Brief summary
MY AMBITIONS
Enthusiastic and dedicated, I’m seeking a graduate position where I can grow develop, and make an impact within the field of marketing and advertising. With a strong skill set and degree knowledge, I believe I can bring creative ideas and successful solutions to the table. Take a look through my CV site to find out more about what I have to offer. Any potential opportunities within this field would be greatly appreciated.
A bit about me...
WHO I AM
As a recent marketing graduate I have little to no experience in a marketing role itself similar to many graduates facing this same challenge. As an individual I believe I am my own self motivated, having always put myself in busy situations by thriving in a fast paced working environment. In line with this, the most engaging working environment for me is likely to be a constant on the go role which can challenge my learning and help me develop.
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In terms of my current skill set having only worked in retail, I have adopted improved interpersonal skills, alongside merchandising and managerial experience. I consider myself a perfectionist whereby I will continue at a task until I'm completely satisfied with the standard of it, this has been recognised when merchandising in my current job role.
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As previously mentioned a busy environment is my best friend! For me I taught myself to love a busy schedule by having good organisational skills whilst trying to study, work and up keep a social life. One of my personal interest is attending the gym 4-5 days a week, whilst at University I used this as routine to keep my mind ticking away from University work. Having this approach to my lifestyle has helped me manage my time effectively and benefitted me when taking on additional tasks.
Work Experience
MY CAREER
SALES ASSISTANT/ NEXT
OCTOBER 2015Â - CURRENT
I have adopted skills from working in busy periods and under pressure such as the intensity of their pre and post christmas sales. It has helped me develop my communication skills whilst being able to interact with a number of customers during a working day. The working enviroment of NEXT has helped me develop confidence in understanding customers and their ever changing trends.
Over the past two years within the company I have gained additional responsibility by becoming a visual merchanidiser for my current store. This was an adaptation to my sales assistant position by allowing me to handle the merchandising of stock through womenswear.
This improved my experiences within retail by expanding my knowledge on products; this taught me how to identify potential best selling stock alongside launching new stock inline with a brief to enhance customer appeal for the store. Since taking this opportunityI am constantly learning and applying my marketing knowledge with my retail, this is done by reviewing best sellers and what customers are looking for each week.
During this job, despite my age I have been called upon for managing the sales floor if the need arises. This shows my adaptablity of learning within a job and motivating myself to take on additional responsibility where I can.
This has been benefical to my current studies of marketing and advertising management. It has allowed me to work within the retail industry and gain experience from consumers to help further my knowledge in understanding their requirments from a company or product.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
THAT LITTLE BIT EXTRA...
When choosing to study Marketing, I decided to take on an additional learning experience to my degree by studying marketing and advertising management. This allowed me to study a project management Unit with my final degree which resulted in a 1st.
GOOGLE DIGITAL GARAGE
SELF IMPROVER
Over the period of lockdown within the global pandemic we are all currently aware off! I took it upon myself to use this free time to develop my learning and enrol myself onto Google digital garage fundamentals of digital marketing course. This was beneficial to my learning by providing me with more of an insight on SEO. I finished this course with a pass over 80%.
KANTAR MEDIA
A VALUABLE SKILL
My University provided me with the opportunity to develop my skill set by becoming TGI data trained with Kantar media. This provided me with an understanding on organising data collection and analyses methods in order to better understand a market.
Educational Experience
SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY
2017-2020
Undertook a BA (Hons) in Marketing and Advertising management. This provided me with insights on understanding markets from an advertisers point of view. Looking at trends in markets and seeing how the needs of the target consumer can be met through advertising. Since studying marketing I recognised my passion for social media and influencer marketing and its impact on todays society. Having already achieve a 1st on my dissertation with a predicted 1st as my final grade.
FARNBOROUGH SIXTH FORM COLLEGE
2015-2017
Studied English, Business and Health and Social in college. Business as an A-level is where I recognised my interest in the aspect of marketing and therefore from this chose to further my studies at University. I achieved an A in English a C in Business and a Distinction* in Health and social.
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"The best way to predict the future is to create it"
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
