Simmone Ceri Taylor

Experience

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  Papestcontrol

  Mar 2001 - Jun 2005

  Secretary

  Making appointments for the owner to meet clients. Dealing with all queries and questions via email and over the phone as well as face to face. Creating invoices using Microsoft word, uses of excel as well. Chasing up clients for unpaid bills. General office duties inc filing, ordering equipment for the office as well as for the owner. Going out with the owner to understand the business a bit more, keeping along side him watching what he does so I can explain to prospect and current clients of the service he does. I resigned due to leaving the area. Show less

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  New Look

  Apr 2005 - Nov 2005

  Sales Assistant

  Taking out stock checks, stacking shelves and cleaning the shop floor. Serving customers, taking payments, opening accounts. Also managing the dressing room. I resigned due to leaving the area.

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  The New George Hotel

  Jun 2005 - Nov 2005

  Bartender

  Serving customers alcoholic beverages in a busy nightclub. Stock refilling and taking drinks from the cellars into the fridges behind the bar. Collecting glasses from around the club. Cash handling and cleaning. I resigned due to leaving the area.

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  Vauxhall Holiday Park

  Apr 2006 - Sept 2006

  Entertainer

  Producing five shows a week. Looking after the children on days and evenings doing activities and games with them. Opening the club on an evening, running the club as well, so taking a managerial position. Also using the camera to film cabarets and making sure everyone has a brilliant holiday. I left this position, as it was only seasonal from the dates above.

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  Steel Services Ltd

  Aug 2007 - Sept 2009

  Technical Clerk

  Working within the Q.A. Department alongside two colleagues. Creating front sheets for all the jobs we receive as well as pressure test certificates, labelling the pressure tests, creating spreadsheets to contain various information regarding the job in question. Also good use of Microsoft word, excel, outlook, access and adobe reader. Working on my own initiative as well as in a group. Filing away documents as well as marking up drawings with their correct welds and Cast Nos. Checking welder qualifications and verifying PED work documents. Also speaking one to one with clients via email and telephone. Scanning or copying document packages ready for delivery to client via post or email. Sometimes packages are sent via CD-ROM also. I sometimes take position of Q.A. Manager also when he is absent which involves taking all calls for Q.A. purposes, checking material certificates and all of the above in even more detail. Show less

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  Freelance

  Jan 2009 - now

  Event Manager

  • Working as a freelance event manager across the UK • Event Manager for Coca Cola Zero Sugar touring England & Wales managing teams up to 15 distributing samples in various towns and cities. Also, many other global brands, such as Orangina, Graze, Puerto De Indias and Mighty. • Assistant Event Manager for the Coca Cola Christmas Truck Campaign in 2019. • Managing my team which included managing breaks, conducting staff dismissal where needed, WhatsApp group set ups and briefing. • Detailed reporting and image capturing on live days. Working towards KPI’s and giving key brand messages. • In charge of kit, stock and uniform each day and sometimes in charge of driving vans, depending on the size of the team/set up for each town/city I visited. Rigging and de-rigging on sites. Siting POS. • Team Leader of a kid’s crafts club of a team of 7 in a shopping mall in Norwich as well as various other brands. • BA, leafleting, sampling, driving and hostessing. • Experience working festivals, guerrilla marketing, roadshows, long tours, events, street sampling and instore. Used to working away from home for long periods of time. Show less

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  Ted Staffing

  Mar 2018 - Aug 2020

  Event Manager

  Managing teams up to 15 touring England & Wales distributing the perfect serve of Coca Cola Zero Sugar. Managing stock, kit and teams. Daily reports with use of launchcloud app. Hourly temperature checks, managing team breaks, liaising with the office on a regular basis. Working alongside the client on some occasions for big launches in London.

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  Amazon Flex

  Oct 2018 - Oct 2019

  Delivery Driver
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  Link Communication

  May 2019 - Oct 2019

  Event Manager

  I've worked on two campaigns now, Puerto De Indias and Orangina. Both tours across the country with teams up to 6. Managing and fixing event kit, cleaning uniforms, finding staff, logistical aspects, driving tail- lift vans, distributing samples, driving sales and key messages, running social media accounts for Orangina

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  Mandalay Wellbeing CIC

  Oct 2019 - Jun 2021

  Project Manager

  • Organising the accounts and bookkeeping for annual submission to accountant.• Creating and completing Excel spreadsheets for funding applications. • Managing volunteers• Making food & clothes parcels to hand out twice weekly to those in need; Sorting through donations, primarily clothes, in order to sell.• Thinking of new innovative ways to fundraise, support our community and push the social media platforms to build brand awareness. • Liaising with Stakeholders• Ensuring projects are within scope and budget• Developing detailed project plans• Managing social media and online platforms• Organising and training volunteers Show less

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  Greene King

  Oct 2022 - May 2023

  Premium Beers On Trade Ambassador

  • Driving rate of sale and create premium experiences consisting of engagement with pub staff and consumers. • Training bar teams and supporting them in driving sales.• The face of the brand and Greene King in the on-trade in particular with supporting the roll out of the new Premium Craft Beer range into Free Trade, Pub Partners and Managed sites.• Run consumer events and tastings to promote the range and drive sales.• Managing all communications with outlets and scheduling of visits. • Reporting of all data on Main Event and monitoring reporting.• Building relationships with outlets and working with SDMs and RSMs. • Assessing outlets for understanding of brand portfolio and creating new support mechanisms to improve and develop the marketing plan. Show less