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John Jackson

Beckenham,Kent

Summary

Hardworking, friendly individual with great organisational/ time management/ personnel skills who thrives on success working independently or within a team. With a full clean driving licence

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Lead agent

Reed and Mackay
London, City of London
2022.02 - Current
  • I'm lead agent on 3 accounts which are in the finance, Insurance and Technologies sectors.
  • As a collective they produce between £2 - 3 Million business to my company.
  • Each month I am consistently meeting and exceeding the KPI's set and the financial targets set by R&M.
  • Of the many years I have worked in corporate travel, I have work on a variety of accounts, ranging from Media, Entertainment, Pharmaceutical, Law, Insurance, Marine and Finance. My knowledge is vast in all areas and I thrive on new and exciting opportunities.
  • The role I have as lead agent is to continually meet the needs of my clients and always offer the best solutions to what can often be multi sector itineraries incorporating the usual ancillary options of private transfers, visas, hotels, private jets and VIP fast track.
  • Within the first few months of my employment I was selected to aid other agents in the art of cross selling airlines with the focus on client saving and company profit.

Senior account exec / Team leader / Office manager

Business first partnership
London, City of London
2008.03 - 2021.10

Business First Partnership 2008 - 2021 Previously the Office Manager/Team Leader in the Croydon office before it was closed and all employees became home based. Daily tasks included arranging rotas/holidays, conducting appraisals/disciplinaries/1-1 meetings and team meetings as well as working with key clients and booking group/individual travel itineraries. The role is very customer focused as I deal with customer complaints/refunds and work to very tight deadlines where its important to remain calm and level headed.

Senior travel consultant

Omega travel
London, City of London
2007.05 - 2008.03

Creating group/individual itineraries for business travel. Liaising with hotels/EA's/airlines in very fraught conditions. Working under pressure to ensure schedules go to plan, airlines run to schedule and customers are happy

Junior corporate travel consultant

American Express
Croydon, Surrey
2004.02 - 2007.03

Education

GCSEs -

Langley Park School for Boys
Beckenham
1990.09 - 1992.07

Skills

  • Leader and team player
  • Customer needs
  • Customer service
  • Time management
  • Customer complaint resolution
  • Customer service and care
  • Fares knowledge
  • Problem solving

Languages

English
Native

Timeline

Lead agent

Reed and Mackay
2022.02 - Current

Senior account exec / Team leader / Office manager

Business first partnership
2008.03 - 2021.10

Senior travel consultant

Omega travel
2007.05 - 2008.03

Junior corporate travel consultant

American Express
2004.02 - 2007.03

GCSEs -

Langley Park School for Boys
1990.09 - 1992.07
John Jackson