Aaron Shellie CV
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This document provides a summary of Aaron Shellie's career experience, education, and skills. It outlines his senior executive experience delivering profitable business growth for leading industry brands. Specifically, it details his roles as Contracts Manager for Secret Escapes, General Manager for Hotel Exclusives, and Sales and Business Executive for HotelStayUK, where he successfully grew accounts, negotiated agreements, and launched products. It also lists his education credentials, including a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in Business Psychology and Advertising from Birmingham City University.
Aaron Shellie CV
- 1. Aaron Shellie 2 Ash Drive, Kimpton Bottom, SG4 8ES Telephone: 07545 987 341 Email: Aaron.Shellie@me.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/aaron-shellie/31/34b/852 Personal Profile: A dedicated and results driven senior executive, with a highly successful track record of delivering profitable business growth.in a challenging and pressured environment. Experienced in working with leading industry brands and with a proven ability to generate volume sales both directly and through online channels. A team player with excellent, communication and negotiation skills, with a flair for managing and motivating internal teams and building client strong relationships. Career Summary: April 2015 – Present Secret Escapes Contracts Manager Focusing on the London Market. (Largest revenue driver of Secret Escapes) Execution and implementation of new and existing projects and product launches. Growing key accounts and successfully increasing gross profit within the London market by 20-25% quarterly. Client liaison day-to-day, focusing on both driving new business and developing existing accounts. (Face to face and telecoms) Managing digital production daily. (web and content) Negotiating contractual agreements daily. Training both current employees and new starters in the art of sales. May 2013 – March 2015 Hotel Exclusives General Manager Development and execution of the retail sales strategy across the UK market, delivering and exceeding sales growth targets with improved business performance.. Successfully developing and implementing a multi-channel solutions strategy. Creating and maintaining professional relationships with Hotel and Travel partners. Playing a pivotal role in the design and development of a variety of leading closed user, flash sales websites. Actively involved in negotiating contractual agreements with partners and clients on an on- going basis. Involved in the recruitment, selection and training of staff members. Coordinating the pitch and scoping process for the selection of staff training and development.
- 2. June 2011 – April 2013 HotelStayUK Sales and Business Executive Fully responsible for the establishment and management of a new business arm specialising in flash sales within the Travel Industry. Selling the brand and developing new business relationships with Hotel managers Negotiating price-points, commission structures whilst procuring an allotment of bedrooms for sale on the platform. Planning and organising successful website product launches and driving the business to break even within year 1 execution. Introducing a range of B2B services to corporate companies worldwide. Jobs over a Student Career: July 2010 – May 2011 Chase Information Technologies Software Training Assistant Word for word voice transcription of telephone conversations. Text was used to aid the learning capability of an Automatic Speech Recognition Engine. July 2009 – May 2011 Squad Security Security Assistant Part of a highly trained security team specialising in new store openings and product launches for high profile clients such as Apple. Securing venues where space was used for filming and creating advertisements in a highly confidential environment. October 2008- January 2009 Abbey Events Sales Executive With an objective to convince large organisations to buy hospitality from the company, sales assistants were to successfully source new B2B leads from various sources whilst working from home. Within the office, leads were to be converted into prospects and effectively transformed into clients. Actively involved in cold calling, pitching to company directors and closing sales. The title ‘Employee of the Year’ was awarded due to achieving the highest level of sales over all staff adjudicated over a 12-month basis.
- 3. Education & Qualifications: September 2010 – September 2013 Birmingham City University Business Psychology and Advertising Student Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree awarded a 2:1. Nominated Student Ambassador for student to staff liaison. September 2002 - July 2008 Berkhamsted Collegiate School Student Awarded 3 A levels within grades A-C Achieved 8 GCSE’s within grades A-C Key Skills: Team management Expert in negotiation and persuasion Account Management Expert in working as part of an SME Team Strong commercial awareness Experience in problem solving Highly self-motivated Effective time management skills Powerful knowledge of Microsoft programmes Cold Calling Numeracy Decision making Hobbies and Interests: Music Travelling Snowboarding Scuba diving Relationship building References are available upon request.