Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
VOLUNTEERING
Affiliations
References
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AYESHA OLANREWAJU

AYESHA OLANREWAJU

London

Summary

Having a confident, enthusiastic, and reliable disposition who is ambitious, and aspirational and ready to go above and beyond the required levels of responsibility. As an organised administrative assistant with a knack for streamlining office processes and enhancing editorial team productivity. Managed scheduling, coordinated meetings, and maintained records, resulting in smoother operations and improved workflow and always demonstrating a willingness to learn new skills and aiming to provide a service at exceptional standards. A highly reliable, trustworthy, and polite individual who possesses the capability to work independently and/or as part of a team. Further encompasses the conviction to rise to challenges with great determination and intent to succeed to the Editorial Administrator role.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work history

Business Admin Assistant

PROFILE BOOKS Ltd
2024.10 - 2026.03

Fixed term role with responsibilities across all departments. Regular duties include:

  • Management of other day-to-day admin in the office as needed such as answering the telephone and email for general queries
  • Proficient knowledge in using Microsoft Office packages such as Outlook, Word, Excel
  • Booking couriers for author events and handling arrangements for company events
  • Completing manuscript reports for editors
  • Assisting Pre-Press team with eBook conversions for backlist titles
  • Overseeing office stock levels for new and backlist titles
  • Creating social media posts e.g. on X, Instagram and TikTok
  • Liaising with warehouse about stock returns
  • Assisting Finance team with completion of P&L statements
  • Taking of minutes in various meetings
  • Training new Interns and managing their workload day to day

Sales Assistant

STUDIO CANAL: THE PADDINGTON BEAR SHOP
2022.09 - 2024.04
  • Answered customer queries on product information face-to-face, on email and via telephone.
  • Consistently made sure to pay attention to any products which had gone out of stock and accumulated them from the stockrooms.
  • Managed e-commerce stock

Library Assistant

KILBURN HIGH ROAD LIBRARY
2020.07 - 2020.09
  • Organised and managed the cataloguing system, which included using this system to classify and index stock.
  • Managed other material and did admin activities such as cleaning workspaces, organising IT access, and solving user problems.
  • Assisted with phone and email enquiries from customers.
  • Promoted library services through displays.
  • Organised talks and community events like reading clubs, especially for children.

Work Experience

TATE BRITAIN PUBLISHING
London
2018.03 - 2018.03
  • Worked in the IT department of the Tate in assisting in polishing photographed work.
  • Drafted offer letters and liaised with art and legal teams.
  • Quickly learned and applied new skills to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Politics and International Relations

Royal Holloway University of London
Egham, Surrey
09/2019 - 07/2022

Business Administration Apprenticeship -

LDN Apprenticeships
10/2024 - 02/2026

GCSE & A-Levels -

St Augustine’s CE High School
1 2011 - 1 2019

Skills

  • Basic html understanding
  • Invoicing and billing experience
  • Knowledge of gdpr compliance
  • Travel arrangements planning
  • Flexibility in task handling
  • Telephone etiquette
  • Microsoft Office proficiency
  • Confidentiality maintenance
  • Records management
  • Stress resilience

VOLUNTEERING

Afrori Books - Brighton Book Festival, 2025-06-19 - 2025-06-22: Welcomed attendees as they arrived, gave directions to key areas like stages and bathrooms, as well as making sure attendees were seated in time for sessions., Distributed programmes and answered general questions from visitors., Responded promptly to a few last-minute reassignments when sessions ran over or had changes in locations., Stayed flexible and available to step in wherever needed, whether that was helping clean up after a session or handing out feedback forms.

Affiliations

  • Reading
  • Writing & Storytelling
  • Hiking

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Business Admin Assistant

PROFILE BOOKS Ltd
2024.10 - 2026.03

Sales Assistant

STUDIO CANAL: THE PADDINGTON BEAR SHOP
2022.09 - 2024.04

Library Assistant

KILBURN HIGH ROAD LIBRARY
2020.07 - 2020.09

Work Experience

TATE BRITAIN PUBLISHING
2018.03 - 2018.03

Bachelor of Arts - Politics and International Relations

Royal Holloway University of London
09/2019 - 07/2022

Business Administration Apprenticeship -

LDN Apprenticeships
10/2024 - 02/2026

GCSE & A-Levels -

St Augustine’s CE High School
1 2011 - 1 2019
AYESHA OLANREWAJU