Experience

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  Cranstoun

  • Smethwick, England, United Kingdom

  • IPS Employment Specialist

    • Apr 2024 - Present
    • Smethwick, England, United Kingdom

    As an IPS employment specialist, I work with people, supporting them into sustainable, competitive employment. Job search is tailored to the client's specific preferences rather than directing them to where jobs happen to be. Once employed, we provide In-Work Support, for the employee and the...

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  Project Exp.

  • Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

  • Photographer/Artist

    • Jan 2014 - Present
    • Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    I am a low tech photographer using film, digital and digital editing techniques, i have experience of photographing a variety of subjects, from products to events, with a love of art photography. I edit my own images using Adobe Photoshop. I use a range of cameras from aged film and modified came...

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  Independent Digital Coach

  • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

  • Head Coach

    • Jun 2022 - Apr 2024
    • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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  Leopard Print Vintage Fairs

  • Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Partner

    • Jan 2018 - Apr 2024
    • Oxford, United Kingdom

    Promoting and organising vintage fairs and related events.

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  Citizens Advice

  • Sandwell, England, United Kingdom

  • Digital Money coach

    • Nov 2020 - Apr 2022
    • Sandwell, England, United Kingdom

    Digital Money Coach, Click Start project, Citizens Advice, Sandwell and Walsall. Helping people become more confident in the use of digital platforms to enhance their lives. We offer help to eligible people with budgeting and money advice, cv and job search support, online safety for all the fami...

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  Castle Minibus Ltd.

  • Bicester, Oxfordshire

  • Rentals Administrator

    • Apr 2019 - May 2020
    • Bicester, Oxfordshire

    Training to be fully conversant with company procedures and industry-wide regulations and practices, I am very proud to be a small part of a leading organisation in minibus services.

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  LEGACY LEISURE LIMITED

  • Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Duty Manager

    • Sep 2017 - Apr 2019
    • Oxford, United Kingdom

    Duty manager at Bicester's premier sports facility, Whitelands Farm Sports Ground. Responsible for the running of the facility per shift, customer care, safety and security of the building, cash handling and banking procedures.Involved in function planning and hosting events, liaising with sp...

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  BLENHEIM PALACE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

  • Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Operations Team Member

    • Mar 2017 - Sep 2017
    • Oxford, United Kingdom

    Member of welcome team, in an intensive customer service role.

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  Miss B's Fitness

  • Low Hill Community Centre, Wolverhampton WV10 9JJ

  • Community Fitness Instructor

    • Sep 2011 - Sep 2017
    • Low Hill Community Centre, Wolverhampton WV10 9JJ

    Easyline Gym is a community project running across the city of Wolverhampton, giving people a helping hand on the road to better health. For the past five years, I have worked as a partner of Wolverhampton City Council delivering gym sessions to people who need a little extra help and encourageme...

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  Black Country Challenge

  • Wolverhampton Science Park

  • Coaching and learning mentor

    • Sep 2008 - Jul 2009
    • Wolverhampton Science Park

    In my post as an academic coach, I was coaching and mentoring pupils in year 7 & 8 in English, grammar and spelling. Listening and motivating, I helped pupils focus outside a usual classroom environment. Often having to deal with challenging behaviour, I provided support and planned activiti...

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  University of Wolverhampton

  • image identifier

    • Jun 2006 - Sep 2008

    The key aim of the job wasto identify articles and visual material, tagging them with keywords to facilitate internet searching on a database of twentieth century popular culture and design.I was a member of a panel of experts in the above subject, working as part of a team and also on own initia...

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  Self Employed

  • Wolverhampton

  • Dress designer/maker

    • Jan 1995 - May 2006
    • Wolverhampton

    Following my graduation from Birmingham university I became a maker of clothing including wedding dresses, ladies tailoring, highland kilts and alterations undertaken. I discussed and worked to customer budgets and deadlines providing a unique personalised service for hand made clothing, often u...

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  Dillons the Bookstore

  • Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

  • Academic bookseller

    • Aug 1995 - Feb 1998
    • Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    I gained customer retail service experience as a book seller with Dillons in the Wolverhampton branch. For a period of time I reorganised the corporate and library sales department, making a more efficient system and assisted the running of a busy academic book department. I liaised with publis...