Terina Blakeman Email and Phone Number

I created my Mini-Angels face painting and children's entertainment brand in December 2009. My duties involve, well everything really! As well as painting faces and applying hair braids on the day, I am also the accountant, marketing manager, legislation and policy officer and HR manager for our team of additional painters. I am also the interface between Mini-Angels and our wide range of clients and customers. My husband and daughter also help with the heavy lifting, social media and other duties so it is really a family affair. To stand out from the crowd, we sell wonderful puppets alongside at sales events and like to think we offer exceptional quality face painting for (mostly!) children.

Self Employed working part-time for a local, friendly Tax Accountants office in a client-facing role.Duties include:- Typing up accounts, letters, invoices, filing and submitting tax returns online, setting up and authorising new clients with the HMRC and general admin. I interface with the online tax return system and HMRC website and act as office manager when required.

I managed the Government Kickstart scheme as a Gateway, currently working on LPAs and Wills, bookkeeping and general admin.

A quick explanation for the big gap in employment...... I worked as a Nursery Assistant in nurseries, assisting with childcare, education planning, record keeping & liaising with parents/carers & as a Private Nanny. Whilst doing this I also ran a parent & toddler group for 5 months at the local community centre. For 7 months I owned a catering van & was in control of ordering stock, cooking, cash handling, filing, keeping records & accounts.

A part time evening position where I answered telephone enquiries, greeted people, offered help & advice regarding activities & facilities available, ensured the building was secured & the alarm was set prior to leaving.

In this role I answered the telephone, transferred calls, took messages & sales orders, did lots of filing, typing of letters, quotes, data input for quarterly & annual Company accounts, franking of mail & topping up the machine with credits, sending faxes, photocopying, taking up credit references for new accounts, setting up BACS payment accounts and tying up receipts with credit card statements. Ordering stationery, fax, copier, franking machine & computer consumables was my responsibility. I also dealt with the Purchase Ledger over staff holidays & maternity leave.

This was my first role when relocating to the South East from Cambridgeshire. The main duties were assembling electronic boards, building alarms, packing & dispatching products using the database, answering the telephone & covering in the Sales Administration office when required. Although this was a friendly and enjoyable place to work, I wanted to get back into a full time office role.

I greeted customers, answered telephone enquiries, filed, booked appointments, handled cash & transactions, answered enquiries face to face & pre-tested eyes. ready for the opticians to perform the full eye test and check.

I dealt with a busy office of Incoming & outgoing phone calls, scheduling the fitters work, any enquiries, filing, VDU work, daily banking, transactions using the EPOS till, handling petty cash & processing invoices. I ran the office for my last month of employment as the Office Manager had left, due to the store closing; this also resulted in my redundancy along with remaining staff.