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Sarah Webster

Newcastle upon Tyne,NET

Summary

Creative Copy Writer offering background in preparing well-structured drafts, editing posts and conducting keyword research.Collaborative team player with experience using Wordpress and writing feature and news articles.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Learning Support Assistant

NCG
01.2020 - 04.2024

Supporting students in the classroom whether in English, ESOL, Applied Science, Beauty, Automotive, and Art or Music.

Collaborated as a team with the Support Coordinators, Teachers, SEND Advisors and the student themselves to ensure the support given is promoting independence, building academic and life skills.

Completing weekly progress reports and communicating with teachers and learning mentors to track progress.

Receptionist

Galliford Try Construction
10.2019 - 12.2019

Answered incoming calls from the public and internally and checked in visitors into the Head Office.


Prepared meeting rooms with refreshments and bound documents.


Communicated effectively with many different departments and distributed and sent mail for all departments.


Collated sizes for PPE and ordered from the PPE catalogue by contacting everyone who needed PPE and double checking if they needed PPE furthermore I ordered stationary such as diaries etc.

NRG- NCG

NCG
08.2019 - 09.2019

Enrolled students onto courses using the College system and worked as a team with my manager and colleagues to ensure an excellent experience for students.


Updated the College system with important data and ensured all paperwork went into a filing system.

Nursery Nurse

EYPS
02.2019 - 08.2019

Caring for babies and toddlers in various nurseries around the North East


SEN Teaching Assistant

M2 Education
06.2019 - 06.2019

Supported children with cognitive, physical and communication challenges using PECS ( Picture Exchange Communication System).


Facilitated breakfast, breaks and lunch times and assisted with behaviour management.


Supervised students in the Sensory room and ensured health and safety of students.


Read stories and encourage learning and ask questions to check listening and observation skills in the reception and nursery classes.
With the Year 5 group I supported children in reading books and in exploring

Part-Time Receptionist/Office Administrator

CDM Recruitment
07.2017 - 01.2019


Assisted the site manager by providing administration support, including creating and maintaining filing in the office and ordering office supplies.


Arranged and organised travel, welcomed visitors to the site; responded to calls on the switchboard.


Utilised Microsoft outlook and Microsoft excel to plan, input important information and communicate daily..




Retail Assistant

Primark
10.2018 - 12.2018

Part-time Sales Assistant: provided friendly and helpful advice to customers with any queries they have.


Worked as a team in the returns department, ensuring the shop floor is presentable and stock is returned to the correct department.

Customer Service Advisor/Administrator

Home Group
12.2015 - 05.2017

Took general enquiry calls from the public and asked questions to help resolve the customer's problem.


Updated the company database with customer information and composed letters on the company system to send to customers.

Temporary Administrator

Adecco
12.2015 - 04.2016

Updated and maintained records and data on the company database on a daily basis, ensuring the highest accuracy and detail.


Acted as a point of contact for customers to call and update their information; co-ordinated with suppliers via phone and email to update the company database.

Temporary Administrator

Brookstreet
03.2015 - 09.2015

Took inbound calls and provided helpful and friendly advice as well as signposted customers to relevant guidance.


Contacted and worked with processing teams to find he best solution on queries and for further advice



Temporary Administrator

Pertemps
01.2015 - 02.2015

I made outbound calls to HR departments to request contact
information for references; updated the company database with the HR contact details.

Communications Assistant

Homes For Northumberland
08.2014 - 10.2014

Wrote and distributed press releases to the media about
community events and business events;. Co-ordinated and worked as a team with my Communications Manager to help achieve communication goals.


Produced a monthly Staff Newsletter, distributed to all staff;
organised and supervised photo shoots of community and company events.

Marketing Assistant

TUI
03.2014 - 05.2014

Wrote interesting and creative blogs on retail websites on subjects related to travel such as the environment and celebrities.


Created social media accounts and interacted with bloggers and travel writers through various social media channels.


Worked as part of the team to update the social media platforms with information for customers.


Promoted blogs online to generate traffic to the websites.

Education

Master of Arts - Magazine Journalism

University of Sunderland
Sunderlland
08.2011

Bachelor of Arts - English And History

University. of Stirling
Stirling, United Kingdom
06.2009

Skills

  • Content writing
  • SEO content writing
  • Social Media
  • Wordpress
  • Tee-line Shorthand 100 wpm
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Blog writing
  • Press releases

Work Experience

Leonardo Da Vinci Programme- Partnership Europe - September 2013-December 2013

  • Worked as part of the news team in an internship

at the Cork Independent newspaper.

  • Liaised with PR executives to arrange interviews or gather information about their clients ( for stories).
  • Wrote articles for print and for online and uploaded them onto the content management system.
  • Wrote a blog with other interns in Wordpress.
  • Wrote to daily deadlines and published a wide range of articles which i have in a portfolio.

News Guardian Whitley Bay - January 2012

  • Accompanied a reporter into court cases and practised my shorthand skills by taking relevant details.
  • Wrote for the News Guardian and had an article published.

The Scotsman Edinburgh - August 2011

  • Wrote a series of reviews for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival including Fringe First Award nominated play, The Overcoat.
  • Carried out interviews with those visiting and working at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and wrote articles for the Masters final dissertation.

North East Lifestyle Magazine - June 2011

  • Interviewed local businesses for articles and compiled articles to promote the businesses.
  • Sourced music for reviews by contacting record labels such as Mercury and Sony.

etc magazine Sunderland - April 2011

  • Wrote an interview feature for the magazine about a regional company and a recipe page on a Pan Asian cuisine restaurant
  • Wrote for other publications within the North East Press such as the Sunderland Echo and the South Shields Gazette.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle Newspaper - October 2010

  • Worked on the news desk contacting sources by telephone and email and planned various articles assigned by the editor.

Timeline

Learning Support Assistant

NCG
01.2020 - 04.2024

Receptionist

Galliford Try Construction
10.2019 - 12.2019

NRG- NCG

NCG
08.2019 - 09.2019

SEN Teaching Assistant

M2 Education
06.2019 - 06.2019

Nursery Nurse

EYPS
02.2019 - 08.2019

Retail Assistant

Primark
10.2018 - 12.2018

Part-Time Receptionist/Office Administrator

CDM Recruitment
07.2017 - 01.2019

Customer Service Advisor/Administrator

Home Group
12.2015 - 05.2017

Temporary Administrator

Adecco
12.2015 - 04.2016

Temporary Administrator

Brookstreet
03.2015 - 09.2015

Temporary Administrator

Pertemps
01.2015 - 02.2015

Communications Assistant

Homes For Northumberland
08.2014 - 10.2014

Marketing Assistant

TUI
03.2014 - 05.2014

Master of Arts - Magazine Journalism

University of Sunderland

Bachelor of Arts - English And History

University. of Stirling
Sarah Webster