Jobs

Here are all the jobs I have ever done. Mainly for my reference, but if you are looking to employ me and want to know what I have experience in….

Jobs by career area
Chronologically (no job descriptions)

Jobs by career area
Professional Pianist
Professional Performing
Office jobs
Food
Retail
Other

Professional Pianist
Sarahs first experience with the piano was her Granny teaching her three blind mice on the piano at 4 years old. She taught herself up to the age of 13 when she took lessons with a local teacher in the UK. Piano was her second study during her B.Mus at Birmingham conservatoire (UK) (recorders was her first study instrument).

Private performances
Performed for numerous weddings, retirement dinners and birthdays since 2003.

Public performances
I have played for many valentines day dinners, christmas day meals, christmas parties and evenings in restaurants, hotels. I have played for Rotary club dinners and the National wine show in Canberra (both asked me back for a third year)

Accompanist / rehearsal pianist – Andante Andante Choir, Canberra
03/2013 to 31/03/2014
Playing for rehearsals and concerts

Background pianist – Canberra centre, Civic, Canberra, ACT
03/2012 to 02/2014
Playing for shoppers friday evenings and daily over christmas period

Between 2008 and 2012 I concentrated on playing private performances

Weekend pianist – Kettering Park hotel, Kettering, UK
04/2008 – 08/2008
Playing a variety of cocktail music for hotel patrons

Entertainer and courier (Self employed) – Page and Moy (now travelsphere)
06/2002 to 05/2007 (one month a year, holiday cover)
Playing as a cocktail pianist three times a night

Keyboard player in the party band Centre of attraction (Northampton)
2005 (2 months)
Party hits ranging from top 40 to Abba

General Entertainer – Warner Holidays, Cheshire
06/1999 to 07/2000
Singing and playing piano in the lounge sing a long

General Entertainer – Pontins Holidays, Chichester
06/1995 to 08/1995
Performing my own piano vocal compositions as a solo performance to guests (friday evening weekly for about a month)

Nightingale night club, Birmingham – One evening a week playing in the restaurant.
1998 (for about two months)

Lunchtime Pianist in restaurant – Palm’s piano bar, Birmingham
09/1997 to 10/1997

Professional Performing
Supervisor, DJ and Juke box deliveries – MobyDisc
18/10/2014 – Present
7/10/2015 – Present – Perth, WA
18/10/14 – 19/6/15 – Melbourne, VIC
Delivering juke boxes to private and public venues, setting them up, showing clients how they work
Driving round to various DJs, collecting money, checking everything is working 
Djing for various private functions around Melbourne

Acting Extra – Real people, Melbourne, VIC
1/12/2014
Patiently waited around after having hair and makeup done to stand and dance in the background of the film holding the man.

Entertainer and courier (Self employed) – Page and Moy (now travelsphere)
06/2002 to 05/2007 (one month a year)
Playing as a cocktail pianist three times a night
Organizing and implementing activities as a social hostess
Responsible for guests on the excursions as a courier

General Entertainer – Warner Holidays, Cheshire, UK
06/1999 to 07/2000
Performing as a dancer in ‘in house performances’ and pre-cabaret
Singing and playing piano in the lounge sing a long
Organising and implementing daily events / activities and greeting guests on arrival
Organising and implementing all aspects of bingo including cash handling
Achieving silver customer care and promoting all aspects of public relations and customer care

General Entertainer – Pontins Holidays, Chichester, UK
06/1995 to 08/1995
Performing as a dancer in ‘in house performances’ and pre-cabaret
Singing and playing piano for guests
Organising and implementing daily events / activities

Office jobs

    Self employed independent media coder – ISentia, Melbourne, VIC
    8/05/14 – 27/06/14
    Reading media clips and coding them for various projects

    Client Services Coordinator – Sentia Media – Griffith, ACT, Australia
    23/07/2012 to 30/03/2014
    Supporting the News desk executives though assessing relevance of returned content, updating briefs, arranging for credits, liaising with various other departments to complete these tasks if necessary.

