Tell us about your role at VC Innovations – what do you actually do, and what’s the best part of it?
As a VIP Audience Executive, my role involves supporting the senior client success manager to curate our Hosted Meetings Programme. I am there to support the Hosted Meetings Applicants through every step of the process- from initial emails and calls, to creating intent maps, to overseeing the event and lastly collecting feedback from the programme. Day to day, I am communicating with applicants and potential applicants, on the phone, in meetings or via email.
What’s one unexpected skill (or completely random talent) you have that helps you at work?
Emotional intelligence. Whether I’m talking to applicants in meetings, sending emails or making phone calls, knowing when to dial up the energy or tone things down is surprisingly useful. It’s not in the job description, but it helps to avoid many awkward silences in meetings.
Explain ‘What VC Innovations does?’ – in 15 words or less.
Caffeine-fueled game-changing decisions.
If you could swap jobs with anyone in the company for a day, who would it be and why?
Victor, CEO. I think as well as gaining a whole new perspective on the company, it would be really interesting to see how his time and responsibility is managed.
Would you describe yourself as an AI expert, dabbler, or Sceptic?
The key is balancing healthy caution with curiosity – AI.
AI + Me: How do you use AI in your role?
I use AI for certain parts of my role – in particular when framing the intent map for the Hosted Meetings Programme. It allows me to condense a large amount of information into a summarised format I wish to use; saving lots of time in the long run, however, I will always edit final results for fear of sounding too robotic and impersonal.
Biggest win, biggest lesson, or funniest career fail – what’s something that’s shaped how you work today?
I have an art degree I didn’t think I’d be able to use within this role, but it turns out, it’s been one of my greatest assets. Learning how to bring creativity into spaces that aren’t traditionally “creative” is proof that storytelling and seeing things from a different angle go a long way, even in the most unexpected industries.