Alexia Lawrie

Experience

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  East Sussex Community Health Services

  Sept 2010 - Dec 2010

  Community Dietitian

  - Independent management of out-patient caseload- Typical cases including: weight loss/gain, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, IBS, IBD.- Preparation and delivery of educational presentation- Conducted an exhaustive report on coeliac products available in the United Kingdom.

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  Princess Royal University Hospital

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  Clinical Dietitian

  - Independent management of caseload (approx. 20 in-patients).- Typical cases including: diabetes type 2, dysphagia, GI disorders, NG-NJ-PEG-fed, cancer.- Independently carried out out-patient clinics (approx. 40 out-patients).- Typical cases including: weight loss/gain, high cholesterol, Crohn's disease, coeliac.- Preparation and delivery of educational presentations.- Participated in “NBM” audit.

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  Nutricare

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Nutritionist

  - Conducted evaluations studying the nutritional needs of patients.- Provided independent nutritional counseling to patients.- Designed personalized dietetic plans.- Prepared and gave education Health Nutrition talks to the public.- Prepared and appeared in nutritional education video series.- Authored published articles on nutrition issues arising from pre-menstrual syndrome.

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  LEX Photos

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  Professional Photographer

  - Personal photography services including: couples and family portraits, maternity, engagements.- Event-based photography services including: sports events, concerts, corporate events, weddings.- Commercial photography services including: modeling shoots, food and beverage, product shots.- Post-photography editing including: Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Lightroom.

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  Luxley

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2018

  Founding Partner

  Luxley is a new luxury e-commerce fashion platform reaching consumers around the globe with its free worldwide shipping. Luxley offers exclusive sales of up to 50% off retail with an extensive collection of leading international luxury brands offering the latest accessories. The multi-brand retailer has all its products specially curated by the in-house fashion expert; with only the items that meet Luxley’s stringent standards being selected.- Managed the teams of designers and developers to decide the features, functions and roadmap for our product. - Managed the website and related services including: WordPress, WooCommerce, Google Analytics.- Designed and implemented marketing strategies across multiple platforms and channels.- Operated daily social media marketing efforts, including gaining 10k+ Facebook fans in 6 weeks.- Designed and produced content for B2C email and social media strategies.- Managed B2B relationships: inventory, authentication services, logistics, and fulfillment services.- Curated platform's brand identity and overall website design.- Managed customer support operations including staff training on FreshDesk. Show less

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  Voices of Leaders

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  Multinational Marketing and Sales Assistant

  Voices of Leaders’ objective is to engage the readers of Newsweek Magazine on prospective investment opportunities available in these promising financial markets by showcasing selected opinions of top leaders, from both the public and private sectors, and highlight key companies as potential investment partners.- Scheduling and arranging meetings with industry leaders and top governmental officials.- Researching and interviewing corresponding high-level individuals.- Conducting thorough dynamic analysis of macroeconomic trends.- Preparation of a custom content report on Malaysia for Newsweek Magazine. Show less

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  Blackbullion

  Feb 2017 - Mar 2021

  - Responsible for e-learning strategy and budget.- Manage the end-to-end content production, implementation, and ongoing review of learning solutions across Blackbullion’s 3 major markets (UK, AUS, NZ) bringing effective and life-enhancing financial education to millions of students globally.- Drive the instructional and pedagogical strategy for Blackbullion’s learning programs and content.- Author educational resources on various topics relating to personal finance.-Collaborate with subject matter experts (SME) to ensure accuracy of content and real-world application. Show less - Designed and implemented content production workflows with streamlined, repeatable systems and processes. Resulting efficiency dramatically increased turnaround by 60% and reduced recurring costs by more than 30% overall.- Implemented, optimised and trained the sales team to use the new CRM system.- Lead successful national campaigns for over 100 clients and with a target audience of half a million students to promote National Student Money Week.- Development of new strategic revenue channels in collaboration with the sales team that resulted in new business.- On-boarding of several team members in various roles whilst company staff count tripled.- Create, negotiate, and foster collaborative third-party relationships. Show less

  • Digital Learning Lead

    Nov 2018 - Mar 2021

  • Senior Project Manager

    Jan 2018 - Nov 2018

  • Project Manager

    Feb 2017 - Jan 2018
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  GBS

  Apr 2021 - Nov 2022

  Head of Learning Resources and Technology

  - Reporting directly to the CEO, and Managing Director, responsible for e-learning support, VLEs and libraries across 9 campuses, and catering to 18,000 students (nationally and internationally).- Recruited and onboarded a multi-disciplinary team (tech, design, instructional design and librarians) to create a new department, in 6 months. Currently 20+ staff, 5 direct reports. LRT supports the whole company of 500+ employees.- Received the regional Innovation Award and Team of the Year Award.Virtual Learning Environments (UK, Dubai and Malta):- Migrated the entire VLE to AWS, with a system designed for scalability (+10,000 users) and stability (99.5% uptime) resulting in a reduction of support tickets by 30%. - Set up Moodle reports to show student progression and to identify struggling students. - Refreshed all key VLE Policies to ensure that GBS’ data was secure and compliant.- Set up a new support process, where tickets are closed within the set 24hr SLA.- Brought in several Learning technologies such as Articulate 365, Camtasia, and Vevox to improve the classroom experience. Advise L&D on software and best practices.- Set up and opened libraries across all 7 campuses: Researched, evaluated, and project-managed installation of new library management and security systems. Library team shortlisted for The Awards 2022 for Outstanding Library Team. Show less

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  GlobalU

  Sept 2022 - now

  Director of GlobalU

  - Report to the Chairman and CEO. Responsible for scoping, recruiting, developing, and launching an e-learning platform as a new revenue stream.- Translate the vision into actionable product strategy and executed all aspects of the new business: hiring, training, operations, process, budget, and business controls.- Lead a cross-functional team of developers, product managers, designers, academics and learning technicians to develop the e-learning platform.