    Stock analyst – HR Go Agency, Volkswagen, Milton Keynes
    30/07/2011 – 30/09/2011
    Looking at computer predictions of future stock requirements and deciding if manual adjustments needed to be made

    Customer services adviser – Johnson Underwood agency, Northamptonshire County council call centre
    20/6/2011 to 22/07/2011
    Answering external enquiries for information on a variety of subjects such as disabled parking badge. Signposting to other departments
    Answering internal switchboard enquiries

    Self employed marketing consultant
    04/11 – 11/11
    Wrote a marketing plan for a small HR company

    Self employed content writer
    04/11 – 06/11
    Wrote reviews for a private client about several DIY website builders

    Business Link Adviser Team leader – East Midlands Business Ltd, Moulton Park, UK
    04/2009 – 15/03/2011
    Business Link Business Support Adviser – East Midlands Business Ltd, Moulton Park, UK
    02/2008 – 04/2009
    Train to Gain Skills Broker – East Midlands Business Ltd, Moulton Park
    02/2007 – 02/2008
    Managed a maximum team of 3 business advisers and 2 Support co-ordinators.
    Conducted face to face and telephone diagnostics with clients from SMEs over 1 day old using diagnostic tools such as a balanced scorecard type diagnostic, Organisational Needs Analysis and Individual Needs Analysis
    Assisted in implementing a change initiative. New demands were placed on the job and I coached my team through the period of change. Due to my coaching, my team improved and all hit their targets for this area.
    I have written and delivered presentations for HMRC (Her Majesties Revenue and Customs), a staff focus day, team meetings and at other Business Link events.
    The business advisers across the whole of the East Midlands were short of their targets. I devised and implemented a programme for the Northamptonshire team that was backed by my manager and company marketing team to gain more clients. This was successful as we gained more clients that we would have done in an average month.

    Business Link Business Start-Up Coordinator / Information Team Adviser – Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce, Moulton Park, UK
    01/2006 – 02/2007
    Carried out diagnostics of start up and existing businesses needs over the telephone and occasionally face to face. Clients were SME owners / managers from all sectors
    Researched and sent relevant information via the best means for the client
    I was ‘transferred’ to EMB Ltd when the Business Link contract was taken over by EMB

    Lecturer and administrator – London College of Professional Studies, Luton
    15/08/2005 to 12/12/2005
    Lectured in marketing management, marketing strategy, business strategy and project management at undergraduate and post graduate level. 
    Managed a project that involved sourcing, purchasing, developing a classification system, maintaining and developing student resources within the reference only library
    Administration duties included reception, typing letters, producing student invoices, contacting suppliers

    Angelia Mortimer agency – Northampton, UK
    01/2005 to 04/2005
    various office based jobs for various companies

    Katie Bard agency – Northampton, UK
    24/12/2004 to 11/03/2005
    various office based jobs for various companies

    Select agency – Northampton, UK
    12/2004
    various office based jobs for various companies

    Telephone researcher – University College Northampton
    09/09/2004 to 21/09/2004
    Assisted with survey design, ,cold calling local SMEs to conduct surveys, inputting quantitative data into excel

    Customer Services Advisor – Carlson marketing, Northampton
    02/2003 to 09/2003
    Receiving inbound calls for customer care lines as a first line of contact
    Resolving all customer complaints successfully
    Redeeming customer loyalty vouchers

    Receptionist – Prime time agency, Northampton
    8/2002 – 11/2002
    General admin and reception duties

    Temporary worker/ administrator – The Work partnership, Kettering and Northampton
    01/2002 to 06/2002
    Worked as an administrator, responsible for timesheets and temp applications
    Worked as a temporary worker in a variety of different jobs

    Telstra telesales agent – Through an agency, Sydney, Australia
    11/2000 – 12/2000

    BPS Teleperformance, Birmingham – Telesales executive
    01/1998 to 04/1999
    Interviewing customers for market research, mystery shopping and call centre effectiveness
    Inbound calls, customer care lines and competition line
    Outbound sales calls encouraging new customers, repeat purchasing and Conducting customer satisfaction questionnaires

    Retail

      Part time sales assistant – Magnolia silver, Garden city, Booragoon, WA
      20/10/15 – 28/10/15
      Opened the store, served customers.

      Casual Sales Assistant – Coop book shop, St Albans, VIC
      10/07/14 – 01/08/14
      Using the POS system to take customer sales, Assisting customers with book enquiries
      Selling membership, Replenishing shelves and keeping them tidy

      Sales assistant – Inspired collections – Civic and Woden, ACT, Australia
      16/3/2012 to 01/06/01
      Key holder – responsible for opening and / or closing the store
      Cashing up the till and putting the money in the safe
      Designing original window displays
      Creating original jewellery, repairing and / or redesigning customers own jewellery.

