1. Aaron Shellie
2 Ash Drive, Kimpton Bottom, SG4 8ES
Telephone: 07545 987 341
Email: Aaron.Shellie@me.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/aaron-shellie/31/34b/852
Personal Profile:
A dedicated and results driven senior executive, with a highly successful track record of
delivering profitable business growth.in a challenging and pressured environment.
Experienced in working with leading industry brands and with a proven ability to generate
volume sales both directly and through online channels.
A team player with excellent, communication and negotiation skills, with a flair for
managing and motivating internal teams and building client strong relationships.
Career Summary:
April 2015 – Present Secret Escapes
Contracts Manager
Focusing on the London Market. (Largest revenue driver of Secret Escapes)
Execution and implementation of new and existing projects and product launches.
Growing key accounts and successfully increasing gross profit within the London market by
20-25% quarterly.
Client liaison day-to-day, focusing on both driving new business and developing existing
accounts. (Face to face and telecoms)
Managing digital production daily. (web and content)
Negotiating contractual agreements daily.
Training both current employees and new starters in the art of sales.
May 2013 – March 2015 Hotel Exclusives
General Manager
Development and execution of the retail sales strategy across the UK market, delivering and
exceeding sales growth targets with improved business performance..
Successfully developing and implementing a multi-channel solutions strategy.
Creating and maintaining professional relationships with Hotel and Travel partners.
Playing a pivotal role in the design and development of a variety of leading closed user, flash
sales websites.
Actively involved in negotiating contractual agreements with partners and clients on an on-
going basis.
Involved in the recruitment, selection and training of staff members.
Coordinating the pitch and scoping process for the selection of staff training and
development.

2. June 2011 – April 2013 HotelStayUK
Sales and Business Executive
Fully responsible for the establishment and management of a new business arm specialising
in flash sales within the Travel Industry.
Selling the brand and developing new business relationships with Hotel managers
Negotiating price-points, commission structures whilst procuring an allotment of bedrooms
for sale on the platform.
Planning and organising successful website product launches and driving the business to
break even within year 1 execution.
Introducing a range of B2B services to corporate companies worldwide.
Jobs over a Student Career:
July 2010 – May 2011 Chase Information Technologies
Software Training Assistant
Word for word voice transcription of telephone conversations. Text was used to aid the
learning capability of an Automatic Speech Recognition Engine.
July 2009 – May 2011 Squad Security
Security Assistant
Part of a highly trained security team specialising in new store openings and product
launches for high profile clients such as Apple.
Securing venues where space was used for filming and creating advertisements in a highly
confidential environment.
October 2008- January 2009 Abbey Events
Sales Executive
With an objective to convince large organisations to buy hospitality from the company, sales
assistants were to successfully source new B2B leads from various sources whilst working
from home.
Within the office, leads were to be converted into prospects and effectively transformed
into clients.
Actively involved in cold calling, pitching to company directors and closing sales.
The title ‘Employee of the Year’ was awarded due to achieving the highest level of sales over
all staff adjudicated over a 12-month basis.

3. Education & Qualifications:
September 2010 – September 2013
Birmingham City University
Business Psychology and Advertising Student
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree awarded a 2:1.
Nominated Student Ambassador for student to staff liaison.
September 2002 - July 2008
Berkhamsted Collegiate School
Student
Awarded 3 A levels within grades A-C
Achieved 8 GCSE’s within grades A-C
Key Skills:
Team management
Expert in negotiation and persuasion
Account Management
Expert in working as part of an SME Team
Strong commercial awareness
Experience in problem solving
Highly self-motivated
Effective time management skills
Powerful knowledge of Microsoft programmes
Cold Calling
Numeracy
Decision making
Hobbies and Interests:
Music
Travelling
Snowboarding
Scuba diving
Relationship building
References are available upon request.