Name: Jennifer Westoby
Job Title: Senior Staffing Manager
Venue: All Venues
Favourite Drink: A long cold G&T
Favourite Meal: Has to be a hot and spicy curry.
I started working for Creative... in June 2013 on a 3 month
contract to support the Outdoor Catering Department for the summer season. Before my contract was up, I
was offered a full time position as Senior Staffing Manager.
In a nutshell my role is... to support the Staffing Team and ensure
that the appropriate staffing resources are in place for all venues and events
throughout the company.
On an average day... I am involved in a number of tasks
from ordering food for an event to writing staff forecasts (there is always
another one to do!), and from accounting to recruitment of new staff.
My most rewarding moment was... delivering my first ODC event
with Luke Jones at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the summer of 2013. It was
four weekends of concerts, back to back with retail and hospitality offerings.
My most challenging moment was... at YNOT festival in 2013 when
we had an electrical storm one evening and all units were closed. I was
responsible to ensure that all staff were evacuated from their units and kept
warm and dry ready to reopen when the storm had passed.
I couldn’t cope without... Lily Hayter. A fountain of knowledge
and experience. She is a tremendous support to me and a little crazy with it too!
