About me
As an English and American Literature graduate and with recent experience in travel writing and copy editing for an online travel guide, I am looking for a role that is the perfect opportunity for my skills already developed to be exercised further.
Along with my degree, my past administrative and customer service based work experience means that I also have acquired the necessary literary and inter-personal skills required to excel. This includes acute grammar and spelling and a great attention to detail. I am also a keen learner and strive to perfect any task undertaken.
Work history
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Travel Writer/EditorCity Travel Review
- Berlin, GermanyInternship
As part of a group constructing our own travel guide, I undertook this is course to refresh and develop my writing skills further, whilst exploring a new writing style in the form of review writing. The additional skills I developed included:
• Editing skills – as primary copy-editor I was able to gain an insight into the responsibilities of being an Editor, including extreme attention to detail and perfect time keeping skills.
• Descriptive and detailed writing – being an active observer of my surroundings to obtain an appropriate level of detail within a different writing approach.
• Team work and independent working skills – whilst working as part of a group, I also took on an additional task in writing a feature on David Bowie’s time in Berlin – something of specific interest to me and that I took great pride in writing.
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Membership Services AdvisorMDU
- London, United KingdomFull Time
The MDU is a non-for-profit medical defence organisation that offers legal advice and support in regards to clinical negligence claims. In this challenging yet rewarding role, I have developed a vast knowledge of the medical world whilst also perfecting my customer service skills. My duties included:
• Developing and maintaining a high knowledge of the MDU and its role in the ever-changing medical world.
• Using extensive listening and questioning skills in order to accurately categorise and organise the records held for the members.
• Liaising with other departments to ensure the smooth running of the organisation.
• Sending referrals to our Underwriting team.
• Processing payments and setting up direct debits/credit agreements.
• Retain high quality efficiency targets through working in a timely manner.
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Skills
- Clear Communication
- English Grammar
- Attentive
- Passionate
- Enthusiastic Creative
- Active Listening
- People Focused
- Close Reading
- Adaptability
- Positive Attitude
Education
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Study AbroadBrock University
- St. Catharines, Canada
• Living in another country and travelling out there alone took me out of my comfort zone and increased my confidence in my ability to adapt quickly in a new environment, as well as my independence.
• Whilst completing a literature degree in two different academic environments, I gained a wide variety of transferable skills such as written and spoken communication as well as analytical, research and IT skills.
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BA honours 2:1 in English and American LiteratureKeele University
- United Kingdom
• A range of module undertaken from Literature to Film and Media modules.
• Creative writing dissertation (2:1).