Project Manager @ • Project managing the delivery of multiple client projects, including a 50MW contract with United Utilities.
• Planning, estimating, and controlling project resources and schedules to deliver installations for metering and demand response projects within time and cost constraints
• Coordination of subcontractors to deliver projects
• Responsible for the management of ENA (Grid connection) applications
• Organising power purchase agreements (PPA) for clients exported electricity
• Streamlining communication between Sales, Technical and Operations.
• Consolidating the Contractor onboarding administration and process, and managing this for new contractors.
• The single point of contact for gathering documentation for ENA application submissions and completions.
• Scheduling site visits with United Utilities and remote site contacts and subcontractors.
• Running weekly conference calls with clients and attending meetings as and when they are necessary.
• Setting up project trackers and cost trackers.
• Setting up SRD team internal communications requirements for Spot test with clients.
• Assisting the commercial team with issuing National Grid documentation. From January 2015 to Present (1 year) Office Manager @ • Managing projects to incorporate subsidiaries in various foreign countries, including Ireland, Singapore and Belgium
• Lead HR Manager in London, Israel and Singapore offices creating draft contracts and coordinating employee issues such as: new starter and leaver processes, employee reviews, pensions, maternity and paternity leave, child care voucher scheme, other benefits, grievance proceedings, and holidays
• Managing all recruitment for London, Ireland and Singapore offices
• Assisting senior level management as required
• Organising extensive travel of CEOs
• Using Salesforce CRM to maintain the database of all clients
• First point of contact for all suppliers, building management, and the landlord
• Finance Manager - creating invoices and purchase orders, checking employee expenses, filing all company invoices, and ordering office supplies From March 2013 to December 2014 (1 year 10 months) London, United KingdomOffice Manager and Associate Director @ PA duties:
• Managing all directors diaries
• Arranging international travel including flights, hotels, taxis and trains.
• Arranging meetings, taking minutes and managing all catering
Office Manager duties:
• Managing all recruitment, liaising with recruitment agencies, setting up interviews and providing feedback on candidates.
• Managing all social media, including Facebook and twitter
• Keeping a press diary of all publicity.
• Maintaining office supplies.
• Organising and planning all social events.
Associate Director:
• Working with the European Commission, with whom SamKnows has a partnership arrangement, about broadband performance within the European Union, reporting on this performance and then working with other interested parties including European ISPs and the governments of some Member States. From July 2012 to February 2013 (8 months) London, United KingdomSales Team Assistant @ • Supporting the national account managers and coordinating meetings and away days.
• Managing holiday trackers for head office and all Lancôme field teams.
• Arranging all team travel, including trains, flights, taxis and hotels.
• Assisting the London business manager for Lancôme, ensuring all London stores are hitting targets and maximising sales.
• Managing sales databases and trackers, and feeding relevant data to field teams.
• Organising and maintaining expenses claims.
• Arranging catering and booking meeting rooms. From March 2012 to July 2012 (5 months) Marketing Assistant @ • Assisting in arranging a number of casting days for a new publicity campaign, including liaison with photographers and participants.
• Organising the reception of participants and looking after them throughout the day.
• Liaising with account managers to ensure all marketing plans, databases and spreadsheets were accurate and up to date and amending them as necessary.
• Putting together and preparing Power Point presentations for marketing meetings.
• Sending out mail shots and organising gifting. From November 2011 to December 2011 (2 months) Account Executive @ •Managing four fashion accounts, including a designer shoe hire company, an online footwear retailer, a jewellery retailer and a plus size retailer.
•Liaising with press to gain maximum coverage.
•Compiling look books for celebrity events. From March 2011 to August 2011 (6 months) London, United KingdomPR Assistant @ •Product pitching in response to briefs from a range of U.K glossy magazines and broadsheet supplements (including Tatler, Grazia, Hello, OK, Now, Country Living, ES Magazine, The Sunday Times STYLE, The Telegraph Magazine, YOU Magazine, The Observer Magazine and The Daily Express Magazine), and international glossy magazines (including W, InStyle, ELLE US, ELLE Greece, Jackie and Teen Vogue).
•Image and sample co-ordinator, meticulously managing send-outs and gifting.
•Establishing and maintaining celebrity contacts. My role was to create the celebrity target list and execute the relevant strategy of gifting or sample lending for events and magazine shoots, making contact with the agents/individuals and building a working relationship to secure brand ambassadors for AlexandAlexa.com. Celebrity clients include Samantha Cameron, Natalia Vodianova, Claudia Schiffer, Asa Butterfield (child actor), Peter Andre.
•Compiling ‘hot sheets’ (product specific press releases).
•Second point-of-call for press, liaising with shopping editors and stylists.
•Managing interns within the PR and Marketing department by giving them tasks, monitoring their progress and giving feedback on their performance.
•Managing press clippings and press diary, maintaining up to date and presentable press book for corporate meetings.
•Fashion assisting the stylist on the fashion shoots for the online magazine and seasonal campaign shoots.
•Copywriting for SEO press releases, the company blog as well as articles and blog posts for affiliate sites.
•Identifying relevant blogs, analysing web stats to place advertisements for AlexandAlexa.com, brokering added editorial deals for stronger ROI. From January 2010 to January 2011 (1 year 1 month) London, United Kingdom
BSc, Design Management for Fashion Retailing @ The University of Manchester From 2006 to 2009 A levels, English, Art and History of Art @ Rugby School From 2000 to 2005 Bilton Grange From 1998 to 2005 Olivia Tickle is skilled in: Press Releases, SEO, Public Relations, Strategy, Management, Advertising, Editorial, Fashion, Marketing, CRM