71 Goldman Close, London E2 6EF
JESSICA LITTLEWOOD 07866881149 ● jessica.littlewood@hotmail.co.uk ● jessicalittlewood.wordpress.com PERSONAL STATEMENT A highly competent, reliable, motivated and enthusiastic individual, with experience of working as part of a team, in a busy office environment, who can also be trusted to work independently. Well organised and proactive in providing timely, efficient and accurate work to support managers, colleagues and clients. Cheerful, approachable and experienced at quickly developing good working relationships, both in the office and with external contacts. Proven ability to generate innovative and creative ideas and solutions to problems. A deep understanding of technology and creative design with focus on delivering business solutions. Able to take responsibility for delivering results in a pressured environment and maturely respond to fast changing priorities.
WORK HISTORY Admin and Creative Assistant Kinsella & Ziegler
Feb 2013 – Present
Kinsella & Ziegler are a boutique legal recruitment firm based in London with a wide ranging client portfolio in media and technology. Supporting four consultants and two owners in all day-to-day activities. I also head up creative projects for advertising campaigns and marketing projects. Advertising and Marketing • Advertisement design, writing and production • Creation of animated buttons and advertisements for the Kinsella & Ziegler company web page • Development of design templates, editing and production of images suitable for full page advertisements in professional legal magazines and journals • Design and development of a blog, mass flyers, corporate and non corporate documents suitable to attract new clients • Writing and copy editing advertorials suitable for publishing • Creating power point presentations for pitches for client meetings and business development Admin Support • Administration, office maintenance and clerical support • Interview and meeting organiser for clients and candidates; including contacting clients, overseas and local travel arrangements, appropriate venue selection and management of special requirements • Management of candidates, personal information, CV database and clients information • Ordering and receipt of office supplies and management of expenditure Reception • Responsible for answering and screening telephone calls • Raising purchase orders, expense claims and arranging invoices • Carrying out routine administrative duties like photocopying and filing etc. JESSICA LITTLEWOOD CV // 2013
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Dealing with incoming emails, faxes and post First point of contact for client and candidate experience therefore promoting a professional image of the company at all times
Social Media • Social media and website management, use of various software packages • Designed and developed the twitter, facebook and linkedin company pages • Updated each page with interesting articles, new roles and mass mailers • Training all consultants and owners on how to use social media effectively within our business Freelance Composer, Musician
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Nov 2012- Feb 2013
Score editing, correcting and designing for private clients- composers, orchestrators and teachers. Commissioned works including pieces written for Winchester Youth Orchestra and Windband, The University of Surrey Orchestra, Individual songs for private clients, individual and collections of music for various shorts and films Worked with local artists and film groups in workshops to produce music for performance and short films Composition workshops and lectures at the University of Surrey Designed and created my own website (jessicalittlewood@wordpress.com)
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
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Freelance graphic design for businesses and start-up companies, including web site development, posters, small adverts, business cards Freelance audio and video editing and overdubbing Character sketches and illustrations for books for children Fundraising: through cold calling and charity events Freelance music teacher, composer, producer and recording manager Business development, entrepreneurial university project; gig and venue search and hire for musicians; support for recording and score development Delivery of lectures and workshop events at educational institutes
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS BMus(hons); 2.1 (69.7)
University of Surrey
2012
A’Level; Music (A), Media studies(A), English Language (B)
Tupton Hall School, Chesterfield
2009
GCSE; Various grades A-C over 10 subjects
The Bolsover School
2006
IT LITERACY AND SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES I am fluent on both Mac and PC.
Admin Microdec Profile: fully trained; Microsoft Office; Google Docs; Dropbox; Wordpress; Tumblr;
Twitter; Facebook; HTML, CMS and basic Java coding
Music
Sibelius; Finale; Logic Pro; Pro Tools; Garageband; Cubase; AbletonLive; EastWest; Soundcloud; Bandcamp; Spotify; iTunes JESSICA LITTLEWOOD CV // 2013
Design
Adobe Photoshop; In Design; Illustrator; Gimp 2.0; iMovie; Final Cut Pro
JESSICA LITTLEWOOD CV // 2013
INTERESTS Music, design and art, travel, yoga and dance. Enjoy spending time with friends and family, cooking and entertaining.
TESTIMONIALS Music “A talented composer … But also a go to person when a high quality arrangement for large ensemble is needed fast! Whilst it is less expensive to prepare music well in advance of a recording or live performance project, in the real world there is Jessica(!)… who has saved my bacon and that of several professional musicians I know on several occasions.” Alistair Mungall- Composer and Musician
Design - [LinkedIn testimonials available]
AVAILABILITY: Immediately
References available on
request.
4 CV; Jessica Littlewood, 2013