Joanna Hopkinson
Surrey
Summary
I am an outgoing, proactive, focused and hard working person that enjoys doing a good job and is enthusiastic in all I do.
A sales role is where I am best suited and thrive, this has become apparent in my last job.
I have strong communication skills, am confident seeing clients either face to face or over the telephone and am not easily fazed. I have excellent presentation skills and enjoy being busy.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Sales Lead
FlowSpace
Waterloo, City of London
2025.03 - Current
- Generating new business for on-demand and full time office space clients
- Go to networking events to find new clients and generate new potential business
- Checking current market availability with providers and current costs
- Securing viewings
- Take clients on tours with providers
- Helping close and secure space for clients
Senior business development manager
Flexi Offices
, City of London
2024.09 - 2025.02
- Generating leads via Linkedin, Dripify and cold calls
- Checking current market availability with providers and current costs
- Securing viewings
- Viewing potential centres with clients and sales managers
- Helping close and secure space for clients
- Billing off the deals via valve and invoicing to the providers
Sale Broker - Temp Position
Prince Real Estate
, City of London
2024.03 - 2024.08
- Qualifying leads from data provided
- Checking current market availability with providers and current costs
- Securing viewings
- Viewing potential centres with clients
- Helping close and secure space for clients
- Billing off the deals via valve and invoicing to the providers
- Forging new business relationships to create new business opportunities.
Senior Sales Advisor/Broker
Easy Offices/Instant Group
2007.07 - 2024.01
- Qualifying leads incoming over the telephone and via the website
- Sending out introductions to providers
- Securing viewings with the clients
- Arranging tours for the clients with the providers
- Liasing with providers and clients in securing additional tours and deals.
- Building and maintaining relationships with providers / events and onsite meetings
- Touring larger company clients directly with providers in London to help secure the deal.
- Following up with clients who I have placed previously and checking if they are happy with their current offices or need further assistance from myself or any new business leads
- Billing deals off on our crm system for accounts to then invoice.
- Delivering commercially responsible decisions in every interaction to meet needs of customer and business.
- Handling concerns and complaints with care, delivering positive outcomes for continued customer loyalty.
Weekend Sales negotiator
Townends
2007.01 - 2007.11
- Meeting and greeting all customers
- Answering telephone calls to office
- Viewing properties with customers
- Registering potential buyers and sellers
- Booking evaluations of properties with agent managers
- Dealing with all general enquiries
- General Office Admin
Maintenance Secretary/PA to C.E.O
Lensbury Ltd
2006.10 - 2007.06
- Working within a team in the maintenance department
- Managing the planned maintenance system (Planet Fm)
- Ordering of spare parts and materials
- Recording expenditure for the maintenance department for their annual budget
- Organising contractors for planned works
- Organising of diary to book in meetings
- Typing of letters and quotes
Education
The Magna Carta School
Staines 1996.09 - 2001.06
Skills
- Motivated and driven to achieve targets and goals
- Negotiating
- Client service
- Great team player
- Use of Salesforce
- Knowledge of Valve
Timeline
Sales Lead
FlowSpace
2025.03 - Current
Senior business development manager
Flexi Offices
2024.09 - 2025.02
Sale Broker - Temp Position
Prince Real Estate
2024.03 - 2024.08
Senior Sales Advisor/Broker
Easy Offices/Instant Group
2007.07 - 2024.01
Weekend Sales negotiator
Townends
2007.01 - 2007.11
Maintenance Secretary/PA to C.E.O
Lensbury Ltd
2006.10 - 2007.06
The Magna Carta School
1996.09 - 2001.06