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Shelley Maxwell

Shelley Maxwell

Addlestone,Surrey

Summary

An incredibly personable, professional, hardworking and self-motivated individual. Who loves to be organised and support others. Considered kind and caring and will always go the extra mile .

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work history

Art Consultant

Clarendon Fine Art
Cobham, Surrey
06.2022 - Current
  • Art dealing, sourcing and selling fine art and building client relationships
  • Supporting retail team
  • General admin
  • Data inputting and using CRM systems and selling systems
  • Handling monies and doing AML checks
  • Hosting artist touring events and exhibitions
  • Gallery hanging, packing and providing home appointments and delivery.

Personal Assistant

UHNWI
Richmond, Richmond upon Thames
08.2022 - 06.2023
  • Responsible for diary management of Principal's daily life, work and travel
  • Booking and liaising with Private Jet Companies also organising Chauffeurs for Farnborough Airport
  • Booking all personal appointments, doctors, massage, hair and beauty for Principal and her family
  • Purchasing shopping, collecting shopping and tracking orders and refunds
  • Accompanying Principal on shopping trips, fashion launches and events
  • Managing and organising Principal's wardrobe including styling and arranging dry-cleaning/liaising with Head Housekeeper
  • Managing and organising Principal's jewellery collection and designer handbag collection
  • Driving Principles cars
  • Responsible for dogs medication, vet visits and paying and organising dog walkers
  • Reading and responding to all Principal's emails
  • Liaising with international property management, and letting and estate agents of international property
  • Paying all household bills and bills for other properties
  • Incharge of safe/passwords/keys and having own debit and credit card from Principle, as well as handling cash flow
  • Liaising with Chef for events and dinners
  • Managing payroll for household staff and organising and paying external trades people
  • Assisting in household recruitment
  • Diary Management of household staff, including Chauffeur and Housekeepers
  • Liaising with Hong Kong office and other PA's
  • Teaching Yoga to family members and Principal

Membership Manager & Yoga Teacher

SÒPERS HOUSE
Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
02.2022 - 07.2022

Short contract to help family friend

  • Responsible for Membership for newly opened Club
  • Management and administration of membership database, implementing CRM and Marketing systems with HubSpot
  • Promoting high levels of customer service, responding to any enquiries and complaints via email and phone and in person with grace and professionalism
  • Resolving any issues with customer complaints to ensure members satisfaction and retention
  • Working as a team with all departments to uphold a positive customer experience and reputation
  • Event and social calendar planning
  • Organising meetings and Ladies Networking Events.
  • Overseeing Marketing Intern, social media accounts, weekly planning creative posts.

Membership and Guest Experience Manager

Fairmont Windsor Park Hotel, Spa & Wellness
Englefield Green, Surrey
01.2021 - 02.2022

Spa & Wellness PRE-OPENING

  • Responsible for management and administration of Membership database, including driving membership sales to exceed budget and achieve membership capacity and improving retention
  • Responsible for ensuring all guests and members experience outstanding customer service
  • Looking after high-profile clients and members
  • Responsible for attracting new members to hotel, delivering and maintaining luxury membership offering and guest experience
  • Educating team on guest/member profiles and preferences to ensure exceptional and anticipatory guest service and care
  • Responsible for planning and organising Member Events pre (and post) opening and Members Social Calendar
  • Acting as Duty Manager to oversee daily operational running of spa, including all treatment, front of house and leisure areas
  • Ambassador for spa, creating relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and representing the values of the Fairmont brand, including maintaining a professional appearance
  • Maintaining a full and detailed knowledge of all aspects of membership, treatments, spa therapy, and the facility
  • Providing training and communication to wellness team, spa concierge/reservation teams and greater hotel when necessary on any updates regarding members' profiles
  • Working alongside Spa Director.

Health and Tennis Membership Manager & Yoga Teacher

Stoke Park Hotel and Country Club
Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire
02.2017 - 10.2020
  • Management of Health and Tennis Membership Sales team of four
  • Ensuring my team demonstrate high levels of customer service and motivating team to achieve set targets both project based and financial
  • Setting team targets
  • Act and data inputting
  • Handling large quantities of money
  • Entertaining clients at events such as “The Boodles Tennis”
  • Hosting Ladies luncheons and events
  • Representing Stoke Park at The Bobby Moore Club (Wembley Stadium)
  • Dealing with retention, whilst promoting high levels of customer service.
  • Producing weekly reports
  • Dealing on the phone and face to face with members and membership enquiries and complaints
  • Looking after high-profile members and working alongside PR department with magazine shoots and movie production
  • Assisting PR department with social media accounts
  • Assisting Financial department, checking members status and billing procedures
  • Chasing renewal monies
  • Representing Stoke Park at networking events and open evenings
  • Organising and hosting new members nights
  • Running yoga retreats to Antigua annually with Members- Freelance Yoga Teacher.

