'Golden Sprocket' Award (Top Performer)Leadership Award Promotion Path:Level 1: March - AprilLevel 2: May - SeptemberLevel 3: October - DecemberSenior: January 2015.Principal: January - March.

Enterprise Ireland’s Graduates 4 International Growth (G4IG) Programme is an EI initiative matching Irish graduates with fast-growing Irish companies expanding internationally. My placement was with Netwatch, industry leaders in the field of remote visual monitoring securityMy time with Netwatch was split between their Irish headquarters in Carlow and the US office in Boston. The programme also included a part-time Graduate Diploma in International Growth from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.I worked across several areas of the business, gaining experience in the marketing, sales and finance departments. The majority of my work involved business development and sales, with a strong focus on the foreign markets in which the company is active- Marketing (August - November 2012): Responsible for the various websites (Joomla & WordPress), blog content, creating and maintaining the editorial calendar, PPC campaigns (AdWords & LinkedIn Advertising), social media, Inbound Marketing, lead generation and marketing automation (HubSpot).- Sales (November 2012 - January 2014): Worked on building out the company's new Sales Academy (Business Development Programme). Developing new methods of lead generation and opportunity creation, moving away from traditional "cold calling". Trained all new hires on these methods, and continuously developed additional strategies. Subsequently rolled this out in the UK & US markets.- Finance (August 2013): Worked in Accounts Receivable during a particularly busy period.

- Selected as one of 25 graduates in Ireland to partake in Enterprise Ireland's G4IG programme- Placement in a high-growth Irish SME, expanding into International markets- Experience on the ground in Irish & US markets, across several areas of the business- Also included a Part Time Diploma in International Growth from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

Responsible for all levels of students in Ireland: Primary, Secondary & Third Level.Organising visits to as many schools as possible and arranging large events in Universities and Colleges.Dealing with all queries coming into the office from students.Also assisted the press team with their work towards the end of the campaign. Duties including writing press releases and responding to media queries. Researching various policies and issues and subsequently advising based on findings and assisting with speech writing.Dealing with the regular aspects of political campaigning such as lobbying, canvassing and dealing with general queries from all voters.

Intern in the corporate department of one of Ireland's top five law firms, working as part of a team on two of the largest commercial acquisitions of the year.Attended high level meetings between parties to the transactions, took minutes and ensured they reached the relevant people as well as typing them up and saving them onto the system.Prepared drafts of important commercial documents such as Share Purchase, Asset Purchase and Transitional Service Agreements and ensured they were filed with the CRO.

Barman at The Legends Bar in the Palmer Clubhouse during the 2006 Ryder Cup.This bar was the American Player & VIP Bar for the duration of the competition. This meant continuously serving high profile customers and guests.Highly pressurised working environment given the status of the competition as one of the world's biggest sporting events and the standard of service expected by the customers in question.