ACTIVITIES ASSISTANT
Newcastle University Students’ Union, Newcastle
September 2020 - Present
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One of two marketing leads for our department, creating a marketing plan and managing social media
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Creating interactive content on Facebook and Instagram live including virtual tours, cook along and quizzes
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Organising activities for students, adapting in-person activities to online following new government
guidelines such as craft packs which students can collect and join in on an online social in the evening -
Creating promotional material for social media using Canva
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Video editing for social media content, one of which received over 1K views in under 15 minutes
SOCIAL MEDIA VOLUNTEER
FareShare North East, Newcastle
April 2020 - August 2020
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Raised the profile and online presence of FareShare during the global pandemic using social media to reach vulnerable people in Newcastle who need help accessing food
MAKRETING STRATEGIST VOLUNTEER
Studenteer, Remote
June 2020 - July 2020
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Helped organise a digital marketing campaign for the relaunch of Birthlight and their Lullaby Quilt project
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Created and proposed a social media strategy to increase engagement and web traffic
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Responsible for updating the Birthlight website
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Represented Studenteer and wrote about my volunteer experience in an article for Prospects.co.uk
BUSINESS, OPERATIONS AND MARKETING INTERN
Bright Network, Remote
July 2020
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Created a location expansion marketing plan; conducted market research, competitive analysis, budgeting and digital marketing
BRAND AMBASSADOR
Rate My Placement, Newcastle
December 2019 - March 2020
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Represented different employers using a combination of social media promotion and face to face events on campus to increase awareness of the employers and the student programmes that they offer
• Assisted employer events on campus, interacted with hundreds of students throughout the day to increase employer awareness
WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENT
The Midnight Club, London
January 2019
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Worked efficiently within a team to produce five Instagram stories to promote the release of the Adidas Solar Boosts shoes within a 24-hour deadline
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Contributed to team by focusing on the photography side of the project, editing this in Adobe software to create a video and added the audio that my other team member had created to the video promotion
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Worked towards tight deadlines; organised tasks productively by prioritising into a schedule
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Presented our video promotion to The Midnight Club marketing team and successfully won the 24-hour challenge project against 4 other teams
Additional Experience
VOLUNTEER PEER MENTOR
Newcastle University Business School, Remote
August 2020 - Present
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Responsible for mentoring a group of ten first year students helping them transition into university
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Initiated a Microsoft Teams group with mentees to facilitate more efficient support, demonstrating ability to be proactive and communicate efficiently
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Assisted mentees with questions/problems they had as well as troubleshooting with online learning platforms
ONLINE PICKER & SALES ASSITANT
Iceland, Newcastle
May 2020 - August 2020
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Essential worker responsible for completing online orders efficiently before the store opened at 9am
SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE
Newcastle University, Remote
June 2020
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Worked and communicated efficiently in a team virtually to produce a business product to a sustainability problem which we pitched to an audience
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Demonstrated commercial awareness and entrepreneurial skills when developing sustainable business ideas
Education
MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT BSC HONOURS
Newcastle University
2019- 2022
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Successfully achieved a 2:1 in first year of study
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Worked as part of a team of six to deliver an assessed video PowerPoint presentation, achieving a mark of 79%. Arranged regular meetings on progress before the presentation
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Actively participating in seminars and group discussions
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Conducted own primary research in a consultancy challenge for Hallmark, my team won second prize
NCFE LEVEL 2 IN CREATIVE CRAFT (PHOTOGRAPHY)
Newcastle College
Pass
February 2019 - June 2019
90 CREDIT DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS
Newcastle College
Distinction* Distinction
September 2017 - August 2018
UAL LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA IN ART AND DESIGN
Newcastle College
Distinction
September 2015 - August 2016
9 GCSE GRADES A*-C INCLUDING ENGLISH AND MATHS
Burnside Business and Enterprise College
September 2013 - August 2015
ART ASSISTANT AND CAMP COUNSELLOR
Camp Chipinaw & Silverlake, New York USA
June 2019 - August 2019
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Managed and supervised the art departments across two campuses, alongside arranging stock replenishment
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Organised and taught classes of 8-20 children in a range of art specialisms
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Supervised and motivated camp program participants aged 9-13 years old
SALES ADVISOR
Topshop, Newcastle
January 2017 - July 2018
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Managed and supervised small teams, alongside training and supporting new members of staff
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Ability to work under pressure, particularly during sale periods as well as providing great customer service
ACHIEVEMENTS
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Selected as one of Bright Network's top 250 undergraduate women recognised for leadership qualities and potential. Invited to attend 2-day Women in Leadership conference
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Participated in a two-week programme with Accenture on coding and programming using software including HTML, CSS and JavaScript
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Course representative, interacting with staff and students to improve the curriculum and learning experience
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Helped create logo for Voda North Tyneside using Canva and social media strategy for their project which focused on connecting young people to local mental health charities
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Raised over £900 for Oxfam by organising and marketing gig events