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Megan Tanner

Bookham,Surrey

Summary

A motivated, recently graduated business management and marketing student, with previous experience in hospitality management and sports team management. I desire to progress my career further into a marketing and communications role to allow me to implement the skills learnt throughout the duration of my degree, with my end career goal being to work in international sports marketing in motorsport. I am keen to dedicate my time to something that i am passionate in, but also wholeheartedly believe in, as i embark on the journey of progressing into the marketing and communications industry. I am currently in the process of applying to several MSc Marketing and international business strategy courses to further specify my skillset to fit my end career goals.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Catering assistant

Bockett's Farm Park
Fetcham, Surrey
09.2018 - 09.2022
  • Cross-trained in both BOH and FOH roles
  • Operating POS and safe cash-handling practices with excellent mystery shopper ratings.
  • Assisted in training new staff members.
  • Completed Food hygiene level 1 and 2 certificates.
  • Interacted affectively with guests and children to contribute to their overall experience

Motorsport marketing operations weekend

Fern GP
Trowbridge, Wiltshire
  • Assisted in the final round of the Monoposto championship 2023, at Anglesey Trac Mon Coastal circuit.
  • Learnt the fundamentals of Motorsport operations, including co-ordinating the team including logistics management, liasing with the data engineers, and co-ordinating ideas for their socail media engagement.
  • Creating a marketing strategy and plan post race-weekend and liasing with upper team management to consolidate plans.

Duty manager

Whitbread PLC
Chessington, Surrey
09.2022 - Current
  • Hotel Receptionist in Southampton Sept 2022- Sept 2024 prior to promotion.
  • Responsible for overseeing both Hotel Management and Restaurant management practices simultaneously.
  • Assisted Hotel Manager with finance management operations ensuring adherence to company policies.
  • Oversaw bi-weekly stock management practices.
  • Trusted with hiring of new employees through interview processes and onboarding of accepted personnel across both FOH and BOH departments.
  • Responsible for coordinating group reservations of as many as 120 people with clients such as schools and businesses prior to arrival.
  • Delegated responsibility of coordinating site fundraising efforts and ideation for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Education

Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Business management and Marketing

Solent University
Southampton
09.2021 - 07.2024

A-Levels -

Howard of Effingham school
Great Bookham, Surrey
09.2019 - 07.2021

GCSEs -

Howard of Effingham School
Great Bookham, Surrey
09.2017 - 07.2019

Skills

  • Highly Organised and analytical: Coordinated multiple departments to ensure successful operative outcomes
  • Competitive sports experience: Competed in county badminton since age 11
  • Teamwork and Problem-Solving: I have demonstrated this through my tenure as Vice-captain, Captain, and then president of my university Badminton team As a committee, my peers and I ensured effective training sessions and organization of fixtures In addition, the practicality of my degree means I have had several group projects in which I have needed to work as a team to achieve a strong grade
  • BIIAB Level 2 Award for Personal Licence Holders qualification
  • Recruitment and hiring aptitude- Demonstrated in my hotel management experience of onboarding new employees and conducting interviewing processes

Relevant experience

  • Social-Media management: responsible for the co-ordination of Solent Badminton's social media pages and interactivity to promote the club through use of Canva and other creative platforms.
  • Administrative experience: Experience using Microsoft platforms and resources, with Linkedin certifications to demonstrate this. I have also demonstrated a high-level of organisational skill throughout my tenure of hotel management experience, as the job role requires the continuity of delivering high-level service, and strong channels of communications between all departments, but also to the guests, pre, during, and post stay.
  • Charity volunteering: Volunteered to contribute to GOSH's Winter Snow-Ball, spending a day up in London interacting with families that were being supported by GOSH. I have also taken on the role of organising the fundraising efforts at my hotel site to continue supporting the cause.
  • Fundraising: Contributed to the fundraising of over £40,000 through family plant sales, cake sales and other events in aid of research into my brother's rare degenerative brain condition.

Timeline

Duty manager

Whitbread PLC
09.2022 - Current

Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Business management and Marketing

Solent University
09.2021 - 07.2024

A-Levels -

Howard of Effingham school
09.2019 - 07.2021

Catering assistant

Bockett's Farm Park
09.2018 - 09.2022

GCSEs -

Howard of Effingham School
09.2017 - 07.2019

Motorsport marketing operations weekend

Fern GP
Megan Tanner