Relevant work experience
(Gaps in employment dates are due to studying for HNC and Design Management Degree)
07/2004 to 09/2004 Aba-Design, Ascot , Berkshire.
- Work Placement
03/2004 to 07/2004 Waitrose Ltd., Head Office, Berkshire
- Temporary personal assistant and Event Manager cover
03/2004 to 03/2004 Game, Head Office, Berkshire.
- Temporary personal assistant to Marketing and Buying Directors
02/2004 to 03/2004 StreamServe, Head Office, Berkshire.
- Temporary personal assistant to Board and Interior Designer
8/2003 to 09/2003 HSBC Head Office Human Resources Department
- Temporary personal assistant
07/2002 to 10/2002, and 04/2003 to 06/2003 Waitrose Limited, Doncastle Road, Bracknell, Berkshire
- Temporary cover in Marketing and Services Departments for three months, and work placement.
- Designed and implemented a client intranet feature and performed market research for Waitrose Deliver to Work.
- Performed a Design and Brand Audit and Post-Project Review for Waitrose Food Explorers
- Responsibilities: Customer and stakeholder liaison
- Skills needed: Excellent communication skills, ability to handle complaints, research and problem-solving/trouble-shooting.
- Achievements/Improvements made: Customers and Waitrose partners were happy
Saab GB: City and Piccadilly 11/2002 to 02/2003, and Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey 05/2002 to 07/2002
- Team Design Audits. Design and creative skills required. Marketing, branding and design audit understanding.
- Projects involved team report writing and client presentations.
- Saab now use our presentation as part of their training programme
02/2002 to 04/2002 Panasonic UK Ltd, Willoughby Road, Bracknell, Berkshire
- Freelance Graphic Designer of logo for internal publication, circulation and intranet
- Responsibilities: Idea origination, brief writing, logo designing, fee negociation, development, production and artwork exec.
- Skills needed: Graphic Design and PC IT skills
- Achievements/Improvements made: Increased personnel awareness and promotion of employee benefits
2/2000 to 08/2000 Volume Design Consultancy, Wokingham District Council, and Foster Wheeler, Reading
- Temporary reception and PA cover
12/1998 to 07/1999 Allied Electrical Group Ltd, 177 Western Road, Billericay, Essex
- Freelance Graphic Designer of mail order electrical goods catalogue
03/1997 to 12/1998 SG Warburg and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, 1 Embankment Place, London
- Executive Assistant, PA and Freelance Graphic Designer and Events Co-ordinator with the Global Capital Markets Group
- Temporary secretarial cover with Personnel and Corporate Finance
1996 to 1997 Mid Essex Community & Mental Health NHS Trust, Trust HQ, Atlantic Sq, Stn. Road, Witham, Essex
- Freelance Graphic Designer of Community Care Forms and Manuals
1995 to 1996 PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, USA
- PA to Personnel Partner, Global Capital Markets
1987 to 1995 Moore Stevens, SG Warburg, and Essex County Council, London and Chelmsford, Essex respectively
- Personal Assistant and DeskTop Publisher