Vivien Taylor

Business Development professional with a track record of opening new markets from scratch, converting cold leads into signed contract agreements.

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Teacher and Self-Employed Baker who is now looking to advance her professional career as a salesperson in the UK. Strong cross-cultural communicator, fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, with additional experience in social-media marketing

Business Development / Account Manager - StarRapid

(2020-01 - 2023-12)

• Opened a brand-new market for the business in China from scratch, personally cold-calling every lead with no existing pipeline to build from.
• Won several high-profile client accounts that went on to spend millions of yuan with the business, including DJI, Stryker and other large scale medical companies.
• Trained in lead generation, negotiation, onboarding and ongoing account management.
• Used Salesforce, Outreach and ZoomInfo daily to manage sales pipeline, track outreach and identify new potential business.

Head of Year Group - Ardingly College I.B - Zhongshan, Mainland China

(2024-01 - 2026-12)

• Acted as the primary relationship manager for international families, managing relationships from enrolment through to renewal and building long-term trust.
• Grew class enrollment every year for four consecutive years, driven by proactive relationship building.
• Delivered school facing presentations and hosted bilingual community events, focused on converting new students to our school.
• Organised & Co-ordinated school-wide events within a deadline.
• Taught IB World School lessons to a class of Bilingual Kindergarten Students.

Social Media Manager

(2023-01 - 2025-12)

• Built and grew a social media account for a children's storybook brand to an engaged audience of 16.5k followers and 40k+ likes.
• Created partnerships with industry-related brands to produce product sales alongside videos.
• Learned how to film, edit and create content from scratch without formal training.

Self Employed – Business Owner

(2016-01 - 2020-12)

• Self founded a bespoke baked goods business for customer events and small business clients.
• Designed and delivered baking courses that took clients from zero to owning their own bakery.

Teacher - International CHES Bilingual School - Zhongshan, Mainland China

(2014-01 - 2016-12)

• Delivered the Hong Kong Curriculum and managed family/client liaison outside of school hours.

Teacher - English Training Centre - Zhongshan, Mainland China

(2012-01 - 2014-12)

• Taught Evening English Classes to varied aged students.

Bachelor's Degree - English Language - University of Wuhan