{"id":2272,"date":"2019-09-11T12:05:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T11:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectsimply.com\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2020-02-03T22:38:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T22:38:32","slug":"the-lowdown-meet-michelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectsimply.com\/the-lowdown-meet-michelle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lowdown – Meet Michelle"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’m the Ops Director here.<\/p>\n
I started out working in fashion, designing & producing collections and also ran fashion workshops for kids in Manchester – lots of fun! Somewhere along the way took a job as a part-time office manager for a small games company in Macclesfield. I grew with that company as we expanded our offer and team from 4 of us to 25+.<\/p>\n
I left that role after over 6 years as the Managing Director, and then went on to be Operations Director on the board of a large full service creative agency in Manchester. I met loads of brilliant people in both roles and learned everything I know from them, and the experiences I had on the way.<\/p>\n
It’s always great to work on brand projects with clients that you’ve built a great rapport with – shared trust, good communication and understanding makes a huge difference to the creative that is produced.<\/p>\n
I did enjoy MAC cosmetics as client to be honest, free makeup in an office full of hairy developers; I really cleaned up there…<\/p>\n
I’d say from starting out as an Office Manager, doing literally everything from P&L forecasts, business plans, awkward HR meetings, washing the dishes and paying the rent cheques – I just got things done and if I didn’t know how to do it I’d ask or work it out.<\/p>\n
I got an insight into every area of the business from the bottom up. I watched things fail, watched things succeed and learnt from it all, soaking up every bit of advice I was given.\u00a0 I’d say listen to your instincts, don’t be scared to speak up whatever level you are at – there is no such thing as a stupid question.<\/p>\n