Bryony Barber

Experience

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  Bournemouth tourism

  Jul 2005 - Aug 2006

  Public Relations Assistant

  Key responsibilities:*General PR tasks: press release writing, handling press enquiries, maintaining website and e-newsletter content, liaising with national and local television production companiesKey achievements:*Project management of the new Bournemouth Tourism DVD - a yearlong project, working closely alongside key stakeholders in the town including council members, restaurants and hotel owners*Involved with delivery of the Bournemouth Borough Council’s exhibition at the 2006 Chelsea Flower Show Show less

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  Cirkle

  Jul 2007 - Oct 2009

  Key responsibilities: *Writing press releases, feature documents and web copy*Creating and running PR campaigns for clients and securing coverage in relevant publications*Building and managing relationships with key stakeholders – namely suppliers, clients and the mediaKey achievements*Improvement of communication and organisational skills in balancing five large FMCG clients*Project managed various press events and product launches from concept through to delivery *Contributed to pitches for new business and new projects with creative ideas*Responsible for proposal ideas and budgeting to securing widespread coverage to obtain KPI’s Show less

  • Senior Account Executive

    Jan 2009 - Oct 2009

  • Account Executive

    Jul 2007 - Jan 2009
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  England Hockey Ltd

  Oct 2009 - Jan 2011

  Customer Services

  Key responsibilities:*Administration tasks supporting senior staff*Management of clothing and equipment financial budget and stock for England and GB squads*Organising players to attend appearances at local clubs, schools, and press events to promote the sportManagement of High Performance assessment camps (HiPAC) for junior (under 15 and 17) playersKey achievements: *Contribution towards the NGB’s directive to increase participation within the sport at all levels*Successful planning and execution of the HiPAC event where over 100 potential future England players from across the country played in multiple games across 2 days*Presenting to 150 plus parents and players at the HiPAC event Show less

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  Grass Roots

  Jan 2011 - Sept 2017

  Delivering online loyalty and reward applications for large financial, B2B and B2C businesses. Clients include Visa, Barclays Wealth, Karndean Flooring, Whitbread, Jaguar Land Rover, Boots No.7 and Tesco Mobile. Key responsibilities:*Managing projects from concept through to deployment – complete end to end project lifecycle experience*Stakeholder management – including internal senior sponsors, clients and third party suppliers *Risk and issue management – impact assessment and overseeing mitigation of risks*Running stakeholder workshops to gather business requirements and define scope*Create and own project plan based on output estimates - ongoing management against key milestones*Manage and report on project budgets to senior stakeholders– including time taken to complete against estimates for delivery *Maintain project control suite documentation to track key actions, risks/issues and change*Delivery of projects via both waterfall and agile methods Show less

  • Project Director

    Apr 2015 - Sept 2017

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2012 - Apr 2015

  • Operations Manager

    Jan 2011 - Jul 2012
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  Rippl - Recognition, Reward, Benefits & Incentives

  Sept 2017 - Sept 2018

  Senior Account Manager
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  Rippl - Incentives, Recognition and Reward Platform

  Nov 2018 - Sept 2023

  Managing the overall delivery process of external and internal projects. Managing the product owners and the development schedule for our SaaS product and bespoke projects. Key responsibilities:*Continuous improvement of processes and ways of working to optimise the team’s output*Ensuring the team were delivering value with each increment of work/project phase*Share knowledge and insight of project delivery methods/best practice*Line management responsibilities for multiple product owners *Accountable for revenue targets and generation for the loyalty division of the business Show less Responsible for the development roadmap of the incentives, reward and recognition software product (“Rippl”) – working alongside clients Mercedes Vans, Clarks, BP and Honda. Key responsibilities*Obtaining and prioritising key requirements from multiple stakeholders - internal and external*Planning and maintaining a roadmap of development which is shared with the product team*Ensuring clear communication about key decisions and timings for deliverables*Collaborative working with agile development teams - creating an environment for successful delivery *Sprint planning and refinement for future development requirements*Running review and demo sessions at sprint end alongside the development team*Financial accountability for work being delivered by the development teams*Revenue generation*Line management responsibilities Show less

  • Operations Director

    Dec 2021 - Sept 2023

  • Head of Project Delivery

    Nov 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Product Owner

    Nov 2018 - Nov 2020
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  Dojo

  Sept 2023 - now

  Operational Strategy and Change Manager