Kelvin High School

SingularityU Nordic

University of Manitoba

Executive Assistant to Director LinkedIn Nordics / Nordics Project Lead at LinkedIn

Stockholm, Sweden

My role is to create efficiency and speed in our Nordic operations by supporting the Nordic country manager to ensure that our employees experience the best of our culture & values, co-driving the operational agenda and supporting the most productive use of the Nordic managers time.

LinkedIn

Executive Assistant to Director LinkedIn Nordics / Nordics Project Lead

I was responsible for the entire project management of Smoooth Week which was within the learning & leadership team. Smoooth Week is designed as a learning & leadership event and is Klarna’s yearly summit where Klarnauts get to learn and share what Klarna’s teams & domains do (solving problems in the real world), as well as work on specific competencies and skills to up skill and improve learning. The magic happens as colleagues from around the world are able to meet in real life and connect the dots for the entire organisation. My role included: 👉 Project Ownership in an agile framework👉 Budget creation and management 👉 Project leading agency involvement to ensure we executed on time and within budget👉 Logistic management for entire organisation👉 Contract procurement and negotiations👉 Working on in house event production concepts and execution👉 Creating and executing communications strategy👉 Managing key stakeholders and customers

Klarna

Senior Org Development Specialist in Learning & Leadership

My role consisted of producing the annual SingularityU Nordic Summit which is a large-scale inspirational conference where +1.000 Nordic leaders, innovators and future makers from the private & public sector deep-dive into the latest in AI, Future of Healthcare, Living, Work, Learning, Digital Biology, Data Ethics, Privacy, Innovation, Impact Leadership & much more.This two-day event brings extraordinary international speakers, the SingularityU Nordic Faculty, exciting impact-startups, and state-of-the-art tech experiences to one Nordic capital every year. Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Helsinki have hosted the SingularityU Nordic Summit so far, bringing impact-driven mindset and exponential technologies to the innovation-hubs in Scandinavia.SingularityU Nordic is a part of Singularity University (“SU”) - a global learning and innovation community using exponential technologies to tackle the world’s biggest challenges and build an abundant future for all.They run education, innovation, and impact programs throughout the Nordics which help entrepreneurs, corporates, and organizations create breakthrough solutions that leverage rapidly accelerating technologies like artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, blockchain, and digital biology that can positively impact millions, if not billions of lives. Their headquarters are in Copenhagen at the SingularityU Nordic innovation campus.The HQ for Nordic operations is in Copenhagen, Denmark and I worked remotely as the "robot" in the team using a telepresence robot to work with my wonderful colleagues.

Community Activation Manager  -  Event Producer

As a main partner to SingularityU Nordic, my role was as a producer/project manager for The Hub which included being an ambassador, lead generator and event producer whilst producing original event concepts geared towards the startup community. Original events included: "An evening of Impact" - March 2019"How to Hack Sweden" - April 2019"How to Hack Your Why" - May 2019"How to Hack The Circle" - August 2019"How to Hack Diversity" - September 2019The Hub is an open digital platform tailored to the needs of startups and scaleups. We aim to give visibility to all Swedish companies and via the platform assist them with the recruitment of talents, fundraising, best practices, and useful tools. The Hub is made by SingularityU Nordic and powered by Danske Bank. It’s free of charge to use.

TheNordicHub.com

Community Activation Manager

As a main partner to SingularityU Nordic, +impact is a free platform where purpose-driven startups share their challenges with experts and get the advice they need. For free, forever. +impact is based on a strategic partnership between Danske Bank and Rainmaking. We have teamed up with some of the best impact facilitators in the region, including Nordic Impact, Katapult, Nordic Impact Investor Network and SingularityU Nordics. Our goal is to strengthen and expand the existing impact ecosystem in the Nordics.

plusimpact

During my time at The Local I worked our in-house team on:👉 branded content👉 native advertisement👉 creative concepts👉 careers👉 events👉 sponsorship👉 video and other productions The Local Europe is a window on life in other cultures, with independent, daily reporting from around Europe. We have 9 editions and 11 sites - with over 5.5 million unique readers each month and a vast social media following of 650k. Our entertaining blend of daily news, business and features have made The Local essential reading for foreigners in each country. Our readers are a mix of the Euro-curious (living outside Europe) and those living in these countries looking to integrate into society. Business people, journalists, politicians, diplomats, and travellers all use The Local to connect with the countries they live and visit.The Local is not just a news site; it is the perfect platform for advertisers which want to reach the world.We get to the heart of the message and produce content that will resonate with our readers, in formats such as interviews, features, profiles, news or analysis. Then we feed this content into our own channels and intelligently promote it through social media.If you have a story to tell, The Local is the place to start. Publishing European news in English in Sweden, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Norway and Denmark.Read more at <a href="https://www.thelocal.com/20180415/working-with-the-local">https://www.thelocal.com/20180415/working-with-the-local</a>

The Local

Manager Strategic Commercial Partnerships

Bannerflow is a Display Advertising Creative Management Platform that allows anyone to intuitively create, manage, scale, and distribute large volumes of interactive ads, in different languages and sizes, to audiences globally.Trusted and used by thousands of customers world wide like Lonely Planet, Thomas Cook, Betsson, DC Thomson, TIME Inc and much more. During my time at Bannerflow, I learned the ins and outs of the display advertising industry and affiliate marketing, re-marketing, Double Click by Google, programmatic advertising, media buying and creative processes.

