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Project Manager - Leisure

Work Experience

Utell - a service of Pegasus Solutions

Utell is the largest provider of sales, marketing and distribution channel solutions to the hotel industry. Offering its member hotels global representation, reservation and marketing capabilities and Internet distribution. Recently acquired by Pegasus Solutions, a leading provider of hotel industry transaction processing solutions and electronic commerce services.

Product Manager – Leisure
European Marketing
Feb 99 to present

My main function is to increase Utell’s and participating hotels leisure market share profitability
To develop and implement new products according to emerging trends and market need
Consult with hoteliers, the Worldwide and European sales & marketing teams regarding strategies and opportunities
Plan and prepare project schedules, promotional reports and manage budgets
Approve and sign off each stage of the brochure production process
Create databases and spreadsheets for research and the analysis of data
Collate, convert and quality assure data for internal and external systems including information on the company and partner web sites
Act as a consultant for the department regarding print and production

Previous Positions
Utell, a service of REZsolutions Inc (formally Utell International)

Print Production Executive
European Marketing
Jun 97 – Feb 99

My key accountability was to manage the departments print requirements
Produce briefs, source and negotiate with designers, translators, printers and distributors
Produce project schedules and track the status
Produce in-house ready to print artwork
Consult with the European offices in terms of their print requirements and approve any locally produced collateral prior to print
Keep an up-to-date list of preferred suppliers and manage the distribution of work
Keep an up-to-date reference and slide library of competitor collateral and regularly used images

Print Production Co-ordinator
Corporate Marketing
Feb 96 – Jun 97

Supportive to the Print Production Manager and the print needs of the Corporate marketing department
Act as key liaison between the Product Managers, designers and printers
Coordinate the production and distribution of all stationery for the European offices
Process and record stationery requests and track the production process through to delivery
Process invoices, check against quotes, forward for approval and cross-charge the relative cost centers
Maintain and distribute on a monthly basis the Global Internal Directory in hard copy and electronic format


Achievements

Achieved leisure programme targets for 1999
Produced best-to-date leisure brochure in terms of ‘look’, content, user friendliness and unit cost
Introduced and rolled out new hotel booking confirmations from layout to final translated versions for European offices during new systems implementation, on schedule and within budget
Established in-house Apple based design studio including ISDN line (costs recovered within 3 months)
Implemented project status files on internal systems for project managers and set up a library of frequently used logos in PC and Apple formats
Designed and built an Access database for recording European office stationery orders, including costs, invoice numbers, delivery dates etc
Produced stationery report recommending improvements to procedures in order to reduce overheads for the print and distribution of all stationery
Implemented new stationery ordering procedures

Hounslow Borough Council
Play Leader – Green Dragon School Brentford
1993 – 1995

Philip Moore Caterers
Assistant Manager – Watermans Art Centre Brentford
Nov 90 – May 92

Maxwell Business Communications
Production Assistant
May 88 – Aug 90
For ‘The Review’, ‘Planned Savings’ and ‘Office Trade’ magazines

Hot Shoe Magazine
Production Assistant
Nov 87 – May 88

Education

Brunel University
Degree: Drama/Art
1992 – 1995

Chiswick Community School
A levels: Maths, Art
1985 – 1987

O levels: Maths, English, Physics, Graphics & Art
1980 – 1985


Courses
CIM Advanced Marketing Oct 99 – Jul 2000
Adobe PhotoShop 4 – Macintosh Mar 97
Adobe Illustrator 6 – Macintosh Feb 97
Quark Xpress 3.32 – Macintosh Jan 97
Basic counselling skills Jan – July 90

Skills

I am a dynamic and enthusiastic individual with an ability to think critically and logically. The key to my success has been my positive attitude to work, combined with an ongoing willingness to learn and an ability to manage many projects at once. I can communicate effectively at all levels, internally and externally, and I appreciate the importance of being a team player and how this can benefit both individual and company.
I have always had an interest in positions requiring creative flair and an appreciation of the creative process.

Languages

Basic French

Other

Hobbies/Interests
Computers/Internet
Sports
Photography
Art
Music
Reading
Films

Self teaching Macromedia's Fireworks 3, Flash 3 & Dreamweaver 3

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