Alex Bailey
Tring,Hertfordshire
Summary
A highly motivated and commercially driven Sports Business Management undergraduate with proven leadership experience in fast-paced, customer-facing environments. I have demonstrated ability to lead teams and manage operations under pressure as well as build strong working relationships through roles as Lead Car Park Marshal, Event Bartender, and Sports Coach. I am a confident communicator with strong organisations and time management skills which I have obtained since a young age then further developed throughout my university study. Competitive and target driven which has been shaped by strong sporting involvement through my whole life, with a natural ability to build rapport and deliver results. Eager to apply resilience, commercial awareness, and relationship-building skills within a performance-driven graduate recruitment environment at Mackenzie Stuart.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Football/Sports Coach
sports fever
2021.05 - 2025.09
- Weekly structured coaching sessions introducing very young children to the fundamentals of sport. In addition, full day school holiday camps and occasional parties.
Bartender
2024.07 - 2025.07
- In 2024, appointed to help with initial set up of 5 temporary bars at one event and 1 at another event and then for the duration of the event the running of the bars themselves as both bartender, back bar support and tills.
- In 2025, appointed to help with initial set up and pack down of multiple bars at Donington park where 2 events of world super bikes took place. For the duration of the event I was running of the bars themselves as both bartender, back bar support and tills.
Lead car park Marshall
Tesco
Tring
2022.12 - 2024.12
- Appointed to the Tesco, Tring Xmas car park management for Dec 2022 as Lead Marshall and then re-appointed the following year as Lead Marshall again for Dec 2023.
- Re-appointed for Christmas 2024 as Lead Marshall at the much larger Tesco Extra located in Hemel Hempstead.
- Responsible for the overall smooth running of the car park during the anticipated busiest period of the year for Tesco Tring, including managing the other Marshalls as well as the necessary interventions as traffic numbers impacted the access and egress to the car park.
Assistant Futsal/Sports Coach
2021.07 - 2021.08
- As part of the Happy programme of activities during school summer holidays for those eligible to free school meals, I was part of a small coaching team running daily 4 hour sessions, for children aged 7 - 14.
- The core activity each day was learning and playing futsal. However, each day we had a enrichment activity of some sort (e.g. basketball, dodge ball and colouring tasks).
Education
Bachelor of Science - sports business management
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester 2023.09 - 2026.05
Level 3 b-tec Extended Diploma - sport
West Herts College
Watford 2021.09 - 2023.05
GCSEs -
Tring secondary school
tring 2016.09 - 2021.05
Skills
- Communication
- Organisation
- Strong Work Ethic
- Reliable
- Commercial Awareness
- Adaptability
- Emotional Intelligence
- Target Driven Mindset
Affiliations
- Football
- Social Engagement
- skiing
Accomplishments
Playing at a good standard of football from a young age all the way up to my current age now such as playing for my county team as well as playing for local EJA and JPL teams. Then playing football at West Herts and then playing for the Manchester Metropolitan University football team.
Timeline
Bartender
2024.07 - 2025.07
Bachelor of Science - sports business management
Manchester Metropolitan University
2023.09 - 2026.05
Lead car park Marshall
Tesco
2022.12 - 2024.12
Level 3 b-tec Extended Diploma - sport
West Herts College
2021.09 - 2023.05
Assistant Futsal/Sports Coach
2021.07 - 2021.08
Football/Sports Coach
sports fever
2021.05 - 2025.09
GCSEs -
Tring secondary school
2016.09 - 2021.05