Managing the day-to-day business activities and finances to promote and achieve business objectives. Making decisions for the benefit of the company, its employees and customers. Monitoring the financial position of the company. Heading staff meetings and conducting staff appraisals. Appointing suppliers. Marketing the business and producing promotional literature.

I liaise with festival production and management to obtain staffing requirements then work to budgets, managing profits and loss, to fulfil those requirements. I create staff management plans for 40 live events per year and recruit up to 30 suitable candidates per event positioning them accordingly in jobs across the UK. I arrange accommodation and travel for staff and complete on-site accreditation and health and safety documents. Upon completion of each event I create summaries and arrange wages through payroll.This role also involves working as a personal assistant to the company director. My contribution has streamlined the staffing process and allowed the company to expand and the director to concentrate on acquiring new contracts.Key Skills: Organisation & Planning, Time Management, Attention to Detail.

I have the flexibility and experience to work in various roles at UK festivals to ensure the successful completion of an event.Glastonbury, Creamfields, Bestival, Camp Bestival, Common People, Download, Isle of Wight, V Festival, Rewinds, T in the Park, Bluedot, Wickerman, Rockness, Wakestock, Sonisphere.On Site Manager: • Working alongside the festival organisers to provide a high level of service.• Managing all Festaff paid and volunteer staff at the event.• Ensuring that all tasks are carried out on time and to a high standard.• Delegating jobs to staff.• Maintaining the welfare of volunteer and paid staff whilst on site.• Managing petty cash.• Submitting debriefs for each event.Gate Manager: • Sucessfully running an entry gate to the festival.• Managing wristband exchanges ensuring each one is accountable.• Responsible for hundreds of thousands of pounds of stock.• Working together with security, box offices, ticket collection staff, scanning staff, wristband staff and police to provide a safe and successful entry point.• Dealing with customer problems and complaints as required.• Managing up to 100 volunteer staff at any one time- accrediting, creating rotas, managing breaks, delegating jobs, ensuring staff are positioned correctly, explaining job roles and training staff.• Providing hourly entry figures and reconcilling the entry totals at the end of each day.Wristband Manager: • Responsible for all wristbands and their safety for the entirity of the event.• Managing a number of gates and box offcies to provide a smooth wirstbanding process.• Briefing staff on wristband types and corresponding ticket types.• Training staff on ticket reconcilliation.• Predicting the number of customers entering on each gate.• Working closely with the finance department to provide hourly updates on entry totals.• Reconcilling figures for wristbands and creating in depth summaries of customers entering the festival at any entry point.

Teaching ceramics allows me to pass on my knowledge and expertise to others, I find it very rewarding helping people to express their creativity through clay.I teach an adult education class in ceramics to a group of 14 students and create lesson plans and term structures complying with the colleges policies. Progression is recorded through regular reviews and the lessons are aimed at students of all abilities including those with learning difficulties. I hold a certificate in Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment in Further Education.I am also responsible for servicing the equipment and carrying out risk assessments and health and safety auditing. I have been marked outstanding in all lesson observations with emphasis on my communication skills and lesson variety.Key Skills: Communication, Listening, Positive Attitude, Professionalism.

I design, create, market and sell handmade porcelain ceramics through galleries worldwide, exhibitions, craft and trade shows, online marketplaces and own website. Marketing the business through social media, website and newsletters and designing all promotional materials. Working simultaneously on projects and orders prioritising the most important tasks. Recognised by the Crafts Council as one of the UK’s leading up and coming craft businesses. I also run workshops and give lectures on various subjects in line with my practice.Key Skills: Self- Motivation, Time Management, Commitment, Proactive.

Silver service waitress and barmaid working in a prestigious golf club bar and restaurant and at events of up to 300 people. Taking bookings, orders and payments and ensuring the smooth running of the waitressing team. Key Skills: Ability to follow orders, Hard-working, Communication.

Acting as a role model to students of all ages and offering support in the delivery of classroom based sessions to encourage and motivate children to further their education. I assisted at taster days and residential events within the university which involved developing lesson plans and delivering lessons in my degree subject to large groups of secondary school students. I also worked as a classroom assistant with pupils of KS3 to A Level age. As part of this role I also worked for the 'Your Offer' Campaign which involved telephoning prospective students and offering advice and information about university and courses available.

Conductive qualitative and quantitative research over the telephone with customers of large companies. Awarded employee of the month multiple times.Key Skills: Customer Service, Communication, Self-Motivation.

Work placement in order to gain knowledge of the running of a photography business. Working on location and in the studio as an assistant and runner in shoots for Ping, Jasper Conran & Baileys. Assisting with the set-up of sets and equipment and working as an assistant to the photographer.