Date of Birth 04.09.1985                                                                                                 British

• Writing reports on daily activities completed; and reporting any incidents in writing.

• Attending meetings for updates on the charity.

• Ad-hoc filing of young people’s information; and photo copying information sheets.

• I have a CRB.

Sensonido

Gabby’s Home Art Studio

Private Art Tutor

September 2009-Present

• I run a small business, privately tutoring people in Art; in their own homes, focusing on ages five upwards.
• I specialise in painting and drawing, with elements of Arts and Craft.
• It involves a lot of research on Art topics in books and the internet.
• Planning of classes on Excel and development of class worksheets on Word.
• When first setting up this business, I had to consider the most appropriate places to market my business; and how I would conduct this.

Vince Cable MP’s Office,

Lion Street, Twickenham

Administrator to the

Campaign Staff

November-December 2011

• Parliamentary by-election, called at three weeks’ notice in Feltham and Heston constituency.
• Tasks involved: using a Riso printing machine, folding machines, Hands contacts database, hand writing envelopes clearly, welcoming people into the office and speaking to supporters on the phone.

• I learnt to work in a busy and pressured office environment.

Census Collector/

Data Imputer

April-May 2011

• Encouraging and assisting, members of the public to complete their census forms.
• Taking down statistical information.
• Leafleting and posting census forms.
• Scanning census forms into a database.
• I had to pass a lot of online tests, and take part in a full days training with other staff before starting this role.

The National Trust,

Ham House Café, Richmond

Catering Assistant

February-November 2009

• Worked in multiple functions, but usually leading on the till.
• I had to be very confident in handling money transactions.
• I was the first point of contact for people entering the café.
• Dealt with customer queries.

Next, Shepherd’s Bush

Retail Assistant,

Women’s Wear

October-December 2008

• Worked on shop floor, tills, fitting rooms and shoe department.
• Promoted items on front entrance.
• Stock-filled and checked.
• Answered customer queries in person and on the phone.

Primark, Ealing

Retail Assistant,

Lingerie Department

May-September 2008

• Trained in Customer Services.
• Dealt with money transactions.
• Displayed stock.

• Answered customer queries

Employment also includes: COOK, Barnes (2007) and Llexia Art/The Bijou Box, Brentford (2007)

WORK EXPERIENCE & VOLUNTEERING

Hampstead

Intern – Art Sales Co-ordinator

April-July 2012

• Engaging with visitors to the gallery space.
• Money transactions, including use of petty cash, which I record.
• Contacting businesses and artists via letters, MS Office and phone.
• Making use of Excel for creating contacts databases; and for recording appointments on timetables.
• Researching artists and businesses on Google.
• Taking charge of running the gallery, when colleagues are unavailable.

Artist Jules George at Bonhams, New Bond Street

Gallery Assistant

July 2011

• Introduced war artist, Jules George’s paintings, drawings and prints, to visitors of his exhibition ‘Into the Valley’.
• I used my initiative and spoke positively with people, building up a rapport; and answered any queries.

Grove Road Primary School,

Hounslow

Volunteer

February-April 2010

• Work experience teaching year four, ages eight-nine, on a one to one and group basis – focus on Maths and English.

The British Library,

Kings Cross,

Volunteer Designer

Summer 2003

• Co-designer producing colouring sheets, based on the Lindisfarne Gospels, for use in school assemblies.
• Download from  http://tinyurl.com/lindisfarnebl