Danielle Watson Email & Phone Number

Bunbury Wa

Supported the administration of academic exams with a focus on accuracy, confidentiality, and policy adherence. Responsibilities included: Verifying student identification and ensuring compliance with exam regulations. Reporting academic misconduct and examination incidents per ECU policy. Cross-referencing completed exams with registration forms for accountability. Maintaining privacy and equal opportunity standards.

Australia

Managed business operations spanning customer service, bookings & diary management, administration, accounts & marketing, in addition to business improvement & optimisation projects. Adapted & learned quickly to rapidly develop a highly technical skill set & photography industry knowledge, undergoing intensive training to become photography capable in a short timeframe.Undertook a business analysis, identifying avenues for increased revenue & profitability. Expanded services and streamlined processes to strategically manage the exponential growth of the client base which took the local boutique operation to a national & international market.

Bunbury, Western Australia

Established a retail storefront catering an unmet need in the region for dance accessories and fabrics. Managed a team of staff, point of sale and customer service, in addition to stock control, merchandising, marketing, and advertising, accounts and bookkeeping, and administration to organically grow the business.Selected Highlights: Combatted rising online sales competition by offering a diversified and specialised selection of services and products. Introduced fabrics and accessories to the product range and developed a costume design and manufacture as well as hire department to the mix, enabling retail operations to become financially sustainable and profitable. Developed task accountability procedures which provided direction and motivation to unproductive junior staff who ran the store unsupervised while classes were in session. Implemented systems which actively occupied the team, resulting in significantly increased output and higher employee satisfaction and engagement.

Bunbury, Western Australia

Advanced to Teacher at the age of 16 and established my own studio at just 17 years of age. Balanced secondary TEE and subsequent university studies with growing the business from only 25 students to running multiple classes and fulltime studio teaching 250+ (annual) students – thousands throughout 20 years of operation.Managed all aspects of the business from finances, administration and marketing to client liaison and relationship management, to costume design and manufacture, in addition to hands-on technical teaching, choreography and production, direction and stage management of annual showcase.Selected Highlights: Significantly reduced the incidence of bad debts by creating a flexible fee structure and implementing protective policies including payment clauses and notifications in the enrolment process.  Thrust unprepared and inexperienced into the Stage Manager role during the first concert at the Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre. Rose to the challenge, organised meticulously and created a Stage Manager’s Plan, resulting in the flawless execution of the event. Commended by BREC staff for stage management planning, with staff requesting a copy of the plan to use as an example for other studios, still circulating today.

Western Australia

Created and delivered learning programmes, monitored student progress and learning, and engaged classroom and behaviour management strategies to further student progress, while serving in the roles of classroom teacher, tandem teacher, and specialist area teacher (music, dance, visual arts, and information technology).Selected Highlights: Played an integral role in establishing a specialist programme for creatively gifted and talented students, named ‘CATS’ – Creative Artistic Talented Students.  Specialist Area Teacher in Information Technology – managing a lab of Mac Computers and providing specialist instruction to children and staff in use of computers and various applications. After one year in the lab, was appointed as a ‘lighthouse’ classroom teacher to illustrate best practise Information Technology integration in a normal classroom setting.

Bachelor'S Degree, Education

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Education (Primary)

Certficate Iv, Business Administration