Zara Shakir

Zara Shakir  new_releases

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Account Director
London, England, United Kingdom

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Starting at GBP65K/year ~USD87.3K/year

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Résumé


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  • GlobalData
    Account Director (Professional Services)
    GlobalData
    Jan 2021 - Current (4 years 7 months)
    Managing a portfolio of technology transfer offices & research institutes, overall valued at over one
    million pounds
    • Identifying and closing new opportunities within existing client base for additional revenue
    • Delivering presentations to key stakeholders, and ensuring regular touch points with clients to guarantee they're deriving ROI
    • Planning and executing proactive campaigns for upsell opportunities
    • Leading account support functions to ensure client needs are being met
  • GlobalData
    Account Manager (Healthcare)
    GlobalData
    Aug 2019 - Jan 2021 (1 year 6 months)
    Key responsibilities were same as above, however portfolio consisted of a range of healthcare
    companies such as biotech & medical device companies, CRO's and venture capitalist firms

    CURRENT SALES FIGURES
    95% renewal rate managing a portfolio of £1,303,216 (year to date for 2021)
    132% renewal value managing a portfolio of £1,303,216(year to date for 2021)
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    Team Leader/Senior Delegate Acquisition Manager
    Hanson Wade
    Apr 2017 - Aug 2019 (2 years 5 months)
    • Monitoring and managing the performance of a team of sales executives.
    • Identifying key decision makers and influencers within a business, and pursuing them to schedule calls to discuss partnership opportunities
    • Managing a number of high profile and valuable portfolios and events
    • Acquiring market insights for campaign project meetings to help marketing efforts and enable best commercial results possible.
    • Finding new talent for the company and conducting multiple stages of the recruitment
    process.
  • B
    Sales Assistant
    Boots UK
    Sep 2016 - Dec 2016 (4 months)
  • Superdry
    Sales Assistant
    Superdry
    Apr 2015 - Jun 2016 (1 year 3 months)
    WORK EXPERIENCE
  • A
    shadowed a heart surgeon alongside junior doctors
    Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
    Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 (3 months)
    where I would observe a range of surgeries from biopsies to heart transplants and attend consultations.
Education verified_user 0% verified
  • University of Greenwich
    BSc. (honours) Biomedical Science
    University of Greenwich
    Sep 2013 - May 2016 (2 years 9 months)
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    A-levels Biology, Chemistry, Maths & Physics
    Paddington Academy
    Sep 2009 - Jun 2013 (3 years 10 months)
Awards verified_user 0% verified
  • 2
    2nd place for highest percentage to target for the total year, 2018
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    KEY ACHIEVEMENTS & PROJECTS
  • 2
    2:1 BSc. (honours) Biomedical Science
  • a
    a £1million event
  • R
    Responsible for growing and developing the 'Gene Therapy for Rare Disorders' campaign to