Nika Bharadia

I am an experienced Personal Assistant with a track record of providing progressive, discrete, and confidential high-level operational and support services and with proven expertise in the entertainment and UHNW sectors.

I am a resourceful and conscientious self-starter with an industrious work ethic targeted at delivering results-driven assistance. I pride myself on being an organised client-centric and commercially-astute problem-solver with a keen eye for detail and with the experience and ability to deliver optimal solutions within highly-pressurised timescales, used to taking the initiative to tackle complex problems and to working autonomously as well as within a collaborative team framework.

I possess excellent personal and team organisation, negotiation and multi-tasking skills in complex and demanding scenarios and an unparalleled ability to communicate at all levels to understand individuals’ needs and objectives and manage their expectations.

Specialities: Schedule Management, Travel Planning, Event & Meeting Planning, Business Administration, Project Management, Social Media, Report Production, Property Management, Office Operations

Maternity Leave Oct 2021 – May 2022

Dawood Hercules – Executive Assistant to Vice Chairman Mar 2021 – Sep 2021

• Joined the firm working in a fully remote role, working across multiply time zones
• Manage very busy travel schedules, taking into consideration restrictions with Covid-19
• Build and manage relationships with clients such as WEF, Prince’s Trust and SETI Institute
• Collaborate with Executives, Board Members and employees across the wider Group
• Conduct research, analysis and reporting of data to assist with presentations
• Arrange meetings with Global Business Leaders, Diplomats, Government officials, Royalty and Think Tanks
• Manage the calendar of the Vice Chairman, organising meetings, events and engagements, accompanying when required and taking minutes in meetings
• Handle all correspondence, communications, invoicing, filing, administration etc.

Maternity Leave Jun 2019 – Mar 2021

George Fenton, Mayfair, London – Personal Assistant Mar 2017 – Jun 2019

• Provided full administrative support to award-winning film music composer including handling correspondence, co-ordinating very busy diary, organising travel arrangements and arranging meetings
• Liaised with professionals including concert producers, festival organisers, journalists, publishers, accountants, builders and architects
• Organised international travel including transport, visas, hotels and travel itineraries as required
• Maintained records of air miles, travel insurance and other schemes
• Prepared purchase orders and invoices
• Handled ad hoc administrative queries and supported various team projects
• Composed and prepared letters, memorandums, presentations and other documents
• Responsible for full office management including photocopying, binding, filing, archiving, arranging couriers and placing stationery orders

Synergetic Management, Mayfair, London – Personal Assistant Mar 2015 – Feb 2017

• Following a year’s sabbatical, recruited to manage day-to-day requirements of UHNW family
• Responsible for full diary management including organising business meetings and booking restaurants, theatre tickets and personal appointments
• Made all travel arrangements, organising cars, flights, hotels, private aircraft and security
• Liaised with lawyers, accountants and doctors and organised private school applications
• Managed properties in London, paying bills, setting up new accounts and direct debits and coordinating tenancies
• Organised art collection inventory and arranged private parties for ~100 people
• Prepared letters, presentations, reports and managed email accounts
• Responsible for smooth office operations including maintenance of team holiday records, sickness absence and timesheets and processing expense reports for company credit cards
• Prepared and managed budgets for photoshoots, recording and releasing of EP and music video filming
• Liaised with international household staff to prepare homes for guests
• Researched and hired new nannies, stylist, hair and makeup artists

Viacom International Media Networks, Camden Town, London – Language Operations Supervisor Jan 2013 – May 2014

• Collaborated with the Compliance and Legal department while working on launch of MTV Russia to ensure that revised material contained clean/legal content for Eastern Europe territories
• Executed creative solutions to achieve goals
• Worked closely with media desk to ensure timely delivery of all video proxies and split audio tracks needed for dubbing and v/o process
• Assisted with and contributed to department development and growth
• Responsible for QA of subtitled content prior to transmission
• Liaised with internal contacts and clients to ensure best practice and efficiencies
• Project managed third-party vendor workflows, ensuring clarity of all relevant information regarding delivery and versioning timelines together with achievability by relevant teams

Discovery Networks Europe, Chiswick, London – Operations Coordinator, EMEA May 2008 – Jan 2013

• Provided service and material delivery for regional planners with responsibility for organising languaging across 8 of Discovery’s most complex EMEA feeds
• Raised purchase orders for language customisation, tracking and checking invoices
• Delivered quality service in highly-pressured environment while meeting all deadlines for transmission
• Presented to Senior Management level to raise profile of department
• Attended fortnightly meeting with Production teams and provided reports to ensure material delivery on schedule and fed into Team Leaders
• Negotiated delivery dates of highly-promotable programmes with internal departments and external vendors

PREVIOUS ROLES:

Hit Entertainment, London – Foreign Language Dubbing Coordinator (contract) Nov 2007 – May 2008

Rainbow Post Production, London – Receptionist Jan 2007 – Oct 2007

Monkey Kingdom Production, London – Production Secretary, “Trapped by my Twin” (Channel 4) Sept 2006 – Dec 2006

Higher School of International Relations, Gdynia, Poland 2002 – 2005

Major in Diplomacy, Politics & Economics

Professional Training:

• Compliance and Legal aspects of Russian TV Law, Presentation Skills, Time Management, Business Writing

IT Skills:

• G-suite, MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), iMovie, Zoom, Teams