Experience

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  The Mulberry Group

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Venue Manager

    • Jan 2024 - Present
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Currently VM in a high volume Melbourne CBD venue, managing a team of 15 between FOH and BOH.

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  LUNA coffee + wine

  • Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland

  • Co-Founder and Brand Lead

    • Apr 2022 - Oct 2023
    • Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland

    Co-founded a successful cafe/wine bar in Killarney, Co KerryConceptualised every aspect of the business including cafe design, workflow procedures, F&B of-fering, branding and tone of voiceHired and managed an team of 10 from chefs, floor staff + baristasEnsured smooth running of operations at all timesOrganised a number of social, wine and coffee events and workshops• LUNA led the Killarney Coffee Cup Project which involved extensive business and political en-gagement to enable Killarney to become the first town in Europe to eradicate single-use coffee cups. The initiative was a resounding success removing over 50,000 single use cups from the town per week.Curated a strong social media presence < 4000 followers in one year (Instagram/Tiktok/Face- book) Managed partnerships with suppliers (coffee, wine, local farmers)• Business was debt free and cash positive within one year (had initially projected two year timeframe to achieve this)Nominated in the ‘Innovator of the Year’ category at the national food and wine awardsReceived a number of positive accolades from food + lifestyle journalists

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  The Ross Killarney

  • Killarney, Munster, Ireland

  • Social Media Manager

    • May 2018 - Mar 2022
    • Killarney, Munster, Ireland

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  The Killarney Park

  • Social Media Manager

    • May 2018 - Mar 2022

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  Hilton

  • New York, New York

  • Event Services Intern

    • Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
    • New York, New York

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  Event Partners Ireland

  • County Dublin, Ireland

  • Sales Coordinator

    • Mar 2017 - Sep 2017
    • County Dublin, Ireland

    For my six month work placement with the Bcomm degree, I operated as a sales coordinator on the reactive side of business with Event Partners Ireland. My main role was to create attractive programmes for possible clients wishing to bring incentive business to Ireland. This involved me studying the client brief intently and creating an innovative proposal to wow the client and win their business. Essentially I was selling Ireland as a destination and selling EPI as a partner to the client. I acquired a number of skills and valuable experiences while undertaking this work placement- my oral and written communication, my ability to work within a team and confidence to use my own initiative when time is of the essence on-site. While being challenged continuously throughout the placement I cannot commend the company, UCC and my past colleagues enough who I consider more to be friends, for making my work experience hugely rewarding, educational and above all enjoyable.

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  The Ross Killarney

  • Ireland
  • Hospitality
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Bar Staff

    • May 2013 - Mar 2017

  • Pastry Chef

    • May 2015 - Sep 2015