketing PR
- Excel
- Office
- Word
Education
Business and Marketing
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Achieved at BA HONS 2:1
A Levels
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