Katie McDowell

• Over 10 years working in the fashion, textiles and creative industries
• 6+ years as Executive Assistant to the Chairman of leading British fashion retailers and Chairman of the British Fashion Council
• Accustomed to dealing with highly confidential matters
• Good communication skills with an articulate phone manner
• Efficient, reliable and trustworthy
• Quick learner, understanding the pressures of deadlines

Secretarial & Business:

• Arranging travel and preparing itineraries
• Book, manage and prepare papers for meetings
• Creating new database, organising & inputting new data
• Create and maintain easy filing systems
• Diary, appointment and time management
• Email administration
• Executive-level secretarial and administration support
• Expense claims, invoicing and chasing payments
• Faxing, scanning, photocopying
• Good understanding of Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Hotel bookings and restaurant reservations
• Internet based research
• Phone-in dictation, copy typing, audio typing
• Reminder service
• Telephone services - message taking and responding
• Venue sourcing and booking
• Word processing and document formatting

Personal:

• Dog walking and pet minding
• Gift ideas, buying and wrapping
• Household organisation and paperwork
• Researching and booking holidays
• Personal errands
• Property minding and organising maintenance

Fees: £25 - £60 an hour depending on the work.