Katie Smith

Experience

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  Watts Gallery - Artists'​ Village

  Jan 2018 - Jul 2020

  Executive Assistant

  Provided direct administrative support to the Director and Senior Management Team for Watts Gallery Trust.- Coordinating and overseeing governance, internal and external meetings, including writing minutes and reports - Responsible for a £115,000 administration, IT, stationary, recruitment, and staff training budget- Monitoring all IT onsite and providing first-line response of IT support for staff- Proof-reading and copy-editing publicly accessible works, including interpretation boards for exhibitions, letters on behalf of senior members of staff and the Watts On booklet- Managing the recruitment process of all vacancies- Providing direct support in regularly reviewing and updating when required the organisation’s website- Working with an external HR adviser in reviewing and updating all policies and procedures- Working with external auditors in finalising the annual financial statements - Answering the general enquiries line and aid visitors- Being the first-line of contact for all key external stakeholders- Providing support at and managing special and signature events.Key Achievements:- Fully writing and undertaking the graphic design work for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 Annual Reports.- Completing a £20,000 site-wide upgrade of the organisation's IT systems (including replacing or upgrading over 30 Windows 7 devices to Windows 10, upgrading the 2008 RDS Server to 2012, creating over 45 new, personalised email addresses and moving all mailboxes from an old HEX host platform to Office365)- Managing the launch event of the Digital Futures Report with the University of Surrey and Smartify, hosted at Watts Gallery. Show less

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  University of Surrey

  Oct 2020 - Oct 2021

  PhD Administrator
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  Queen Margaret University

  Oct 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Quality Enhancement Officer

    Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

  • Graduate School Officer

    Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
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  Penumbra Mental Health♾

  Jul 2022 - Sept 2024

  Quality and Improvement Manager
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  Lacrosse Scotland

  Oct 2022 - now

  Player

  Member of the Scotland Senior Women's Lacrosse Squad since October 2022.Selected for the B (Development) team for the 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons. Represented Scotland at the EuroLax Sixes tournament (Ghent, June 2023 and Portugal, February 2024) and in matches played in the UK and Czechia.

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  National Library of Scotland

  Sept 2024 - now

  Information and Records Specialist