Nikki Clare

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About Nikki Clare

Nikki is an experienced, passionate, and ambitious luxury events professional, brand ambassador and leader. She has worked in the events industry for over 14 years with experience across the publishing, not-for-profit and investment banking sectors and has extensive experience working with luxury brands including Dior, Breitling, Audemars Piguet, Estée Lauder, Michal Kors, NET-A-PORTER, Harvey Nichols, Burberry, Veuve Clicquot, UBS, Porsche and many more. Nikki excels in delivering first-class, luxury events and experiences, has a meticulous eye for detail, excellent relationship building skills and is extremely organised and efficient. In July 2020, Nikki concluded 5 years at Hearst UK leading and running their award-winning events business. Highlights of her time at Hearst included launching the Esquire Townhouse event back in 2016 which has since grown into the brand's flagship event, delivering six-figure profits, extensive PR reach and luxury sponsorship. The event, in its physical iteration, takes place over four days at 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, welcoming over 3,500 guests and up to 40 events within this including intimate dinners, world film premieres, supper clubs and a range of talks, panels and in-conversation style events as well as multiple brand activations. She is well versed in managing multi-faceted, complex projects to budget, tight timeframes and in unflappable style. Amongst others, Nikki has delivered the high-profile Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards several times and launched multiple new event properties including the Bazaar At Work Summit (one day event at Sotheby’s for U/HNW individuals), ELLE Weekender (a four day takeover of the Saatchi Gallery in 2018), Women’s Health Live (three-day fitness festival with 250 talent, guests and 100+ exhibitors) and the Cosmopolitan Careers Festival (virtual month long event with sign ups). In 2020, Nikki led the Hearst UK events team through the COVID-19 pandemic, pivoting the events strategy to virtual and hybrid formats and as a result still generating a six-figure revenue target.