Millie Sephton

Experience

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  Gough Bailey Wright

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2010

  Work Experience Intern

  Experience in the three key departments at the agency; PR & Social Media, Creative Design and Digital Marketing. Successfully researched and designed a regional events webpage for the local area.

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  Cardiff University

  Sept 2011 - Jul 2014

  Student

  Graduated from Cardiff University with a 2:1 in Environmental GeoScience

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  Operation Wallacea

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Dissertation research assistant

  I took part in a six week expedition in Pongola Game Reserve, KZN, South Africa, which involved the collection of data though behavioural observations of the resident elephants. The data I collected aided the wider research project with stakeholders including Disney’s Elephant Population Management Programme and Space for Elephants.

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  Beacons Development Education Centre

  Jun 2014 - Jan 2015

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Responsibilities included researching current and peer reviewed climate articles and communicating key points across the Beacons team. I also developed a sustainability course for Year 9 pupils as part of the national curriculum. The course aims to broaden students’ understanding of environmental issues and in turn, inspire younger generations to care for our planet.

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  Bristol Festival of Nature

  Jun 2014 - Sept 2014

  Volunteer

  Supporting teachers and enthusing school pupils by introducing groups of children to a number of environmental awareness activities and biodiversity surveys that were taking place (participants included the BBC’s Natural History Department, National Trust and Bristol University).

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  YC Sports

  Jun 2014 - Sept 2014

  Retail Sales Assistant

  Serving customers, keeping track of stock and organising the stock room for an independent sporting goods and school wear retailer in Cardiff. Responsibilities included serving customers efficiently, up keeping shop floor appearances and keeping records of stock.

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  URS Corporation, An AECOM Company

  Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

  Environmental Intern
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  AECOM

  Apr 2015 - Sept 2019

  • Completed the AECOM Graduate Development Program which included modules such as; team building, project management, negotiation skills, time management and commercial awareness. • Worked across a number of diverse projects from writing bids and proposals through to scientific reporting and client liaison. My organisational and communication skills facilitated work winning and successful project delivery and enabled me to proactively manage multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.

  • Environmental Consultant

    Jun 2017 - Sept 2019

  • Graduate Environmental Consultant

    Apr 2015 - Jun 2017
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  Magnox Ltd

  Nov 2016 - Apr 2017

  Environmental Secondment

  Providing environmental support to Magnox's Process and Environment function through a full time secondment. Work has included desk top surveys relating to the land quality aspects of on-going decommissioning projects. This work will ultimately help to determine the optimised end states for a number of power station structures.

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  Freelance, Self Employed

  Feb 2020 - Sept 2021

  Copywriter

  • Delivering blog posts and contributing articles for the wellbeing, travel and social media sectors, from start-ups to national brands, delivering value added content to drive engagement. • Successfully enriching stories with priority key phrases and integrating search intent indicators to achieve better ranking results and improve search engine optimisation. • Thinking outside the box with new and unconventional angles - showcasing my communication and creative thinking skills and ability to distil complex information into digestible and inspiring content. Show less

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  Nisbets

  Aug 2021 - Jul 2024

  Marketing Manager - Business Services

  Nisbets is a leading multi-national provider of foodservice equipment and consumables with operations in the UK, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, Germany and France, with subsidiary companies in India, China, Australia and New Zealand. Nisbets celebrates its 40th year anniversary in 2023 and continues to provide the professional hospitality sector with over 30,000 products with many of these products available for next day delivery and designed to save time, energy and improve sustainability to allow professionals to serve and delight their customers. Nisbets reaches hundreds of thousands of customers via class leading local websites, professional salesforces, and knowledgeable customer service advisors. Nisbets also offers additional value add services to its customers such as design, build and install of kitchens, bedrooms and front of house dining solutions including furniture and soft furnishings, leasing equipment, and providing on-site engineering repair services. This is backed up with world class digital insights and data science capabilities to help customers find the right products and solutions for their business needs. Show less