X-TEND Magazine issue 02 | Page 16

MEET THE LISA TEBALDI Smart, sassy and bubbling with loads of energy to fuel her work hard / play hard attitude to life. Lisa approaches everything that comes her way with buoyant optimism. Look out – her positivity is deliciously contagious... TEAM NAME: Lisa Tebaldi position: Sales and Marketing Manager STar sign: Sagittarius Lives in: Harbury Drives a: Audi TT Favourite food: Spaghetti Bolognese Favourite treat: Wispa Grand Passion: Travelling to experience different cultures How long have you been with Racoon? Since 22nd May 2013. What did you do pre-Racoon? 20 years of my working life was spent at Thwaites Limited, a leading UK dumper truck manufacturer – a far cry from hair extensions! But the skills I learnt there have stood me in good stead for every aspect of business. I worked across various roles from accounts to stock control, costing departments to product support, literature design to corporate merchandise procurement. I loved my time at Thwaites, an honourable company that really looked after its staff, family owned and with great values. It taught me to have respect for others, be methodical, thorough, confidential and to use decent, ethical working practices. I’m still in touch with many of the people there; they were a big part of my life. 16 A typical working day sees me... Every day is full-on and different but a typical day sees me designing and creating new company literature, adverts for trade magazines, overseeing my team, attending meetings and sorting out my emails in between! Luckily my partner in crime is Hayley, our graphic designer, who manages to put up with my need for perfection! We work very well together to create something we’re all totally proud of. We’re really excited that our next big project is re-vamping the website, can’t wait! What I love about my job is... Everything! Being creative and designing new material is really exciting, you get such pleasure in seeing what you’ve created being published in print or on the web. The most challenging part of my job is... Getting everything done! There’s such a lot I want to do and have planned in for the future. As a team, we’ve accomplished a lot but we want to continue to grow and expand so the list is endless. What I see from my office window... I’m far too busy to be looking out of the window! Seriously though, Racoon’s offices are in an idyllic rural location so I see beautiful fields and views of the countryside. Every morning on the drive to work I’ll see pheasants, squirrels – even the odd donkey! It’s great, puts a smile on your face before you’ve even walked in the door. My most memorable experience at work was... Being part of our latest photo shoot, White Noise was fantastic, as are the results of the shoot, just beautiful. Being involved from start to finish and seeing the RAT Pack in action was inspiring. Then the fun bit, choosing all of the images for our marketing needs, that’s a real thrill, it gives you a great buzz. Your favourite hair extensions? A very natural long look with some volume. My hair is so thin and grows so slowly, to gain a bit of thickness and have instant length is amazing. For lunch I usually eat... Mmm, at the time of writing I’m about to head off to Barbados so it’s been salads for the last two weeks as I need to fit into my bikini! The guilty snack in my desk drawers is... Oops! More than one at this precise moment: a popping candy chocolate orange, a Cadbury’s caramel bar, a lolly pop, a tube of jelly tots and a Wispa in the fridge! What was I saying about that bikini..? Something not everyone knows about me is ]