Bannerflow

Partnerships Manager

Digital Mic Drop is all about sharing knowledge and inspiration on all things marketing, but with an extra keen eye on the domains of digital marketing and social media marketing. Check out <a href="http://www.digitalmicdrop.comAs">www.digitalmicdrop.comAs</a> Community Marketing Manager I am responsible for:👉 Setting and implementing social media and communication campaigns to align with marketing strategies👉 Responding to comments and customer queries in a timely manner👉 Providing engaging text, image and video content for social media accounts👉 Organizing and participating in events to build community and boost brand awareness👉 Building strong relationships with customers, potential customers, industry professionals and journalists

Digital Mic Drop  -  Digitalmicdrop.com

Co-Founder & Community Marketing Manager (freelance)

After 5 years of being part of TEDxStockholm, I decided to pass my baton. Although I am not involved in the day-to-day happenings for the team, I am still connected to the team regularly. TEDx is an open-source community of independently organised events that inspire innovation, thought leadership and visionary insights. I was responsible for:👉 leading the team on the production of the big events which includes venue management👉 releasing tickets👉 creating programs👉 coordinating rehearsals for speakers and artists👉 liaising with video production company 👉 planning engaging mingling spaces, stage decor, volunteers👉 managing the budget👉 collaborating with sponsors/partners etc During my time with TEDx I worked on: 2016 - TEDxStockholm Crossroads - sponsor2017 - TEDxStockholm Lighthouse - team member2018 - TEDxStockholm Wonderland - production lead2019 - TEDxStockholm Fast Forward - production lead

TEDxStockholm

Production Team Lead (pro-bono)

My role at Billetto included:👉 Identifying trend-setting ideas by researching industry and related events, publications, and announcements.👉 Proposing potential business deals by contacting potential enterprise partners; discovering and exploring opportunities.👉 Screening potential business deals by analyzing market strategies, deal requirements, potential, and financials; evaluating options; resolving internal priorities.👉 Developing negotiating strategies and positions by studying the integration of new venture with company strategies and operations; examining risks and potentials; estimating partners' needs and goals.👉 Closing new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations.👉 Protecting organization's value by keeping information confidential.👉 Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.👉 Enhancing organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Billetto

H2 E-marketing is a freelance venture for web design and development and social media marketing. The overarching goal is to assist small to medium enterprises, organizations and non-profits with creating or revitalizing their online presence through a multitude of services ranging from online consultation on best practices to web content creation, web design, development as well as development and consultancy services for other areas of the online marketplace such as social media and web domains and hosting.

H2 e-marketing

Business Development Manager

In 2014 I coordinated the launch of the first ever color fun run series in Scandinavia. We had events in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Oslo with over 20k participants. My role included:• Coordinate technical needs for large scale event productions• Create event concepts• Event execution• Perform site inspections• Work with vendors• Manage budgets• Secure corporate event sponsors

H2 Synergy Events

Project Manager - Global Events

Overseeing a portfolio of 200 residential and commercial properties with focus on maintaining and improving the standard of accommodation for owner and tenant.Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and effective performance whilst helping project manage the continuous improvement of the properties as well as secure new business. Identifying and acting on client feedback, collating statistical data and improving management information and presentations.•	Coached and developed other property managers skills and knowledge•	Project managed renovations and on-going maintenance•	Overall responsibility for online catalogue of properties. Included content management, photo editing and project managing technical teams•	Negotiated contracts and rental rates•	Implemented policies across all areas of the business. Ensuring effective, branded marketing communications including the company website, print communication, and advertising.

Ryden

SENIOR PROPERTY & MARKETING MANAGER

Responsible for managing a range of residential and commercial properties and maintenance from short and long term rentals.•	Positioned properties to potential tenants with a very high closing rate•	Worked with strict deadlines, defined budgets and short turnaround times•	Developed project plans and remained within budgets•	Prepared holiday packages for overseas and local clients to Edinburgh and throughout the UK•	Brokered relationships with new landlords, acquiring new business which resulted in new portfolios•	Created online advertisements for properties to attract new landlords and content management of own portfolio

Factotum Letting

PROPERTY & MARKETING MANAGER

Responsible for B2C sales within a field sales environment•	Established client list from cold calling•	Developed sales practices for leading successful campaigns•	Devised and implemented “out of the box” new business ideas which resulted in additional revenue•	Adapting to cultural differences to close sales•	Organising team outing activities •	Assisted with creation of marketing material

Meteor

FIELD SALES EXECUTIVE

- Delegated tasks to members of the team•	Ensured branch was meeting the targets set at the beginning of financial year.•	Interceded in customer problems that could not be resolved at first level of customer service•	Organised and conducted team training•	Researched and implemented new banking and customer care methods

Customer Success Manager

- Ensuring the smooth running of pre-sale and release of tickets for major events•	Provided internal support and training for Ticketmaster branches nationwide

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