In this video, we learn how Jill carved out a successful and enjoyable career: the invaluable grounding from grad schemes and large companies, planning your career to give yourself an edge, and aiming to pursue your passion – even if it requires some sacrifices along the way.

Jill Grinsted has enjoyed an extremely successful career, from her post graduate role in sales and marketing with P&G and then into travel and tourism. She is equally experienced in sales and in marketing, has worked in both B2B and B2C environments, as well domestically and mostly internationally and for both small companies and multinationals, such as Avis, Budget and RCI (the world’s largest timeshare vacation network). She was then Director of Sales & Marketing at Forest Holidays, who offer luxury cabin holidays on Forestry Commission land.