Experience

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  The co-operative group

  Jul 2012 - Sept 2013

  Sales assistant

  Assisting customers with issues on the shop floor including price discrepancies and quality.Using the Co-op’s stock management system to maintain correct levels of supply to the shop Fully till trained.

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  The conservative party

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2013

  Campaigns assistant

  Managing seven Devon County Council election campaigns for the Central Devon Conservatives.Designing, producing and organising the delivery of campaign literature for candidates across the constituency.

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  House of commons

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2013

  Junior secretary

  Attending meetings in the constituency on Mr. Stride’s behalf and giving detailed reports on them.Running events for Mr. Stride in the constituency including advice surgeries for constituents.

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  The conservative party

  Aug 2014 - Oct 2014

  Campaigns and canvassing coordinator

  Organising and managing campaigning within the constituency, working towards the 2015 General Election.Liaising with politicians, other members of staff and the public.Helping to run day to day campaigns office activities.

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  House of commons

  Oct 2014 - Aug 2016

  Parliamentary assistant

  Producing press releases detailing events and meetings attended by Mr Stride to increase his public profile both in the constituency and nationally. Setting up and managing social media accounts and mailing lists. Liaising with journalists and editors to provide the best coverage in several newspapers, magazines and radio stations.Preparing briefing papers on a wide range of topical issues. I worked in this role in the House of Commons, the constituency and whilst studying in Bath. Show less

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  Airbus group

  Jun 2015 - Jun 2015

  Public affairs intern

  Researching and creating biographies of MPs, Ministers and other political stakeholders. Writing a weekly update for the Chief Executives of Airbus Group on political developments in the UK. Spending two days at Hanover Communications with Airbus's external public affairs team.

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  Grayling

  Aug 2016 - Jun 2018

  Account executive

  Utilising my knowledge of influencers in parliament and government to develop and run engagement campaigns. This includes:• Writing messaging documents which translate complex ideas into straightforward concepts for MPs, Ministers and the civil service;• organising engagement programmes and events for a number of companies, including at party conferences;• monitoring both parliament and the media for sector developments on behalf of a number of clients across EMEA.Starting and managing a business development programme focused on emerging technology companies. I was the winner alongside two colleagues of the 2017 Grayling 'Creating Advantage' awards, a global internal competition assessing who has best delivered for clients in the business. The project in question revolved around the passage of the Digital Economy Bill. Show less

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  Cbi (confederation of british industry)

  Jul 2018 - May 2019

  Senior campaigns adviser

  Providing political intelligence and insight both internally within the CBI and externally for the membership.Building relationships with industry bodies, Select Committees members, and their staff.Presenting to both internal and external stakeholders, providing insight, and creating a compelling narrative around current events.Leading on the development and implementation of an internal stakeholder management database.Acting as the Secretariat for the CBI’s Under 35 Committee. This role includes writing briefings in collaboration with a number of teams, planning events and meetings, and publicising the work of the committee. Show less

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  Hilton

  May 2019 - Mar 2020

  Government affairs manager, emea

  Developing EMEA-wide lobbying activity, with a focus on Westminster, the Scottish Government, and the EUSupporting Hilton executives across EMEA to ensure that policy challenges are communicated with relevant stakeholdersBuilding coalitions with trade associations in the UK (including London First, the CBI and UKHospitality) and across EMEASupporting hotels with local political engagementRepresenting Hilton at meetings with political and industry stakeholders

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  Freelance

  Mar 2020 - Aug 2021

  Freelance public affairs / technology consultant

  Utilising my experience working in-house and for a trade association to support the implementation of public affairs strategies across a broad range of sectors.Consulting on the development of a start-up from both a political and technological viewpoint.During this period I also attended the Makers Bootcamp.

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  Engineerbetter

  Aug 2021 - Mar 2023

  Software engineer

  Embedding with companies as a technical consultant and engineer, improving their products and ways of working.Maintaining an industry standard open-source Rails project, including responding to user bug tickets.Facilitating technical discovery workshops and advising clients on best practices for their developers.Delivering a proof-of-concept cloud-native buildpack workstream, migrating legacy buildpacks to a modern framework.Automating workflows using scripts, developing CI/CD pipelines, and maintaining IAAS deployments using infrastructure as code. Show less

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  Cleo

  Mar 2023 - now

  Backend engineer