Stephen Pickering, Principal Consultant

Stephen Pickering

Principal Consultant

Blockdelta

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Marketing
Experience
19 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 1 Months

Principal Consultant at Blockdelta
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2021 to June 2022

Build relationships with potential clients, attending events related to the industry,
signing up new clients
Work with KPI's to proactively improve the recruitment process and performance
while also reducing costs
Handle end-to-end recruitment processes, ensuring smooth and swift transactions
from initial interview to offer.
Establish positive relationships with prospective candidates through networking
and regular communications.
Monitor numerous job applications consecutively, qualifying and shortlisting
responses to improve workflow efficiency.
Attract top candidates using social media networking.
Register new candidates, developing a wide-ranging database to meet client
recruitment needs.
Expertly negotiated salary requirements and finalised arrangements between
client and candidate.
Coach candidates through interview process to secure top roles.
Acquire new clients through market mapping and LinkedIn prospecting.

Senior Sales at Gold Mark Real Estate | Motor City
  • United Arab Emirates
  • February 2019 to September 2021

Source new properties in designated areas for sale within Dubai
• To respond to enquires by qualifying potential buyers and matching them
to suitable properties meeting their requirements.
• Negotiate with buyers and owners to from offer to transfer of properties
sold.
• To recruit new staff within the leasing and sales teams
• Promote the company on all social media channels to attract potential
candidates
• Use broker network to attract new agents to the company
• Conduct interviews both face to face over video conferencing software both
locally and overseas.

Commercial Property Manager at Impact Real Estate | Seef
  • Bahrain
  • January 2019 to May 2019

To recruit staff experienced staff to provide both admin support, property
managements and marketing
• To manage a commercial complex consisting of 26 individual units.
• To meet with the owners on a weekly basis providing updates for all
aspects of the complex
• Source and meet with potential tenants for vacant units
• Work with a range of vendors to provide daily support such as

Real Estate Consultant at Impact Estate I Seef
  • Bahrain
  • June 2017 to January 2019

To oversee the commercial leasing department & manage a large off- plan residential project
To find suitable commercial space/premises for a wide range of commercial clients from all over the GCC
To work closely with the property management team in relation to preparing and negotiating lease terms of for both landlords and new tenants
To manage sales of a large residential project located on Dilmunia Island which consisted of 285 individual apartments
To provide adequate training for sales staff in relation to product knowledge and the sales process required outperform targets
Present to a wide range of clients in relation to investor opportunities.

Sales & Marketing Director at Cookstown Caravans Ltd (T/A Kirkcaldy Caravans)
  • January 2008 to December 2016

Management - Overall management and day to day running of large caravan &
motorhome retail business comprising of workshop, Sales Team, retail outlet and
e-commerce business (staff of 21 people), Revenue of in-excess of £5 million per
annum
• Sales - To maximise sales by delivering exceptional customer service,
management and training of sales staff. Planning and delivery of sales strategy
to achieve monthly and quarterly targets.
• Customer Service - To assist the customer services team regarding difficult
customers or customers who had reoccurring issues
• Marketing - Develop and Implement marketing plan for Scotland and Northern
Ireland. Implement marketing activities in conjunction with sales strategies.
Implement through various channels both online and printed media.
• Recruitment - To recruit for all departments ensuring that successful canditates
had the necessary experience, communication stills and attitude to the fulfil the
desired role.

Marketing and Events Manager at Down District Council I Co. Down I Northern Ireland
  • United Kingdom
  • July 2005 to December 2007

To develop, organise and market a range of high profile events which included
international music festival, highly successful Amateur golf tournament, the
county’s largest Saint Patrick’s Festival, Halloween Festival and smaller festival
when required.
• To work with website design companies on design, functionality and content of
all associated events websites.
• Deliver marketing activity from each plan incorporating printed and online
advertising, PR campaigns, direct mail and mailshots. Marketing plan included
strategies and budget allocation for local, regional and national activities.

Marketing Executive at Sperrin’s Tourism Ltd I Moneymore I Co Tyrone
  • United Kingdom
  • January 2003 to July 2005

Implementation of regional marketing activity strategy across seven local
authorities with total annual budget of over £200, 000
• Deliver marketing plan which included full range of activity based literature, print
and web based advertising, direct mail campaigns, related press and website
development and market research.
• Created engaging marketing materials, driving campaign and brand awareness.
• Evaluated marketing campaigns using key metrics and performance indicators,
enhancing future propositions.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Marketing
  • at University of Stirling
  • January 2001

BA in Marketing from University of Stirling

Specialties & Skills

Marketing
Negotiation
Customer Relations
Team Management
ADVERTISING
BUDGETING
DIRECT MAIL
MARKET PLANNING
MARKETING
PRESS RELEASES
STRATEGIC
WEB SITE PRODUCTION
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
CRYPTOCURRENCY
BLOCKCHAIN

Languages

English
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Golfing
    Have been playing golf since the age of 14 In 2006 won the Ulster Foresomes Championship and played in All Ireland final in Galway In 2007 Captained Fred Daley Club Team In 2008 Captained Junior Cup Club Team In 2008 & 2009 finished runner up in Coca Cola Youths
  • Crypto Currency Trading