Sophie Binns
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Sophie Binns

Senior Account ManagerLondon, United Kingdom
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Sophie Binns

Senior Account ManagerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I am a driven, confident and passionate individual, looking for a role in event management, branding or marketing. In my most recent position I was a Senior Account Manager at Event Concept, a high-end event production agency based in London. Here I have led teams across various scales of events, including the company's largest event to date, collaborating and managing different departments such as the creative, technical and scenic design team. My role also involved curating pitch documents, writing copy, presenting and maintaining client relationships throughout the start to finish event process. During this time, I have also been working on a novel, and attended the competitive Faber Academy Writing a Novel Course (graduated June 2018). This course is highly-regarded within the publishing industry and has expanded my writing, creative and presenting skills. In my previous positions I worked as an Account Manager at Sixstar World, a venue finding agency for roadshows and conferences. Here I took on many senior roles within the business and grew my venue finding, account management and marketing skills exponentially. In my second fulltime role, I joined Total Management as an Account Manager where I worked on international events both as event lead and collaboratively. In this position, I was also a key player in the launch of The Away Collection, liaising with over 200+ properties, writing copy and up keeping the website. I am eager to continue my work within the events industry, to be challenged, to learn and to grow.
Work history
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    Senior Account ManagerEvent Concept
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    Event Concept is a high-end creative event production agency, based in London. As a Senior Account Manager I work across four key UVL venues as lead, as well as running event management enquiries from start to finish. Roles and responsibilities include: • Event lead on big budget events. • Leading a team/s across an event, including account executives, creatives, set/stage designers and technical project managers. • Leading teams on site including staging and technical freelancers and local crew. • Curating risk assessments and, if applicable, outsourcing event safety plans. • Overseeing creative design, input and presentations for a project. • Hosting client meetings (including kick-offs and debriefs). • Attending tender pitches or presenting to clients. • Event Management duties such as; venue sourcing, external supplier sourcing, furniture and design choices, etc. • Working on live shows including directing stage managers and show callers, or streaming services. • Working on conferences and corporate award shows. • Managing enquiries across four UVL venues. • Attended training for: Health & Safety (2 day course by external consultancy) and Account Management (staggered 2 day training by external consultancy)
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    Total Management logo
    Account ManagerTotal Management
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    Account Manager: • Managing up to 30 private and corporate member accounts, including lifestyle recommendations, events and travel assistance as required. • Recently taken on management of our largest corporate account with a well-known Automotive company, creating newsletter content, writing/proofing and liaising with up to 20 European markets. Event Management: • Event Manager for Premier International Associates 2016 Florence; venue sourcing, dinners, activities, transportation, rooming lists, budget and on site assistance for a 3 day, 60 person conference. • Event Manager for Premier International Associates 2017 New Orleans; June 2017. • Successfully signed on Premier International account for two upcoming 2017 conferences. • Assistant Event Manager for SeriousFun London Gala; charity gala dinner for 400 people. • Assistant Event Manager for GAMMA Nordic drinks evening; themed reception for 200 people. • Regular on-site and ad hoc assistance for other events across the company. Editorial and Marketing: • Proofing all company-wide content and outgoings • Sourcing interviews and writing content for quarterly magazine The Journal • Upkeep of company-wide social media channels • Content creation for regular newsletters
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Skills
  • Account Management
  • Event Management
  • Editorial
  • Copywriting
  • Marketing
  • Relationship Management
  • Venue Finding
  • Event Planning
  • Client Presentation
Education
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    N/AFaber Academy
     - London, United Kingdom
    The 'Writing a Novel' Course is a highly-competitive application-only course run by Faber Academy, an offshoot of Faber Publishing House. This six month course involved weekly evening lessons and some Saturday classes. Here, we tested our skills as writers and our creative thinking, as well as presenting a short portion to a room of established agents for our graduation.
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    EnglishUniversity of Nottingham
     - Nottingham, United Kingdom
    BA 2:1
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