      Door to door promotions (Subcontractor) – Viva international, Australia
      02/2001 to 09/2001
      Team leader responsible for recruiting and training members
      Cold calling B2B door to door and booth promotions for American express
      Worked on solo road trips

      Food

        Create your taste chef and crew member, McDonalds
        28/08/2014 – Present
        30/11/15 – Present Mcdonalds, Kwinana freeway, Baldivis, WA
        28/08/14 – 07/07/2015 McDonalds, Point Cook, VIC
        Create your taste chef – making burgers to order
        Crew member – making burgers, grilling / frying meat, cleaning

        Assistant restaurant manager – Compass group (moto service station Toddington M1 south)
        04/04/2005 – 31/07/2005
        A senior position under the GM and Restaurant manager. Managed and trained up to six members of staff and two team leaders 
        Also responsible for displays, stock takes, safe keys and cashing up the safe

        Agency worker for Solway foods, Staffline Recruitment, Corby
        06/1993 to 06/1995

        Other

          Self employed Walker – Fermax newspapers – Melbourne, VIC
          9/7/14 – 22/10/14
          Distributing the star weekly newspaper 

          Jobs chronologically (no job descriptions)
          30/11/15 – Present Crew member, Mcdonalds, Kwinana freeway, Baldivis
          7/10/2015 – Present Juke box deliveries – MobyDisc Perth, WA
          20/10/15 – 28/10/15 Part time sales assistant – Magnolia silver, Garden city, Booragoon, WA

          28/08/14 – 07/07/2015 Crew member – McDonalds, Point Cook, VIC
          18/10/14 – 19/6/15 Supervisor, DJ and Juke box deliveries – MobyDisc – Melbourne, VIC,
          1/12/2014 Acting Extra – Real people – Melbourne, VIC
          9/7/14 – 22/10/14 Self employed Walker – Fermax newspapers – Melbourne
          10/07/14 – 01/08/14 Casual Sales Assistant – Coop book shop, St Albans
          8/05/14 – 27/06/14 Self employed independent media coder – ISentia, Melbourne, VIC

          03/2013 to 31/03/2014 Accompanist / rehearsal pianist – Andante Andante Choir, Canberra, ACT
          07/2012 to 03/2014 Client Support Coordinator – ISentia, Griffith, ACT
          16/3/2012 to 01/06/01 Sales assistant – Inspired collections – Civic and Woden, ACT,
          03/2012 to 02/2014 Background pianist – Canberra centre,ACT
          23/07/2012 to 30/03/2014 Client Services Coordinator – ISentia – Griffith, ACT

          30/07/2011 – 30/09/2011 Stock analyst – HR Go Agency – Volkswagen Milton Keynes, UK

          20/6/2011 to 22/07/2011 Customer Services Adviser – Johnson Underwood agency  – Northamptonshire County council call centre
          04/11 – 11/11 – Self employed marketing consultant
          04/11 – 06/11 – Self employed content writer
          02/2007 to 15/03/2011 Business Link Adviser Team leader, Business Link Business Support Adviser, Train to Gain Skills Broker -East Midlands Business Limited (EMB LTD) Moulton Park, UK
          01/2006 – 02/2007 Business Link Business Start-Up Coordinator / Information Team Adviser – Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce, Moulton Park

          06/2002 to 05/2007 (one month a year) Page and Moy –  Pianist, hostess and courier (Self employed)

          15/08/2005 to 12/12/2005 Lecturer and administrator – London College of Professional Studies, Luton
          04/04/2005 – 31/07/2005 Assistant restaurant manager – Compass group (moto service station Toddington M1 south)

          Studied my Masters in Business Administration (Marketing) – M.B.A. (Marketing) from 2003-2005
          01/2005 to 04/2005 Various office jobs – Angelia Mortimer agency, Northampton, UK
          24/12/2004 to 11/03/2005 Various office jobs – Katie Bard agency, Northampton, UK
          12/2004 Various office jobs – Select agency, Northampton, UK
          09/09/2004 to 21/09/2004 Telephone researcher – University College Northampton
          08/2002 – 11/2002 Receptionist – Prime time agency, Northampton, UK
          01/2002 to 06/2002 Temporary worker/ administrator – The Work partnership, Kettering and Northampton

          02/2001 to 09/2001 Door to door promotions (Subcontractor) – Viva international,Brisbane, Australia
          11/2000 – 12/2000 Telesales calling for Telstra, Job agency, Sydney, Australia

          06/1999 to 07/2000 General Entertainer – Warner Holidays, Cheshire

          Studied my music degree from 1996 – 1999 in Birmingham
          01/1998 to 04/1999 Telesales executive – BPS Teleperformance, Birmingham
          09/1997 to 10/1997 Lunchtime Pianist (Self employed) – Palm’s piano bar, Birmingham

          08/1995 to 09/1996 Various factory and warehouse jobs – Different agencies, Kettering

          06/1995 to 08/1995 General Entertainer – Pontins Holidays, Cheshire

          06/1993 to 06/1995 Agency worker for Solway foods – Staffline Recruitment, Corby