Annabel Connell

I am an accomplished client relations and marketing professional who is looking for any type of opportunity to support a change in career to work in the animal welfare sector.
Although I have a degree in Marketing and over 5 years of experience in that industry, it has taken a career break working in Australia for me to realise that I now need to pursue my original passion for working with animals. Ultimately I would like to become a Registered Veterinary Nurse and have already arranged some work experience and taken some online short courses to further prepare me for employment in this area.
My previous career experiences have made me both tenacious and resilient. I value the importance of excellent time management, precision and working towards team goals. I have many additional skills which, I believe, means you will gain a dedicated, self-starter and detail-orientated individual.
Feedback from clients, my team and colleagues has been that my teamwork, amicable and positive personality have made me successful in delivering projects and to developing relationships with people from different backgrounds, ages and social groups. I am convinced that these skills can be adapted to the animal welfare sector to bring about benefits to future employers. 

• Work experience (1 week) arranged at Pinnacle Equine Services in Australia
• Completion of online short courses in animal behaviour, welfare and veterinary options
• Responsible for the successful delivery of a 4-week long project worth £250k which
included managing a team of 12 people.
• Initiated and established a new client facing role targeting revenue of £1.8m
• In a first for the Company, created new market opportunities in Belgium, United Arab
Emirates and Germany.
• Selected for the Buchanan's Young Manager Leadership Programme. Promoted to
Associate Manager within a year at Buchanan.
• Voted ‘Placement of the Year’ out of 14 placement students at SilverDoor Limited.

Manchester Met. University BA(Hons) Marketing Management
• First class honours achieved