Graduate - Georgia Ramsey

About:

My greatest passion is to have a successful career within the event industry. I started this journey from a young age when I indulged myself in the international events my father would facilitate, including extreme sporting events and festivals. Once I had finished my GCSES I carried on this process by studying Travel, Tourism and Events at Burnley College then committing further by recently finishing the Events Management BA (Honours) Course at Manchester Metropolitan University. Whilst at University I took part in extracurricular activities to further my knowledge and gain a wider range of experience from attending and volunteering at many events over the three years.

As a recent Event Management graduate, my goal is to work within a growing and successful events organisation. I am a confident, friendly and positive person who, through past experience, both voluntary and paid, has gained a wealth of experience and knowledge which I feel is transferrable to many different industries of work. I am eager to develop these skills whilst working with different teams and people. I am enthusiastic, well organised and can adapt to complete tasks that are given. I am always reliable, punctual and my helpful nature would naturally suit the roles/responsibilities of this position.

KEY SKILLS
› Customer Service
› Articulate
› Team player
› ICT and Microsoft Platforms
› Confident
› Time Management
› Good Initiative
› Interpersonal Skills
› Keen Problem Solver
› Positive Mind Set

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Sept 2012 – Jun 2016: Ribblesdale High School
GCSE: 8 inc English Literature: B, English Language: C, Maths: C as well as Functional Skills

Sept 2016 – Jun 2018: Burnley College
BTEC: Level 3 Advanced Programme
Extended Diploma in Hospitality, Event, Travel and Tourism.
Qualification: Distinction*, Distinction, Distinction

Sep 2018- June 2021: Manchester Metropolitan University
Qualification:  Events Management BA (Hons)

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

April 2017 – present: Junction 4 Skatepark, Darwen, Skatepark Assistant
Duties Include: Working in various roles including on reception, talking to customers and dealing with any queries, taking payments and general admin, helping with the organisation of events and handing food and drink.

Jan 2019 – Present: Outgoing Event Representative
Duties include: Travelling with groups on trips and assisting them whilst there, dealing with any issues in a professional manner, engaging with the groups to make sure that they have a good time. Trips Include: Sportsfest 2019, Edinburgh University Hockey Tour to Barcelona 2019, City Breaks to Paris and Amsterdam.

Nov 2015 – April 2017: Roefield Leisure Centre, Gymnastics Coach
Duties include: Leading classes, creating new routines and teaching, ensuring safety whilst using equipment.

Oct 2015 – Oct 2016: Best Western Hotel, Burnley, Conference and Events Assistant
Duties include: Setting Rooms for Meetings and Events, Serving and Collecting Food in a Banqueting Style and helping customers with any queries.

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE AND VOLUNTEERING

May 2016 - May 2018: Burnley College, Open Evening Assistant

May 2017: Nass Festival, Bath, Events Management Assistant
My roles and responsibilities during Nass were to assist in duties such as: Collecting and inputting scores for riders for the judges, supplying refreshments to staff and competitors, dealing with public queries, Liaising with competitors and staff and generally helping to ensure the BMX Event ran successfully.

October 2017: Don’t Panic Events, Ramsbottom, Events Management Assistant
During this time I completed a 2-week work placement where I assisted with the organisation and production with events. Here, I got to understand in more depth the different skills it takes to pull of these events. I felt this work experience related to me and my aspirations for my future goals. Whilst I worked at Don’t Panic I was able to try a range of different things including: Financial work, Packaging and posting awards, Telephone handling, Using professional websites such as LinkedIn to find potential customers.

May 2017: Race for Life - Witton Park, Blackburn
My role during this event was to cheer on the participants as well as hand them their medals and refreshments once they had crossed the finish line. I feel this helped me gain experience in the Events industry as I learned that it is important to keep the client happy throughout the event not just during the planning and set up of the event. I also learnt that there is a lot more to events than planning and organising.

June 2015: St. Johns Primary School, Burnley, Teaching Assistant
My roles during this work experience was to assist with the lessons of the reception class, making sure the children stayed on task in classroom sessions and helping out the teacher with lesson preparations i.e. resource building, photocopying, preparations of appropriate equipment for different tasks in the lessons.  At the end of my work placement, I designed a Maths/English Challenge for the pupils and led the session which was very successful. I was also asked to lead football and netball sessions in the evenings for children of all ages. I was told I could return to the school and help out any time which would like to do.

Other information:

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Level 2 Health & safety qualification: Pass
Level 2 Functional Skills qualification: Pass
Coaching Qualification
First Aid Trained
BIIAB Health and Safety Level 2: Pass
BIIAB Personal License: Pass
Driver’s License

Reference available on request