About me
I am a valuable team player, confident communicator, creative and analytical thinker with a range of experience across different areas such as international sales, media and luxury retail.
I am passionate about travel and boutique hotels and am a fashion and interior design enthusiast.
- Media background (newspapers, magazines, marketing)
- International Sales experience within Publishing (travel sector and children's non-fiction)
- Project Management experience drawing on strong organisational skills
- Account Management experience drawing on excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Foreign language skills in French and Italian
Work history
International Sales Assistant
- London, United KingdomFull Time
- Primarily assisted and supported the Senior Manager for France, French speaking Canada, Spain and Portugal on all sales of rights for the imprints Templar, Weldon Owen and Studio Press
- Also assisted and supported the Managers for Italy, Israel and Eastern Europe
- Utilised French language skills
International Licensing Executive (12 month FTC - maternity cover)
- Full Time
• Account Management of Lonely Planet's guidebook partners in Poland, Denmark, Norway, Czech Republic and Russia and magazine licensee in The Netherlands – responsible for sales and brand management across these countries
• Set and achieved revenue and publishing targets in my territories i.e. renegotiated detailed contracts with the Russian licensee
• Signed on Lonely Planet's new magazine and website licensee in The Netherlands
• Launched Lonely Planet in Poland
• Worked with partners to develop appropriate long-term business plans – including marketing, publishing and sales, B2B and digital (website and social media) to grow sales of Lonely Planet products
• Brand guardian for Lonely Planet (responsible for the print and editorial quality of partner translations, approved cover selection and approved marketing offline and online)
• New business development (market assessment and request for pitch process)
• Sales analysis and financial reporting
• Carried out overseas business travel - visited partners in their local markets and at London and Frankfurt Book Fairs to track their performance against agreed KPIs and to conduct competitor reviews
• Managed our intern (setting projects, setting up inductions, managing her schedule)
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Skills
- Fashion
- Events
- Copywriting
- Editing
- Blogging
- Brand Management
- Creative
- Communications
- International Sales
- Building Relationships
- Travel
- Organisational
- Interpersonal
- Magazine
- Book Publishing
Education
Management BA
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1.1 Hons degree