Dan Bullock

Experience

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  Totnes Photographic

  Jan 2001 - Jun 2010

  Assistant Manager

  • Shop Manager when owner was absent • Cash handling and end of day• Maintaining and controlling stock levels• Advertising and promotion of local business• Training new staff• Operating photographic machinery

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  Crimson Publishing Services Ltd

  May 2009 - Jun 2009

  Editorial Assistant

  • Edited and developed a publication• Research online and by the telephone• Direct updates to hardcopy with proofing marks• Data entry for a new database system

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  Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

  Jul 2010 - Sept 2010

  Front of House

  • Selling programmes, merchandise and ushering throughout opening hours• Delivering high standards of customer service

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  Forbidden Planet

  Oct 2010 - Sept 2014

  Forbidden Planet Head Office - Customer Service Assistant

  • Process customer orders and answer enquiries via email and telephone.• Manage, bill and despatch orders using Filemaker Pro. Check our SAGEPay payment system to bill orders and check transactions. • Working in the despatch team. This includes packing merchandise and helping with stock management.• Managing the manual orders that are sent in and the banking of monthly payments. • Assisting with the comic subscription service. This includes organising comics for other staff to despatch, plus printing and processing of payment. Show less

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  The Hollywood News

  Aug 2011 - Oct 2018

  Freelance Writer

  • Sourcing and researching stories for contributors• Proofread, edit and publish the work of other writers• Liaising with PR companies and businesses including ThinkJam, Substance, Abundant, Way To Blue, Kindred Agency, Freud, Koch Media Ltd, BAFTA, 20th Century Fox UK, Universal UK, Lionsgate, Royal Albert Hall, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and more.• Setting up features, arranging interviews, reviewing and providing regular copy• Edit and publish work using WordPress• Marketing the website using social media and co-managing the social media accounts Show less

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  Exeter City Council

  Jan 2015 - Mar 2022

  Project Support Officer

  - Project Support Officer within City Development which incorporates the Planning and Building Control departments. - Assisting planning officers with major and minor projects, this includes administration tasks, processing of applications using UNIFORM, plus working individually with officers and applicants. - Given responsibility of vetting job applications for new colleagues in a similar role, this then included conducting interviews with shortlisted candidates. - Sole responsibility and card holder for booking hotels, conferences and travel for colleagues in the department. - Managing and developing an interactive weekly newsletter to nearly 2,000 subscribers, which includes Councillors.- Training new staff, and sole management of an ever-changing work-load all with deadlines.- Running the City Development social media account.- Sole Office Worker during lockdown. - Taking payments via our secure financial system.- Ongoing management of administration supplies. Show less

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  Critical Popcorn

  Oct 2016 - now

  Editor In Chief

  Founder of Critical Popcorn. We're a film, television, book, tech and creative-based review and opinion website. Our focus is on positive opinion and constructive criticism, this applies to everything from reviews for independent film, plus classics and new releases. https://criticalpopcorn.com/- Writing features, reviews and news for film/entertainment website.- Marketing site via social media, and promoted posts. - Liaising with various PR companies with clients who include Disney+, Netflix, BBC, Universal, Warner Bros, Lionsgate, BIFA, BAFTA, Amazon, 20th Century Fox, Thunderbird Releasing, Altitude, Dogwoof, IMAX, LEGO, Sky TV, the Royal Albert Hall, Secret Cinema and more. - A focus on independent movies, which includes crowdfunded, self-funded and lower budget projects of all genres. Show less

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  Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  Mar 2022 - now

  Recruitment Administrator

  - Processing and checking of new candidates following specific NHS Guidelines- Checking with professional bodies for evidence of qualifications, and running regular DBS checks- Liaising with new candidates from the UK and abroad for essential pre-employment checks- Liaising with departmental managers regarding new recruits, including any issues to be resolved and sharing of confidential information- Handling of confidential information, done with sensitivity and professionalism- Continual management of 50-100 individuals during their recruitment process, all with different situations and processes to check- Vital time-management, revolving around the importance of new staff in departments that require new staff and also co-ordinating this with the passing of NHS guidelines, and limited Induction dates and times- Providing regular guidance and support for new candidates on their pre-employment process- Setting up candidates on internal systems, including databases and ID - Drafting and issuing of contracts - Maintaining positive relationships with colleagues, in a hybrid role both in the Office and Remote Show less