MY CIPP
MY CIP
Tell us a little bit about your career and background so far. I graduated from the University of Hull in 2023, after spending six months abroad in Baltimore, Maryland. Throughout university, I worked in restaurants and comedy clubs but moved back home in the summer of 2023, where I started
Executive, on the production of the Software Directory , prior to securing the role. And although it gave me an insight into the role, I don’t think it was possible to anticipate just how busy it can be. Due to the nature of events and partnerships, we must act quickly and proactively. I wouldn’t change it for the world – anybody and everybody knows I love to be busy – but it was definitely an unexpected element of the role. Outside of work, what are your interests and hobbies? I spend most of my time at concerts or booking tickets for concerts. I went to my first concert, a Girls Aloud show, at what is now the BP Pulse, and ever since then I don’t think I’ve gone a year without one (not counting the Covid years). If I’m not at a show, I’m usually embarking on a world of small towns and murder mysteries in the form of my Kindle. It was a gift for my birthday, and possibly the greatest gift I’ve ever received (apart from the Tickle Me Elmo I got for my second birthday). I also have a junior vinyl collection that I’m always in the process of expanding, and an Americano addiction which would put even the most notorious coffee aficionados to shame. o
need to soar, with targeted and specific means of reaching their ideal audience.
Can you share a moment you’re particularly proud of during your time at CIPP? I don’t know if proud is the right word, but it certainly has an air of irony. In September 2024, I first met Adrian Goddard, our Commercial Director, while on the stand at an external event. Within five minutes of conversation, he had me down as a “natural saleswoman” (his words, not mine). I vehemently denied this. Cut to five months later, and he’s interviewing me for the commercial coordinator position. It was an intense process, and I was a deluge of nervousness and anxiety, with a sprinkle of determination in there too. A day later, I was offered the role. I think that moment, of knowing that I’d achieved such a feat and that I was about to embark on the next step of my career, was certainly a moment that had me beaming. What’s one thing you wish more people knew about working in the commercial side of a professional body? Just how fast paced it can be. I’d worked with Daniel Cull, Commercial Development
out as a fixed-term administrator in the membership department. In
December of that same year, I became the communications coordinator, and remained in the CIPP’s membership department until July 2025, when I began my role as commercial development coordinator, and moved to our commercial team. What are your main priorities as commercial development coordinator? Predominantly, I work with external companies to provide the space and support to communicate their ideas to our wider CIPP community. This ranges from exhibiting at our events such as the Annual Conference and Exhibition and Payroll Services Summit, to sponsoring National Payroll Week, to bespoke content in Professional magazine. My goal is to aid our clients in building the foundation they
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