Laqueisha Allen

I am an enthusiastic Legal EA/PA, who started their business support career a few years ago while studying at university for a Real Estate degree. With my attention to detail and organisation skills, I soon found a passion in my EA/PA role. I am currently work at a prestigious Law firm based in the heart of Birmingham, this is where I have enormously grown as a PA and expanded on my knowledge within the legal sector.

In my time of studies and work I have gained solid knowledge in Commercial property Law, Contractual Law and Employment Law and I have now been able to develop that even further in my current role supporting Fee Earners and Partners in Commercial property, Employment, Education, and Criminal Defence Law. Being the sole PA supporting such a wide variety of professionals and their specialised practises makes me extremely diverse, it has become almost second nature for me to be able to adapt to different working styles. Due to my confident and outgoing personality, I find it easy to build rapports with people whether that be the professionals I support or the clients I communicate with.

I have worked extremely hard to build my skills and knowledge as a EA/PA so far in my journey, however this is the beginning and I am looking for the opportunity to build and excel my career with my next employment, which is why I am taking a huge step of relocating for the second time in my life as a sign of dedication to my success within my career path.

Legal Executive Assistant 02/23 – Present

Williams Lea – Stone King LLP Law Firm 

• Booking meetings and managing Fee Earners calendars
• Organising and leading meetings with Fee Earners and Clients
• Minute taking
• Working with highly sensitive and confidential data and documents
• Filing documents
• Liaising with clients on behalf of the Fee Earners
• Checking legal document
• Working closely with the Risk and compliance department to ensure documents are completed correctly
• Familiarising myself with the legal field in particular – Criminal defence, Education, Commercial property, Information and Employment Law.

Executive Assistant 07/22 – 02/2023

Lab Forte – Moseley Birmingham

• Organising and attending meeting’s with brands and new business prospects
• Answering and responding to phone calls on the behalf of my director
• Prioritising emails and responding appropriately
• First point of call for all employees and clients
• Keeping on top of invoices, payments, and other financial obligations
• Managing and organising schedules, approving holiday request efficiently
• Building rapports with clients and brands
• Managing a team, putting together contracts for employees
• Social media management, marketing.

Managerial Team 08/21 – 08/22

Voodoo Elite – Birmingham

• Managing and motivating a team
• Completing Sales/stock checks
• Delegating duties/tasks on shift
• Meeting daily targets
• Communicating with club management
• Cashing up and banking end of shift Sales
• Effectively resolving any on shift issues or customer queries
• Maintaining high sales across the board.

HR Administrator 02/21 – 07/22

BMet College Birmingham

• Dealing with day-to-day HR duties and queries
• Maintaining employee records
• Producing contractual documents/letters
• Processing resignations and new starters
• Recruitment for vacancies
• Following strict policies and procedures 
• Assisting with payroll critical information i.e. annual leave, sick days, entitlements
• Tracking and updating internal databases i.e. Maternity, Vacancies, Sickness absences

Sales 04/19 – 09/21

Voodoo Elite – Various locations

• Punctual and always being well presented.
• Friendly, approachable and professional at all times, providing excellent customer service.
• Achieve sales targets – consistently one of the top sellers in the company for 3 years – led to promotion.
• Ability to adapt and build rapports instantly with customers.
• Excellent communication and improvising skills
• Excellent math skills – dealing with large amounts of cash.

Sales Consultant 09/16 - 01/19

Swarovski

• Meet and interact with customers in a sales environment
• Demonstrate advanced product knowledge
• Work under pressure, meeting daily sales targets
• Follow the company’s policies and procedures
• Drive up and maximize sales by trying to ‘up-sell’ on every transaction
• Provide excellent customer service.

Real Estate BSc (Hons)

Birmingham City University

Access to HE

Sheffield College

GCSEs/others: 7 GCSE’s Grades B – C including Maths (C) and English (B)

Forge Valley Community School