London, England, United Kingdom
Currently working on community engagement projects as a committee member of CREATE in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Events, marketing and project management specialist with experience of successful conception, planning, management and operational delivery of events on small and large scale with clients including VIPs, alumni, members and the public. 10 years of experience in education, arts and culture sector. Trilingual with a BA in French and Spanish. Lived and worked in France, Spain and US.
Currently working on a local community project Love Camden Road that incorporates my idea and design in 80 shop front displays built by myself and two other CREATE committee members: Fran Preece and Veronica Dorset. Each display is adorned with a handmade unique glass charm by local artist we commissioned, Claudia Wiegand, to showcase the array of diverse local shops on our doorstep in a bid to promote shopping local.
Team leader delivering company participation at 200+ annual events nationally and internationally. Collaborative working with US partners developing new bespoke database. Partnering with Global Head of PR & Conferences on building and managing of c.£550K annual budget.
Worked closely with award winning Corporate Events Manager within the Marketing and Communications team to prepare for the RCOT annual conference, ICC Birmingham, 1500 delegates in attendance. Liaised with invited speakers and staff on conference scheduling, proofread and edited multiple conference programmes for web and print, built delegate survey using SurveyMonkey and coordinated large delivery of materials sent to ICC. Approached by Marketing Manager for input on branding initiatives.
Drove design and delivery of events calendar at manager level from proposal to delivery all the way to post-event analysis reporting directly to both the Head of Membership & Alumni and the Head of Development & External Relations. Devised events programme to raise brand awareness, generate leads and provide customer satisfaction with creative input at every stage of the process. Events comprised academic content-led talks, trips abroad, site visits, memorials, special events, dinners and reunions for AA Members, Alumni, VIPs and the public. Coordinated all aspects of event logistics: research, setup, participants, travel arrangements, staffing, suppliers, contractors, volunteers, risk assessments, AV, IT, budgeting, ticketing and RSVPs. Liaised with local council for event registration, pavement hire, risk assessment and parking bay suspensions. • Promoted events online via AA website (homepage, What's On page, individual listing, Member Events page), the AA Member Events microsite and in the AA printed term guide and poster. • Project management of graduation end of year ceremony - 1,000 guests including students, family members, guest speakers and AA academic and administrative staff. • Communicated regular AA mass mailings including the Weekly Events email that is sent to a group of 7,000 individuals. • Managed events budget for the Membership and Alumni office and arranged all internal and external bookings, payments and ticketing.
Selected, edited, proofread, translated, indexed and classified multilingual social science material for inclusion in online research database International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Moved to a freelance role for 3 months from July to September 2010 upon IBSS relocating from LSE to ProQuest in Cambridge. • Produced annual print bibliography volumes published by Routledge and subscribed to by the UN. • Boosted profile of IBSS at LSE exhibitions, fairs and events and managed promotional materials. • Encouraged cross-departmental staff engagement with in-house events.