alice oswin

A global leader in pioneering technologies that helps balance the growing need for electricity while reducing environmental impact as a partner of choice for enabling a stronger, smarter and greener grid. As the Regional Marketing Specialist I am responsible for: Supporting the strategic planning, execution and oversight of all marketing programs in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region for ABB’s Power Grids Grid Automation business unit. Working with sales and product marketing teams to drive campaigns and programs for building sales pipeline, nurturing leads and closing business. Managing marketing programs and events and include campaign analysis, tracking and reporting for strategic marketing initiatives and events. Responsible for working on multiple, simultaneous marketing programs in various countries across the EMEA region that require both strategic thinking as well as high-speed tactical execution.

* I was promoted to an Account Manager after a successful year of demonstrating Something Big’s motto of being creative, strategic and responsive, increasing my responsibilities and involvement with larger clients and projects. * Responsibilities include: * Seeking pro-active ways to work with our clients, understanding and working to meet their individual business objectives. * Continuously reporting and improving key marketing efforts for key clients such to improve their client communications. * Development of skills, to include Google Analytics and Salesforce to meet a critical business need for clients * Developing the Forecasting & Invoicing documentation, working with the Finance and Account Management team to ensure this is completed on a regular basis to provide accurate figures and forecasting. * Crafting briefs from clients to ensure their needs are understood and providing advice on the best approach to meet key objectives.

* I joined Something Big as an Account Executive, reporting to the Account Director, on a range of clients and responsible for the day to day management of clients. * Responsibilities include: * Working closely with the Account Director to support key clients * Management of budget and monthly invoicing * Attendance at client meetings to take briefs from clients and seeing them through to completion * Support to the wider Account Management team * Responsive day to day contact for clients

As the Marketing Co-ordinator for Skillsoft, I am responsible for implementing the marketing plan through PR, event management, campaign management and social media. I am responsible for organising a range of events throughout the year for our customers and prospects which can range from Breakfast Briefings to Executive Dinners and all day conferences. To achieve this I work closely with the sales teams to understand their needs and help them to engage successfully with their customers, meeting their needs and expectations. Skillsoft are currently developing their Social Media presence in the UK through Twitter, LinkedIn and Spiceworks. To achieve this I am working closely with the Social Media Director to develop a strategy to use these tools to their full advantage.

As a Sales Administrator, I look after a team of around 66 people on a day to day basis. Many of my daily tasks include hotel & flight bookings as well as any ad hoc projects that may occur. Through this I have learned to organise my time to ensure that all work is completed in a timely manner and to the best of my ability. I have also created working relationships with the sales team which ensures the best communication. I am also involved with the Trade Marketing team, during which time I have helped to organise events such as The 2010 Publican Awards and setting up our stand at the Imbibe 2010 Trade Show. These were large scale events which required great project management and support from other members of staff. As part of the Trade Marketing team I also assist in the day to day running of Club Peroni, a trade loyalty scheme for bottled stockist. Most recently this involved the communication of the re-launch of the club which involved giving members of staff a Club Peroni related gift and information on how the club had pefrormed over the past year.

As a team administrator for the Business Development team I looked after a group of 12 people. My main duties were hotel & flight bookings as well as any ad hoc projects that occured. During my time in the Business Development team I assisted with HR, which involved creating the contracts for new starters and ensuring all documents were kept up to date. I also assisted with Corporate Affairs which included setting up training sessions for new responsibility messaging guidelines, ensuring our intranet was kept up to date and sending out weekly news bullitens and monthly internal newsletters.

* Engineering department - date entry for overseas project * Responsibilities included: * Re-organising files for the accounts department to enable new data to be filed. * Data entry of staff weekly working hours into an Excel spreadsheet. * Completion of a large data entry project for the overseas engineering department and reporting to the Industry division director, requiring great accuracy and working to a deadline. * Answering internal telephone calls and speaking directly with the Finance director and divisional director.