CV
Professional, Educational & Extra-Curricular Experience
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
May 2021 - present
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING ASSISTANT
Prince Krofa & Sons
Family-based chartered surveyor:
Web design, blog-writing, social media posts, networking within industry, analytics to optimise client retention, directing promotional video.
October 2018 - April 2019
BRITISH COUNCIL ASSISTANT
Lycée Emily Brontë
English language teacher in sixth-form college (part of university year abroad):
Lesson-planning, giving lessons 18 hours a week to groups between 6 and 12 students, specialising in conversation / building fluency.
EDUCATION
October 2016 - August 2020
DURHAM UNIVERSITY
Modern Languages & Cultures with Year Abroad (French & Spanish)
Graduated with Second Class Honours.
First for Dissertation: "Re-Ruta: Nostalgia and the Struggle to Document a Post-Franco Youth Subculture"
(analysis of cultural products during and after the so-called "Ruta del Bakalao" club cultural explosion in 1990s Valencia)
September 2009 - August 2016
LANGLEY PARK SCHOOL FOR BOYS
A-Levels: French, Spanish, Government & Politics (all A)
AS-Level: English Language (A)
GCSEs: Maths, English Language, French, Spanish, Geography (A*), English Literature, Core Science, Additional Science, DT Resistant Materials (A), Statistics (B).
Other Awards: BCS Certificate of ICT Skills, OCR National Levels 1 & 21, Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award.
Member of Bromley Youth Concert Band, 2013-16, toured to Italy and Spain
Current member of XBY (alumni band), won gold medal at WMC Kerkrade, 2017
Secretary of BYMT Youth Voice council, 2015-16
Publicity & Social Media Officer of Durham University Brass Band, 2017-18
Secretary of Durham University Concert Band, 2017-18
Member of news team and producer of bulletins, 2016
Regular guest on Saturday morning show, 2017-18
Presented regular show in early 2020
CLUBS & SOCIETIES
July - October 2021
DiSC Personality Test (results: iD)
Took part in activities run by Coms, Marketing, DTC, Sport, and many other departments
Presented on my time to reps from Discovery + Creative Access
Currently taking part in mentoring programme with Post-Production dept.
October 2021 - present
UK-based editor for Eurovision journalism site
Articles, live blogs, interviews, participate in press conferences
Accredited for Eurovision 2022 in Turin and Junior Eurovision 2021 in Paris
30-strong team with colleagues all over the world - regular communication in multiple languages
March 2021 - present
Volunteer translator / translations reviewer
English - French, English - Spanish, French - Spanish
Translations of emergency / education / medical material
Over 100,000 users worldwide
OTHER PROJECTS
SKILLS & AWARDS
Facebook, YouTube and Instagram analytics
Dropbox / Google Drive
MailChimp
Video / Image editing software - iMovie / Adobe Premier Pro / Photoshop
LPBS English Prize, 2016
Grade 8 French Horn from Trinity-Guildhall examiners
Ran campaign to save BYMT from council cuts, 2015 (featured on BBC London)
Presented for Salamanca Tourism Board, February 2020
INTERESTS
Television / Broadcasting
World Cinema
Classical music
Cycling
Athletics
Multisport events (Olympics etc.)
Politics
Comedy / Satire
YouTube
Podcasts / Streaming
Eurovision