Ross Collins

Social Media Marketing Assistant

I am available to help, please get in touch.

Plymouth/Bristol

Skills Offered

  • - Social Media Marketing

Personal Introduction

Skills Profile Computing Finished top of my class in I.C.T with two A’s in my coursework and a B overall. Ran my own project with a local business over the course of nine months. Designed, created and tested a product using Adobe software. Conducted market research and set up monthly meetings with the business to keep track of my progress using Microsoft Project. Now competent in using Microsoft office and have experience with Adobe software. Analysed and interpreted quantitative and qualitative data using Microsoft Access software. Also have some experience using SPSS predictive analytics software. Leadership & Co-ordination Team leader for a marketing project in university working with a local business. Ensured that all members of the group were on target with work and handed it in before the deadline, giving constructive criticism, providing support and delegating tasks to the correct individual. Premium retail experience and a very high standard of customer service due to my current job as supervisor at Kurt Geiger. Voted as marketing course representative at my first year in university. This required me to keep records of fellow peers concerns and views on the course and liaison with the head of the course. Captain of my university football team, responsibilities include: Organising events, keeping team morale high, motivating the players and making sure everyone arrives on time. Communication & Presentation Experience with television interviews as part of some voluntary work I did in a marketing campaign on a number of occasions. This required me to answer questions for an advertisement for my college in front of a camera. The advertisement was a great success and was shown on a big screen in the city centre for a week to attract new students to the college. My role as supervisor at Kurt Geiger has taught me how to deal with clients in a professional manner both face to face and on the phone. This has led to increased customer loyalty and I have had people request to be served solely by me in the past. Given many effective presentations in college and university. Was once chosen out of my class to have my presentation video recorded to use for future classes as an example. At Kurt Geiger there have been many high stress situations that required me to stay calm and professional while finding an appropriate solution to the problem. This resulted in gratification from customers. Group work Worked for Seed Staff at NASS festival to get an insight into the events industry. The role required me to be outgoing and have great communication skills as I had never met the group I was working with before.  

Qualifications

  • Qualifications

  • 2011 – 2015 Plymouth University BA (Hons) Marketing

  • Second year modules: Business Ethics

  • Enterprise and Innovation

  • Placement Preparation

  • Advertising

  • Brand Management and Marketing Communications

  • Buyer Behaviour and Relationships

  • Marketing Research

  • New Product Development and Marketing Planning.

  • November 2012 Certificate in Sustainable business

  • Currently studying for an award with the IDM

  • First year modules 2:2: Marketing

  • Economics

  • Business Accounting

  • Business Law

  • Organisational Behaviour

  • Personal Development Programme.

  • 2009 – 2011 A and A/S Levels at St Brendan’s Sixth Form College (360 UCAS Points): Communication & Culture – A

  • Information & Communication Technologies – B

  • English Literature & Language – C

  • Business Studies – C

  • GCSE’s at Mangotsfield School

  • Specialist College in Engineering and Science:      Nine GCSE’s Including Maths and English from A-C

  • Full Clean Drivers Licence

Experience

Work History Kurt Geiger – Aug 2010 to Apr 2012: Started as a sales assistant and was promoted to supervisor where my roles were extended to: cashing up, key holder, ensuring staff performed their tasks and reached their sales targets and writing the weekly report. Required to reach daily sales targets and analyse sales figures and trends. Gained a great understanding of point of sales stands and how they influence the customer.

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