Profile
Highly experienced online Sales Team Manager and Account Manager, working with a market leading digital brand. Looking for exciting opportunities within expanding and trailblazing online companies. Successfully managed and developed a portfolio of clients as an individual, whilst leading teams to new revenue records.
Employment
August 2014 – Present
Senior Team Leader – Reed.co.uk
Responsible for the development of a team of 15 of online Sales Executives at the UK’s market leading recruitment website. Working specifically within the Leisure & Hospitality and the Financial Services sectors – Successfully achieved year on year team growth of 38% from a portfolio of clients worth over £2m – Implemented and trained a new commercial offering to over 100 Sales Executives – Working closely with our CRM providers and Administrators to create a lean and profitable platform – Worked closely with individuals leading to multiple internal promotions from my team – Interviewing and sourcing new sales talent into reed.co.uk and forming a key part of their induction training into the business
March 2013 – August 2014
Team Leader – Reed.co.uk
Leading a team focusing solely on the Leisure & Hospitality sectors – Grew revenues over 60% in the first year to a desk worth over half a million pounds – Trained and developed a team of Sales Executives and Account Managers – Worked closely with brands such as Hard Rock Cafe, The Ritz London, Hilton Hotels, Wagamama and Chipotle – Grew job content within reed.co.uk’s Hospitality & Leisure sector by over 100%
January 2012 – March 2013
Senior Sales Executive – Reed.co.uk –
Responsible for a client ledger worth over £400k – Top 10 sales people (% to target) for the calendar year 2012 – 2013, from a team of 160 – Achieved over 150% of personal target for the calendar year selling to new and existing customers face to face and over the phone
August 2010 – January 2012
Sales Executive – Reed.co.uk –
B2B selling of recruitment advertising to a wide range of corporate clients – Consistently hit all revenue and activity KPIs – Passed probationary period early Training completed Field Sales, Expert Account Management, reed.co.uk’s Leadership Challenge, Presenting with Confidence, Advanced Negotiation, HR for non HR workers.
IT Skills
Salesforce, JIRA, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel, Google Documents
Hobbies & Interests
Collector of vintage guitars including Gibsons and Fenders – Part of Semi-Professional touring band – Weekly 5-aside football team
Education
September 2007 – July 2010
Roehampton University
Journalism and News Media with Film Awarded BA Hons. 2:1
September 2002 – June 2007
Stowmarket High School
A Levels: English Language and Literature B, History B, Media Studies B
10 GCSEs: A*-C English A* – Maths C
