Samantha Lee

- Negotiated commercial filming contracts and planned schedules to ensure smooth operations.
- Managed client relationships with producers and location managers, delivering projects on time and within budget.
- Compiled reports to track income generation and provide insights on business performance.
- Handled logistical details for commercial filming, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.

- Handling and recording commercial filming enquiries and conducting recces and site visits.

- Benchmarking fees against heritage peers and similar venues.

- Maintaining databases of contacts, converted productions and potential leads.

- Attending networking and industry events around the country with reciprocal visits to other venues to share knowledge and form alliances.

- Hosting networking events with industry experts.

- Controlling income and expenditure in line with IWMs financial procedures.

- Heading stakeholder working groups for large scale productions and cascading information to relevant parties on a regular schedule.

- Formulating event action sheets with essential timings and information.

- Raising Invoices and purchase orders using D365 financial system

- Issuing tasks for logistics and event delivery teams

- Liaising with contracted traffic management and security services

- Designated I/C point of contact on prep, shoot and strike days

- Working unusual hours and on occasion delivering night shoots

- Delivering projects from start to finish, on time and in budget

- Income generation of just under £500,000 net for commercial filming 2020 - present

- Mentoring colleagues

- Working well under pressure, evaluating problems and implementing solutions and fixes as they arise

- Hands on, demonstrating a willingness to help whenever and wherever needed

• Providing administrative support as needed, contributing towards the smooth operation of office duties related to event planning
• Assisting in delivering commercial film shoots
• Creating and circulating trader packs for air show traders
• Securing trader bookings
• Managing trader database
• Delivering event logistics
• Delivering small events such as car clubs and car shows