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Sofia Stavrou

Sofia Stavrou

Loudwater

Summary

Highly motivated Senior Account Manager offering a comprehensive background in Marketing, customer-facing roles, and strategic planning. Dedicated, hard worker with the flexibility to tackle any situation that arises. I pride myself on being a team player, building strong relationships, and providing support to people who need it. I am a confident, polite, organised, and personable individual who adapts quickly to any situation. I enjoy working with people and am always looking to learn new skills and/or take on new challenges.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
2012
2012
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Senior Account Manager

Hunter Design
Windsor , Berkshire
07.2022 - Current
  • Develop comprehensive cost proposals and manage forecasting figures
  • Create detailed briefs for studio teams to ensure project alignment
  • Conduct client calls and maintain consistent client liaison
  • Build and nurture strong client relationships
  • Attend creative pitches and deliver persuasive presentations
  • Collaborate directly with the executive chairman across multiple projects
  • Coordinate effectively with creatives, artworkers, and strategy teams
  • Cultivate strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Maintain meticulous daily timesheets for accurate project and budget tracking
  • Process client amendments, perform quality checks, and guide studio teams
  • Analyse floorplans and liaise with clients' technical teams
  • Manage diverse marketing deliverables including hoarding, brochures, print materials, websites, and social media assets

Account Executive/Interim Studio Manager

Fluro Ltd
01.2021 - 07.2022
  • Worked with all three ‘pods' in the client services team on a variety of projects for different accounts/clients
  • Managing client expectations, solving any problems, and making sure deadlines are met
  • Booking jobs in from the client services team for the studio team, prioritising big projects, and making sure projects are delivered in time for client needs
  • Managing the studio workload on a day-to-day basis
  • Writing briefs to ensure the creative team understands the client's work
  • Monitoring work progress from the studio, and keeping in contact with clients at all stages
  • Prioritising workload
  • Retaining existing clients through strategic service, excellent results, and successful work
  • Client invoicing / Client quotes
  • Meeting clients to discuss their creative needs

Marketing Executive

Key Surgical UK
08.2020 - 12.2020
  • Company Overview: (Contract)
  • Establishing a product structure for the UK and Germany
  • Collating all product information for the UK and Germany
  • Content creation for catalogues and leaflets
  • Website review – Analysing, images, descriptions, and all products
  • Outcome of the project was to have a complete product bible, for both UK and EU markets
  • (Contract)

Marketing Executive

Avery UK
03.2019 - 07.2020
  • Digital
  • Distribution and performance analysis of the monthly newsletter
  • SEO and Keyword analysis across UK products
  • Creation and delivery of product content across all UK digital spaces
  • Ownership and allocation of all UK product imagery
  • Identifying growth opportunities on Amazon
  • Writing content for social media, Web, and product attributes
  • Uploading articles to the core website
  • Trade Marketing
  • Main point of contact for digital agencies
  • Working on Marketing campaigns, from brief to delivery
  • Collaboration with sales, supply chain and marketing agencies to ensure smooth running of any marketing activities
  • Presenting Marketing annual plan to the commercial team
  • Producing the annual catalogue, maintaining strict budgets and minimal amends
  • Proof reading customer catalogue pages and digital marketing as well as checking brand guidelines
  • Management of sample pack, inbox flyer and other marketing collateral requirements
  • Budget handling for Trade Marketing, office supplies and facilities
  • Attending customer meetings and building relationships to utilise annual Marketing plan
  • Events
  • Logistical management of Global and European marketing meetings; booking the venue, accommodation, and travel for all attendees
  • Organising the agenda alongside the Marketing Director, and ensuring representation by each country throughout the day
  • Assisting the Managing director with admin; including hotel bookings, lunches, global meeting organisation, transport, fun activities
  • Attending trade shows to demonstrate Avery products with an aim to increase trade customers
  • Organisation of all sales materials needed for the event, including commissioning the graphic design, printing, stand concept and stand build
  • Negotiated contracts with hospitality vendors

Marketing Assistant

Avery UK
04.2016 - 03.2019
  • Web content creation for our website and customers
  • Distribution and performance recording of regular newsletter
  • New product development support for product managers
  • Co-coordinating key internal/external meetings
  • Briefing agencies on numerous Marketing collateral
  • Managed complete database of all files, contacts, and project materials
  • Coordinated with vendors to complete projects according to schedule and specifications
  • Developed and oversaw internal and external events

Customer Service Representative

Avery UK
01.2016 - 04.2016
  • Handling customer calls and queries, invoices, updating key management spreadsheets
  • Responding to customer service emails, making sure customers received the best service
  • Worked alongside the marketing team helping with a wide range of tasks and projects
  • Interacted with customers via email and over the phone to expedite orders
  • Responsible for handling customer account inquiries, accurately providing information to resolve product/service complaints and guarantee customer satisfaction

Education

GCSE - GCSE

The Beaconsfield School

B-Tec - Social Media Course

The Henley College

Skills

  • Budget management
  • Time management
  • People
  • iOS and MAC OS X proficiency


Affiliations

  • Crafting
  • Socialising
  • Puzzles
  • Making Cards
  • Nails

Timeline

Senior Account Manager

Hunter Design
07.2022 - Current

Account Executive/Interim Studio Manager

Fluro Ltd
01.2021 - 07.2022

Marketing Executive

Key Surgical UK
08.2020 - 12.2020

Marketing Executive

Avery UK
03.2019 - 07.2020

Marketing Assistant

Avery UK
04.2016 - 03.2019

Customer Service Representative

Avery UK
01.2016 - 04.2016

B-Tec - Social Media Course

The Henley College

GCSE - GCSE

The Beaconsfield School
Sofia Stavrou