1. Charlie Kay
char.kay@icloud.com
Address: Silcherweg 54, 72827, Wannweil, Germany
Age: 37 (28/10/1978) – Married
Tel: 01575 911 6930
Career Objective
I am an experienced talent, recruitment and events professional. I am looking to further my career and develop my skills in
a challenging environment.
Personal Summary
I have high standards and strong work ethics. Some of my strongest attributes include sourcing the right people for
businesses and building teams that last and are remembered.
Work Experience
thefield : Talent Manager 2010 – 2014
• Planning and implementing campaigns with structure and substance.
• Produce and supply staff briefs.
• Distinguish and lead a level of quality control across all campaigns.
• Develop and build on post activity feedback.
• Manage staff interview processes and castings.
• Plan and issue travel and logistics of staff.
• Manage all aspects of staff invoicing procedure.
• Manage staff database/pool.
• Deliver training and briefing sessions to a quality way of working.
• Site visit live campaigns and continue to improve staffing relationships.
• Create campaign timelines and maintain staffing messages.
• Create staff interview/casting procedures.
• Own and manage best practice procedures. Maintained BP knowledge throughout all new in-house staff members
and continue to communicate company work ethics internally.
thefield Achievements:

2. • Creating a bespoke team for a unique, award winning brand. The guitarists for Rocksmith were so passionate and
engaging that the client went on to using them as national brand ambassadors for their UK wide, 2012 & 2013
experiential and media & advertising campaign.
• Created an in-house best practise guide that allowed new personnel the opportunity to learn company ethics and
absorb company way of thinking. This guide and its accompanying training helped protect the agency.
• Created a three- fold recruitment process for our company database/pool. This process ensures we only recruit the
highest quality professionals.
• Successfully planned and managed two annual staff intakes nationwide, interviewing over 500 people.
Freelance: Events Manager Jan 09 – Oct 2010
Managing experiential roadshows and campaigns for o2, Nestle, Blackberry, Terry’s, Tesco’s, Lipton and more.
National Barbecue Association: Operations Manager Nov 08 – Nov 09
Directed a 6 month long experiential campaign, including sponsor activation, campaign timeline and schedule. Source
experiential agency, recruit in-house team, head up campaign production and manage two experiential teams throughout
campaign.
Sensible Wine Services : Operations Manager Nov 07 – Nov 08
A total of 8 years with Sensible wine services. Moving from warehouse assistant through warehouse manager to roadshow
manager onto senior events manager before being made Operations manager. I managed live events, up to 80 strong crew,
both on trade and off. My experience with sensible allowed me to have full confidence managing large amount of staff,
running and planning live events of all sizes.
Gaps
Kay Window Cleaning: Window Cleaner May 2014 – Aug 2015
In a short time I built my business from scratch. A big change from events and recruitment. I needed to challenge myself.
Due to family circumstances, I needed to be in a position where I could manage my time. As a small business owner and
newly wed I have learnt many new skills and shown my versatility and capableness.
Education
• Mid Kent College – City Way: Customer Service & Business Psychology - NVQ level 2 - 1996 & 1997
• Mid Kent College – City Way: Leisure & Tourism GNVQ level 3 – 1995 & 1996
• Howard Grammar/High School – 7 GCSE’s & City & Guilds in Business Studies –1990 – 1995
Personal Interests
I enjoy reading daily, painting, drawing and building using recycled wood. As one of Jehovah’s witnesses I volunteer much
of my time to teaching and helping others.