Yoga Teacher

Beaverbrook Hotel
Leatherhead, Surrey
01.2018 - 09.2020

Yoga Teacher

Ride! Studio
Cobham, Surrey
01.2018 - 03.2020

Private Shopping Consultant

Harvey Nichols
Knightsbridge, City of Westminster
02.2015 - 02.2017
  • Assigned Personal Assistant to Chairman's wife on her visits
  • Out of hours Lady in Waiting duties and accompanying Chairman's wife while travelling
  • Stylist to Chairman, his wife and his family
  • Assisting with daily requests for Chairman's wife in external stores, liaising with Managers and Buyers from Fendi, Miu Miu, Dior, Hermes, Gucci and Dolce and Gabbana
  • Primarily styling and selling for Harvey Nichols stores
  • Working as a team in Private Shopping towards monthly sales targets
  • Direct Exporting products and general admin
  • Handling large quantities of money
  • Working as a team with all departments including security
  • Collecting by hand high value jewellery and exotic skin handbags from external stores
  • Assisting and styling Arabian and British Royals, where privacy and confidentiality was essential
  • Working outside of opening hours
  • Attending fashion shows and brand training in store and in London and Europe seasonally
  • Covering reception, booking appointments and couriers, meeting and greeting all clients
  • Social networking and attending events in and out of store
  • Hosting events and accompanying clients to events.

Personal Assistant and Global Travel Companion

UHNWI
Chelsea, Royal Kensington and Chelsea
08.2008 - 02.2015
  • Travel Companion to Principal
  • Diary Management of Principal's private diary, including his young children on split custody
  • Looking after children (when not at school) in the time he has them, from school runs to bedtimes
  • Working as a team with household staff, housekeepers and groundsman as well as Business PA's and ex wife PA
  • Attending Chelsea FC home and away games and occasionally flying with the team
  • Looking after son on football and motor racing and ski trips
  • Attending and hosting events
  • Overseeing running of ski chalet in Courchevel
  • Extensive international travel between USA offices and UK
  • Accompanying Principal to many motor races on race calendar annually
  • Looking after a team of engineers at Le Mans while they work 24 hour shifts
  • Running a stables at Principal's home and caring for horses, alpacas and dogs.

Membership Consultant

Stoke Park Hotel and Country Club
Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire
10.2007 - 02.2011
  • Selling Membership to “Britain's First Country Club'
  • Meeting and Greeting and looking after high-profile members.

Senior Membership Advisor

Bushy Country Club
Bushey, Hertfordshire
06.2006 - 10.2007

Personal Trainer and Nanny

Private Family
Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
09.2004 - 06.2006

Membership Sales Consultant

Esporta Health Club
Chigwell, Essex
07.2003 - 09.2004

Nanny

Private Family
07.2002 - 07.2003

Nanny

Travelling
12.2001 - 07.2002
  • America and Canada.

Sales Administrator

Visualeyes Digital Imaging
Covent Garden, London
06.2001 - 12.2001

Admin

Freedom Fashion Recruitment
, City of London
01.2001 - 06.2001

Assistant Manager

Karen Millen
Guildford, Surrey
02.1998 - 10.1999

Education

Foundation Degree in Visual Communications -

American Intercontinental University
2000

A-Levels -

Tomlinscote Sixth Form College
1997

GCSEs -

Tomlinscote Language College
1995

Interests

2005 Gym Instructor, Master Trainer Personal Trainer, 2016 Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher 200 hours, 2017 Advanced Vinyasa and Yin Yoga 100 hour, 2017 Yoga People Mandala Flow 50 hours, 2019 300 hours Beyond Bryce Yoga Teacher training, Restorative, Nidra, Thai Massage and Acro Yoga, Rocket and Children's Yoga.

Horse Riding my two Arabian horses.

Art and photography.

Lover of Fashion.

Timeline

Personal Assistant

UHNWI
08.2022 - 06.2023

Art Consultant

Clarendon Fine Art
06.2022 - Current

Membership Manager & Yoga Teacher

SÒPERS HOUSE
02.2022 - 07.2022

Membership and Guest Experience Manager

Fairmont Windsor Park Hotel, Spa & Wellness
01.2021 - 02.2022

Yoga Teacher

Beaverbrook Hotel
01.2018 - 09.2020

Yoga Teacher

Ride! Studio
01.2018 - 03.2020

Health and Tennis Membership Manager & Yoga Teacher

Stoke Park Hotel and Country Club
02.2017 - 10.2020

Private Shopping Consultant

Harvey Nichols
02.2015 - 02.2017

Personal Assistant and Global Travel Companion

UHNWI
08.2008 - 02.2015

Membership Consultant

Stoke Park Hotel and Country Club
10.2007 - 02.2011

Senior Membership Advisor

Bushy Country Club
06.2006 - 10.2007

Personal Trainer and Nanny

Private Family
09.2004 - 06.2006

Membership Sales Consultant

Esporta Health Club
07.2003 - 09.2004

Nanny

Private Family
07.2002 - 07.2003

Nanny

Travelling
12.2001 - 07.2002

Sales Administrator

Visualeyes Digital Imaging
06.2001 - 12.2001

Admin

Freedom Fashion Recruitment
01.2001 - 06.2001

Assistant Manager

Karen Millen
02.1998 - 10.1999

Foundation Degree in Visual Communications -

American Intercontinental University

A-Levels -

Tomlinscote Sixth Form College

GCSEs -

Tomlinscote Language College
Shelley Maxwell