Simon Gray

A creative and innovative Administrative Assistant that brings ideas to life, by using communication, building relationships, and imagination. Diversified skills include team management, administrative skills, and event management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Administrative Assistant – BGC Engineering 10th August 2020 – Present

• Create a fun working environment that represents the company’s culture.
• Plan and coordinate the logistics, for small and large-scale events, internally and externally. Including the company’s AGM; Summer BBQ, conferences/ workshops, and social events.
• Build and maintain relationships with vendors.
• Review; develop, and implement, protocols and processes to streamline efficiencies.
• Administrative duties; tracking of budgets and creating reports.
• Design and create content for events/projects, social media, and the website.
• Prepare meeting rooms and setup up audio-video equipment.
• Schedule internal and external training courses for staff.
• Supporting Office Managers with office coordination responsibilities.
• Maintaining office organization, office equipment, and supplies inventory.
• Researching, and ordering products for BGC swag products.

Manager – Paperchase, Hudson’s Bay Company 31st October 2017 – 7th August 2020

• Oversaw the daily operation of multiple Paperchase stores in Canada.
• Achieved sales operational objectives by contributing regional sales information and recommendations to strategic plans. • Ensured a high level of customer satisfaction through excellent service.
• Met sales goals by training, motivating, mentoring, and providing feedback to employees.
• Administrative duties, including scheduling staff, writing sales, and trending reports and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.
• Planned and coordinated logistics, for events in-store.
• Creative problem-solving and innovating new ways to increase sales and meet targets.
• Designed and created promotional content.

Senior Advisor for AppleCare - Teleperformance 21st September 2016 – 19th July 2017

• Resolved customers’ issues in a clear, courteous, and straightforward manner.
• Met and exceeded company sales and productivity goals.
• Motivated, mentored, and trained, team members.
• Conducted research to address customers’ concerns.

Art Coordinator - Ormiston Bushfield Academy 1st November 2013 – 31st August 2016

• Planned and taught art lessons (students aged 11 to 18 years old).
• Motivated and encouraged pupils with low self-esteem.
• Developed relationships with vendors and local companies.
• Planned and coordinated logistics for events and projects.
• Designed and created content for social media and website.
• Administrative duties, ordering stock and equipment for the department.
• Ran awards for The Duke Edinburgh Award, The World Challenge Award.

Project Leader - Addaction Sheffield Drug & Alcohol Rehab 8th October 2012 – 23rd June 2013

City Operation Team Leader - LOCOG – London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics 2012 16th July 2012 – 9th September 2012

BA, Contemporary Fine Arts

Sheffield Hallam University (2010 – 2013