As a Tech VA, my duties include web development, graphic design, problem solving and general technical research and knowledge.

Operating and running my own freelance graphic design business, HMetz Design (hmetzdesign.co.uk) specializes in graphics for print and for the web. From logo design, to book publication, we offer myriad graphic design strategies and solutions. Also offering illustration and web design support.

In 2006 I founded a publishing company to help self-publish my own children's books. Having had some success with this venture, the company is ongoing and now open to customers who require assistance self-publishing their own works.

From 2008, I worked at TEVA UK Limited as an Artwork Originator. My duties were to create original brand packaging which fitted the company livery and upheld essential high regulatory standards. The role required the ability to keep to tight and ever changing deadlines; a knowledge of regulatory submission law and GMP, working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (in particular Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign).In 2009, I was promoted to Senior Artwork Originator and was moved to co-oversee the New Products range. My new responsibilities brought with them stricter deadlines with higher financial risk. They also included supervisory duties and the chairing of cross-departmental meetings.

The position of library assistant at Horsham library was largely a customer facing role. My daily responsibilities included manning the desks to help customers check out and return their books, help customers find titles they are looking for or reserve titles if they weren't available. Other daily tasks were the filing and maintenance of books and other media (videos, CDs, newspapers etc).I was very involved in the children's section of the library and ran story time, baby rhyme time and helped to organise and manage the summer reading club.My unique skill set was put to use in the library displays. I was often tasked with the creation of a topical display, coinciding with a theme or particular event the library was running.

As a Teacher of English as a Foreign Language at the NOVA school in Japan, I was tasked with teaching groups of up to three people as well as single students. In the job, my duties involved writing student reports, preparing suitable lesson plans that would suit the particular classes of the day and organising open door conversation group classes. My students varied from very basic ability (having never spoken a word of English) to near fluent. Some wanted conversational skills, some needed business focused language and others were students. Half way through my year at NOVA I was promoted to Head of Children's Services for the two branches where I worked. This meant I took the majority of the children's classes (age ranging from 2 years old to 14 years old) and was a mix of group and single student classes. The lesson prep for these classes was the same as for adult classes but additionally called for the production of visual aids and educational games.