Riley Baker

Project coordination professional with over two years' experience delivering complex international pharmaceutical market research projects from initiation through final reporting. Experienced in coordinating multi-country projects, managing supplier relationships, budgets, schedules and stakeholders while ensuring high-quality delivery to demanding deadlines.

Junior Project Manager - Simpson Carpenter Ltd

(2022-12 - 2025-02)

Delivered more than 15 international qualitative pharmaceutical market research projects across up to seven countries, acting as the central point of coordination between clients, suppliers and internal teams.

• Delivered 15+ international projects with budgets frequently exceeding £100,000.
• Managed relationships with 4–7 suppliers per project and coordinated communication with 15–20 external stakeholders.
• Produced project plans, schedules and Gantt charts using Excel, MS Project and SharePoint.
• Introduced Excel validation and quality assurance processes that improved respondent screening accuracy.
• Managed supplier quotations, cost tracking, invoicing support and financial reconciliations.
• Acted as liaison between researchers and software developers during scoping and testing of an in-house interview platform.
• Prepared client quotations, project documentation and management reports for senior leadership.
• Maintained GDPR compliance across participant data handling and document archiving.

Research Assistant - Simpson Carpenter Ltd

(2022-07 - 2022-11)

Supported international healthcare research projects through interview logistics, documentation and technical setup.

• Maintained participant databases, spreadsheets and GDPR-compliant archives.
• Performed data entry and quality assurance across multiple concurrent projects.

Freelance Data Review Analyst (Contract)

(2026-07)

• Quality-checked more than 250 qualitative interview transcripts.
• Redacted confidential and personally identifiable information in accordance with GDPR.
• Extracted and categorised qualitative information into structured datasets.
• Managed workload independently to meet fixed client deadlines.

Tree Surgeon's Assistant (Part-Time)

(2025-05)

• Supported safe site setup, equipment operation and project logistics.
• Worked effectively in physically demanding environments while maintaining high safety standards.

Publishing & Digital Intern - Guinness World Records

(2018-08)

• Wrote and edited digital content and supported editorial publishing workflows.

BA (Hons) - Linguistics & English Language - University of Kent