Richmond upon Thames College

SEN - Autism

Education

Special Education Needs - Autism

Worked as part of a multi disciplinary team supporting the business with accurate administration, planning and advertising asset delivery, in accordance with agreed service levels and successfully protected revenue and yield of c£400m across all publications. Effective management skills working under pressure adhered by strict deadlines, independently coordinated in excess of £1m advertising revenue across media titles - The Times and The Sun.Professionally communicated and maintained relationships with external stakeholders by telephone and email the accurate data/advertising specification for News UK print and digital publications. Customer service support for a high profiled client, a new project required good organisation and communication skills from the point of entry to final delivery. By ensuring their needs were met enabled securing and generating value to the business of £250,000.With excellent organisation, administrative and communication skills, I am able to exchange information and ideas efficiently in a concise and logical way, leading to successfully negotiating and influencing key business stakeholders by managing relationships effectively. Strong interpersonal skills, a can-do attitude and collaborative flexible approach, enabled me to problem solve and achieve goals. Having the ability to work with a wide range of IT packages with ease, the company appointed me trainer and mentor for all new team members.

News UK

Advertising Operations Coordinator

Managed the delivery of cross-media advertising for newspapers and magazines, print and digital in a fast evolving environment, involving locating suppliers, checking for quality assurance.Effectively collaborated with the wider team to deliver efficient production workflows, working under pressure to strict deadlines with internal stakeholders.With excellent communication skills daily to clients I was able to ensure a seamless delivery of their advertising assets, supporting them with accurate data and advertising specifications.Attended work-streams to introduce good work practice, cost effective savings, cross training, to eradicate single point dependency, which was implemented within the team. Supported leadership with a restructure and the management of the monthly rota for the team. Mentor and trainer of all new starters, ensuring the day to day workflow was not compromised.

Cross Media Executive

Responsible for the day to day workflow for company director, two executives and overseeing two secretaries. Liaising with internal, external stakeholders and clients for diary management, booking travel, typing correspondence and profile reports.

Kim Simmons

Kim Simmons