Jade Turner
Project Lead
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About
Highly organised and client-focused professional with over five years' experience managing complex, multistakeholder projects from initial brief through to completion. Skilled at building and maintaining client relationships, coordinating teams, producing clear written documentation, and working effectively to tight deadlines across concurrent workstreams. Bilingual in English and Portuguese.
Seeking part-time opportunities that draw on strong organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Experience
Project Lead - The Harris Partnership - Reading
(2022-09)
Managing a portfolio of concurrent client projects from inception through delivery.
- Act as primary point of contact for clients throughout each project: briefing meetings, progress updates, managing expectations, and handling challenging conversations professionally
- Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams of external consultants, contractors, and specialist advisers toward shared deadlines
- Produce detailed written reports, proposals, and formal documentation for submission to regulatory bodies and stakeholders
- Manage competing priorities across multiple active projects simultaneously, maintaining quality and client satisfaction throughout
- Develop practical solutions to complex, site-specific or regulatory constraints - balancing client ambition with realistic delivery
Project & Design Assistant - Various Practices - Barton Willmore / Stantec (Reading); BHP Harwood (Wantage); Absolute Architecture (Newbury)
(2018-01 - 2022-12)
- Supported project delivery across a diverse portfolio of schemes at different scales and stages
- Coordinated with clients, contractors, and third-party consultants on documentation, queries, and programme management
- Prepared reports, technical documentation, and presentations to support project approvals and delivery
- Contributed to concept development and analytical research from project inception
Education
Professional Qualification - ARB/RIBA - The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (2024-01 - 2025-12)
Masters Degree - MArchD - Oxford Brookes University (2019-01 - 2021-12)
Bachelor's Degree - BA Hons - De Montfort University (2015-01 - 2018-12)

