Experience

Kings Education

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• SENCO Work experience Coordinator & Business Teacher

  • Sep 2021 - Present

• SENCO

  • Sep 2019 - Present

• International Business Foundation Manager and SENCO

  • Mar 2019 - Sep 2021

  Management of Kings International Business Foundation courses in UK schools

• Tourism and Hospitality Teacher & Work Placement Coordinator

  • Sep 2012 - Jul 2019

  *Teacher of tourism and hospitality management at Diploma Level 3 (Foundation level) and Diploma Level 4 (1st year degree level)*Work placement coordinator - liaison, coordination and management of student work experience, events and internship programmes*Student council, liaison and events*Teacher of English for Academic Purposes and IELTS*Business Enterprise Club leader

• Teacher of English as a Foreign Language

  • May 2005 - Sep 2012

  Seasonal work May - October 2005 - 2011 on summer vacation coursesFull time EFL courses March 2012 - September 2012



Freelance festival work

• Various

• Event Coordinator

  • 1996 - Present

  *Catering & running bars at Boomtown, Victorious and others in 2017 *Set up a new idea for a festival with a colleague and ran a very successful small festival with a licence for 500 people. This is now a yearly event. (Managed promotion/ online CRM through social media/ setting up of ticketing and wristbands/ managing ticket office onsite / managing vendors and artists.) *Helped run production office during event at UK Tribal Gathering 1996 and 1997 *Worked at and managed large food outlet at festivals including Glastonbury, Womad, Green Gathering, Isle of Wight, and many other smaller ones for many years *Helped manage glamping area at various festivals *Helped with projects for Oxfam and other charities at festivals * Worked with eco-warriors team at Waveform *Set up and organised local music and arts festival in Thailand *Have conducted promotion and marketing for several smaller bands situated locally *Managed and organised a rock band – organising gigs, venues, liaison on-site, backstage arrangements, organising food & bev for the event, booking hotels / organising PR and social / networking events *Owned and ran rehearsal / recording studio in Devon from 1996 – 1981 Show less



Whitehall Hospitality Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Hospitality

• Hotel Manager

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2013

  Hotel duty manager. Duties included Front Office management / reception / management of bar & restaurant / staff management / administration Continued work as evening manager whilst teaching in 2012 Hotel duty manager. Duties included Front Office management / reception / management of bar & restaurant / staff management / administration Continued work as evening manager whilst teaching in 2012



Journalist & Writer (freelance) - variety of international media outlets

• Phuket & Bangkok, Thailand / Mexico

• Freelance Writer

  • 2005 - 2011

  * Content writer for in-flight Magazines: - One2go Airways - ImageAsia (Thailand) - Ink Publishing (Tiger Airlines, Singapore) * Correspondent for Bangkok Post * Website content writer for Sathira Dhamasathan Dhamma Centre * Media consultancy project: - Thomson Guide to Thailand * Frommers Thailand Travel Guide: Content writer for SE Thailand * Vichen Art Gallery and Karon Resort, Phuket – Media Coordination for art exhibition * Content writer for in-flight Magazines: - One2go Airways - ImageAsia (Thailand) - Ink Publishing (Tiger Airlines, Singapore) * Correspondent for Bangkok Post * Website content writer for Sathira Dhamasathan Dhamma Centre * Media consultancy project: - Thomson Guide to Thailand * Frommers Thailand Travel Guide: Content writer for SE Thailand * Vichen Art Gallery and Karon Resort, Phuket – Media Coordination for art exhibition



Instituto Thomas Jefferson México

• Mexico
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Teacher of English and Environmental Studies

  • Nov 2009 - May 2010

  Cover teacher for temporary maternity cover and also previous cover teaching Cover teacher for temporary maternity cover and also previous cover teaching



Phuket Gazette

• Phuket, Thailand

• Freelance Writer

  • 2005 - 2008

  Article writer for regional magazine Article writer for regional magazine



Calisto

• Phuket Yacht Haven

• Yacht hostess

  • Mar 2007 - Jun 2007

  Calisto Yacht Calisto Yacht



Bournemouth and Poole College

• Education Administration Programs
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Learning Support Coordinator

  • Sep 1996 - Sep 2002

  Overseeing support for students in inclusive learning with different support needs, specifically: Deaf or Hearing loss Blind or Visual loss Physically or emotionally challenged This involved: * Providing 1:1 support lessons * Employing and putting support staff in place such as BSL signers, notetakers * Training support staff * Providing training sessions for mainstream staff * Adapting materials * Arranging work placement positions for students * Completion of all paperwork for funding and preparing business plans Show less



Kings School of English

• Wimborne, Dorset

• EFL Teacher in Junior Summer School

  • Apr 1996 - Sep 1996

  Teaching junior under 16 students. Preparing lessons and lesson material Accompanying students on trips Teaching junior under 16 students. Preparing lessons and lesson material Accompanying students on trips



Oxford College of Further Education, Oxford

• Oxford, United Kingdom

• Support teacher for Deaf students

  • Sep 1993 - Apr 1996

  Providing BSL sign support for Deaf students Providing 1:1 study support Adapting materials such as subtitles on videos Preparing notes taken for students Providing BSL sign support for Deaf students Providing 1:1 study support Adapting materials such as subtitles on videos Preparing notes taken for students



Grange Youth Club, Aylesbury

• Youth Worker

  • 1990 - 1996