Natalie Nissim
Twickenham
Summary
- Highly capable Personal Assistant skilled at prioritizing tasks with ease. Bringing several many years of experience supporting executives with high-stress and high-profile careers.
- Hard-working, organised, experienced, trustworthy, discreet, reliable, empathic and conscientious.
- Experience in interacting with people at all levels including celebrities
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Personal Assistant
Musician / Singer-Songwriter / Producer
London
06.2022 - Current
- Executive Assistant to musician, Singer-songwriter and producer (one member of Snow Patrol)
- Day to day running of his life including but not limited to all tasks below
- Management/administration/maintenance of his high tech home
- Liaising with security/concierge, interior designers and contractors
- Checking level of stocks in his home
- Diary management and reminders for birthdays / anniversaries
- Organising gifts
- Organising travel
- Communication with and tasks for both his partner and his family
- Liaising with accountant
- Booking reservations
- Doctor/dentist appointments and health claims
- All purchases and returns/dry cleaning/general errands
- Working as part of a team with his engineers using various productivity apps and programmes
Manager of Business Affairs
Spinefarm
Remote
05.2021 - Current
- Preparing contracts (artwork, photographer, producer & mixer, video, tour support)
- Liaising with A&R and marketing to ensure paperwork is complete in respect of Spinefarm artist album releases
- Looking after advances for artists and paymens for A&R costs
- Liaising with finance in terms of budgeting across the roster
- Laising with artists and managers in terms of paperwork, invoicing, advance payments and tour support requests
PA
Fiction Records / Virgin (Universal Music Group)
Remote
08.2019 - Current
- Jim Chancellor & Michael Roe (Fiction & Virgin Records)
- Diary management
- Travel
- Booking restaurants
- Liaising with artists and managers and the labe team
Personal Assistant
Snow Patrol
London
01.2007 - 05.2022
- PA to all five band members
- Booking travel for band, partners and their families and applying for visas
- Diary management
- Regular contact with tour manager, management, lawyer, accountant, record label, publisher, booking agent & promoters
- Dealing with banking, health insurance claims
- Looking after charitable donations
- Organising events
- Organising guest lists and looking after family members and VIP guests at shows
- Remembering special dates (ie birthdays, anniversaries) and organising gifts
- Responsible for all aspects of their homes, cars, wives, girlfriends and families
- Management of a property they owned that was let to tenants
- Assisting with the band's publishing company including seeking new signings
- Updating band website and socials
- Seeking artist endorsements
PA & Label Co-ordinator
Polydor Records (Universal Music Group)
Chiswick / Kensington
01.2003 - 01.2007
- PA to Jim Chancellor & Label Co-Ordinator for Fiction Records
- General day to day PA duties - diary management and travel
- Coordinating with A&R, Marketing, Press, Promo, Legal on all Fiction releases
- Responsible for annual Fiction budget, Fiction website and Facebook page
- Looking after label copy and artwork for all releases and seeing through releases from recording to final master
- Responsible for demo sessions and budgets
- Organising artist travel
- Day to day contact with artists and managers
- Additional assistance for Ian Brown including setting up and running his Myspace and Facebook pages and other assistant duties
- Artists included Snow Patrol, Ian Brown, Elbow, Stephen Fretwell, White Lies, The Maccabees, Kate Nash, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Delays, YCNI:M, The Open, Filthy Dukes
A&R Co-Ordinator
Polydor Records (Universal Music Group)
Kensington
01.1996 - 01.2003
- Organising studios and equipment hire for recording sessions and setting up and managing budgets and processing invoices
- Organising artist and producer travel and accommodation
- Archiving master tapes
- Arranging mastering of all single / album releases in time for deadlines
- Dealing with clearance of musicians for TV performances and videos and invoicing
Legal / Licensing Assistant
PolyGram Records (Universal Records)
Hammersmith
01.1995 - 01.1996
- Drafting and amending with all compilation licensing requests and contracts
- PA to Head of Legal & Business Affairs
PA
Barker & Ralston Advertising
Central London
01.1994 - 01.1995
- PA duties to the Creative Director & the Business Director (also the co-owners of the agency)
- Assisting New Business Director with pitches including putting together presentations to potential clients
- Daily liaison with marketing departments of the agencies clients - Saab, Bass Breweries, Abbey National, Ernest, Becks Beer and Julio Gallo Wines
PA
PolyGram Records (Universal Music Group)
Hammersmith
01.1991 - 01.1994
- Director of Legal & Business Affairs
- PA duties including diary management, taking minutes
- Dealing with litigation
- Drafting and dealing with small contracts for video and spoken word alone
PA
BBC Television
BBC TV Centre, White City
01.1989 - 01.1991
- PA to Head Of Transport Services, Television
- PA duties including diary management, shorthand, taking minutes
- Organising events for the department
- Liaising with suppliers
Education
O'levels - English, Maths, Biology, French, RS
09.1976 - 07.1986
GCSE - Adult Learning - Spanish
/2008 - /2009
500 hour Diploma - Yoga Teacher Training
09.2017 - 03.2020
Skills
- Advanced computer skills
- Clean driving record
- Excel proficiency
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Domestic organisation
- Accurate and detailed
- Celebrity personal assistance
- Verbal communication
- Travel bookings
- Fast learning
- Diary management
- Anticipation planning
- Self-directed
Timeline
Personal Assistant - Musician / Singer-Songwriter / Producer
06.2022 - Current
Manager of Business Affairs - Spinefarm
05.2021 - Current
PA - Fiction Records / Virgin (Universal Music Group)
08.2019 - Current
British Wheel of Yoga - 500 hour Diploma, Yoga Teacher Training
09.2017 - 03.2020
Personal Assistant - Snow Patrol
01.2007 - 05.2022
PA & Label Co-ordinator - Polydor Records (Universal Music Group)
01.2003 - 01.2007
A&R Co-Ordinator - Polydor Records (Universal Music Group)
01.1996 - 01.2003
Legal / Licensing Assistant - PolyGram Records (Universal Records)
01.1995 - 01.1996
PA - Barker & Ralston Advertising
01.1994 - 01.1995
PA - PolyGram Records (Universal Music Group)
01.1991 - 01.1994
PA - BBC Television
01.1989 - 01.1991
Notting Hill & Ealing High School - O'levels, English, Maths, Biology, French, RS
09.1976 - 07.1986
Kensington & Chelsea Adult College - GCSE - Adult Learning, Spanish
/2008 - /2009
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