Key Competencies
Communication – confident interacting with stakeholders at all levels.
Analytical – capable of interpreting and presenting numerical data.
Creative thinking – ability to find and implement innovative solutions to problems.
Financial acumen – from working within project budgets, and having been self-employed.
Team player – comfortable working as part of a team, as well as leading one.
Professional development – quick and eager to acquire new skills and knowledge.
IT skills – highly capable in MS Office (including Excel) and Adobe CS, plus various web CMS.
Languages – near-fluency in French and Spanish, basic self-taught Italian and German.
Employment History
Self-employed consultant (London) • September 2016 – Present
Events management, including a national conference with 98% delegate satisfaction. Organisation of national workshop series, involving negotiation of contracts with multiple venues. Oversight of office relocation and IT infrastructure, including management of a transition to Azure cloud. Development of a membership database, and national website management, including data-driven optimisation of the website using Google Analytics. Associate editorship of national in-house magazine. Management of national email newsletter, sent to over 4,000.
The Third Age Trust (Bromley) • July 2011 – September 2016
Part-time work throughout my school and university careers. Initially clerical work with greater responsibility given over time. Significant work on company website and national events, both alone and as part of a team.
Excellence for All (Tonbridge) • August 2013
Telephone fundraising on behalf of Tonbridge School. As a beneficiary of the scholarship programme, I was able to use my personal experience to demonstrate its enormous benefits and achieved donations exceeding £10,000 over two weeks.
Work Experience
Kameleon Worldwide (London) • June – August 2016
Part-time summer internship working in content marketing and web development.
Le Verre Gourmand (Rhône-Alpes, France) • February – June 2016
Sales and Marketing internship undertaken as part of my year abroad. Varied work including face-to-face interaction with clients at events with the sales team, as well as office-based tasks including rebuilding the company website and managing the CRM.
Education
University College London • September 2013 – July 2017
Upper Second Class Honours, BA Modern Languages (French and Spanish)
Active participation in multiple societies including Photography, Salsa and Francophone.
Provost’s Excellence Scholarship (2013)
Universitat de València (Spain) • September 2015 – January 2016
Year Abroad placement for one semester, focusing on language studies.
Tonbridge School • 2008 – 2013
Three A*-grade A Levels – French, Spanish, English Literature.
Two A-grade AS Levels – Mathematics, Physics.
Eight A*-grade GCSEs including Mathematics and English, and two A-grade GCSEs.
Advanced Academic Scholarship (2006-8)
Voluntary
University of London Snowsports Society • September – December 2016
Committee member, assisting with organisation of the Winter 2016 ski trip.
University College London Francophone Society • January – July 2014
Responsible for design and production of the first society magazine, Le Journal, distributed campus-wide.
Tonbridge Has Talent • September 2012 – February 2013
Chairman of the organising committee, running a talent competition between eight local schools, ultimately raising over £2,000 for local charities and forging tighter inter-school links.
Interests
Keen clay pigeon shooter, member of UK National Rifle Association and Old Tonbridgian Rifle Club, holder of NRA Range Officer and BASC Shotgun Safety Officer qualifications. Amateur skier. Cryptocurrency investor. Full, clean UK driving licence held.
References
Available on request.
Contact
Please call me on 020 3627 1468 or send me an email by the below form.