Alexandra Esmond

Research Archivist at RM Sotheby's
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London, England, United Kingdom, GB

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Credentials

  • Cyber Security
    Tes
    Apr, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Raising Awareness of LGBT
    Tes
    Apr, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • A Guide to UK Data Protection: Education
    Tes
    Dec, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Keeping Children Safe in Education 2021 Questionnaire
    Tes
    Sep, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Online Safety
    Tes
    Sep, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Sexual Violence and Harassment between Children and Young People
    Tes
    Sep, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Standard First Aid, CPR and AED
    Hampton School
    Jul, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Arts Award Bronze & Silver adviser
    Trinity College London
    Nov, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • How to be an Effective Fire Warden or Fire Marshal
    Tes
    Oct, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • Equality and Diversity
    Tes
    Jul, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • Preventing Bullying
    Tes
    Jul, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • Raising Awareness of Asbestos
    Tes
    Jul, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • GDPR Compliance: Essential Training
    LinkedIn
    Apr, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • IT Security: Key Policies and Resources
    LinkedIn
    Apr, 2019
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • Canada
    • Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Archivist
      • Jun 2022 - Present

    • United Kingdom
    • Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Usher
      • Sep 2019 - Present

      Working as events staff and community engagement during functions. Directing attendees to their seats, ensuring Covid guidelines are implemented and distributing events programmes.

    • Archivist
      • Jul 2019 - Jun 2022

      Working alongside the Alumni Team to fulfil enquiries, stimulate engagement with alumni and the wider school community, supporting the team during events with tours of the school and creating displays. Establishment of a multi-level organisational structure within a working archive and designing a similar structure for the Media Archive. Ensuring the preservation and management of artefacts, books, clothing, books and documents. Development of policies and procedures and review thereof to ensure the long-term preservation and administration of the records. Providing accurate information with regard to school history for internal and external projects including a history-focussed lunch-time club (2019-2022) and the Digital Archives website (est. 2020).

    • Community Volunteer
      • Nov 2021 - Present

      Working as events staff and community engagement during functions. Performing organisational tasks and events planning with Supervisor and other events staff. Working as events staff and community engagement during functions. Performing organisational tasks and events planning with Supervisor and other events staff.

    • Archive Assistant
      • Mar 2019 - Jun 2019

      I spent a year of voluntary work at The National Library (NL) alongside my masters course at Aberystwyth University. The library allowed me to perform a variety of tasks including transcribing audio files, digitsing index cards for Radio and TV Broadcasts and writing premises for ITV Wales advertising what film footage is available in the Screen and Sound Archive and transcribing the Kyffin Diaries and accessions books.I also contributed towards their wonderful project 'Living Memory' which created free resources designed to stimulate memories amongst older people and those living with dementia scheme and to assist health and social organizations with reminiscence therapy.I learnt how to create and edit Wikipedia articles with The National Library's resident Wikipedian. My role was to fill the void of articles concerning important welsh women in History.

    • Construction
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Sales Advisor
      • Jun 2018 - Sep 2018

      Joined as a sales temp and was offered a permanent 16 hour contract due to my excellent work ethic and outstanding customer service. Trained in parcel pick-up, Zebra TC72 WLAN and TC77 WWAN, till transactions, online orders and company policy. Joined as a sales temp and was offered a permanent 16 hour contract due to my excellent work ethic and outstanding customer service. Trained in parcel pick-up, Zebra TC72 WLAN and TC77 WWAN, till transactions, online orders and company policy.

    • Summer Placement
      • Mar 2018 - Aug 2018

      It was a necessary requirement of my masters application to partake in a six weeks work placement within the archives industry. I learnt how to cross-reference the different parishes on the map of Pembrokeshire, locate documents using their reference numbers and to trace an individuals ancestry in order for them to construct a family tree. It was a necessary requirement of my masters application to partake in a six weeks work placement within the archives industry. I learnt how to cross-reference the different parishes on the map of Pembrokeshire, locate documents using their reference numbers and to trace an individuals ancestry in order for them to construct a family tree.

    • United Kingdom
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sales Advisor
      • Aug 2014 - Sep 2015

      Developed good social skills, till training, respected the company’s guidelines while being approachable and friendly. Achieved quotas and promoted the benefits of store master cards to customers and my work was recognised by frequent “wows”. Developed good social skills, till training, respected the company’s guidelines while being approachable and friendly. Achieved quotas and promoted the benefits of store master cards to customers and my work was recognised by frequent “wows”.

    • United Kingdom
    • Law Practice
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Assistant Solicitor
      • Mar 2014 - Mar 2014

      A week of compulsory work experience spent at RedKite solicitors in their Haverfordwest base and their Pembroke headquarters where I attended Court, accompanied the solicitor in visiting clients and performed administrative tasks such as scanning and photocopying. A week of compulsory work experience spent at RedKite solicitors in their Haverfordwest base and their Pembroke headquarters where I attended Court, accompanied the solicitor in visiting clients and performed administrative tasks such as scanning and photocopying.

    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Temporary Admin, Summer Placement
      • Jul 2013 - Sep 2013

      A Summer placement at Murco Oil refinery taught me valuable administration skills. My tasks included filing and scanning internal and external legal documents, photocopying architectural plans and accompanying workers on meetings and safety checks around the plant. I predominantly worked with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and forwarded scanned documents to the relevant individuals. A Summer placement at Murco Oil refinery taught me valuable administration skills. My tasks included filing and scanning internal and external legal documents, photocopying architectural plans and accompanying workers on meetings and safety checks around the plant. I predominantly worked with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and forwarded scanned documents to the relevant individuals.

    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Lab Assistant / Environmental Sector assistant
      • Mar 2013 - Mar 2013

      A week of work experience spent at Murco Oil Refinery as a lab assistant for the first half and as an admin assistant in the environmental sector. This placement was a compulsory requirement of the Welsh Baccalaureate GCSE. A week of work experience spent at Murco Oil Refinery as a lab assistant for the first half and as an admin assistant in the environmental sector. This placement was a compulsory requirement of the Welsh Baccalaureate GCSE.

Education

  • Janets.org.uk
    Diploma, Computer Science and Programming
    2020 - 2020
  • Aberystwyth University
    Master of Arts - MA, Archive Administration
    2018 - 2019
  • Bath Spa University
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, English literature with Creative Writing
    2015 - 2018
  • Tasker Milward V.C
    A-levels and GCSEs
    2014 - 2015
  • Tasker Milward V.C
    GCSE's, 10 (grades A-C) including Maths (C) & English (B)
    2012 - 2014

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