Grace Martin

Experience

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  Rumshack Event Management

  Mar 2017 - Oct 2019

  Assistant Event Planner

  • Consistently providing professional, friendly, and engaging service. Working on bars. Setting dining tables according to the type of event and service standards. • Silver service waitressing.• Attending meetings with wedding clients and taking charge of the layout of the marquees on the day. Ensuring the layout of the day suited their wants and needs as well as what we were capable of achieving to our best ability as a team.

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  University of Reading

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2019

  Bars Team

  • Working on the university bars around campus alongside studies. Involved serving and ID checking customers, cashing up and maintaining excitable and enthusiastic people skills in situations where you also remain authoritative.

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  Reading Students' Union

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2019

  Student Trustee

  One of two Student Trustees at the University of Reading in my final year of studies, which involved sitting on the board of Directors for the Union. The position involved contribution to decisions which ensured that the Union was well run, that it was meeting its aims and working within the legal and constitutional framework laid down.

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  Fernharp Trust Partnership

  Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

  Milker and General Farm Worker

  • AM and PM milkings.• In charge of feeding and moving 250 calves daily, monitoring health and wellbeing.• General farm work including basic tractor driving experience.

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  Southview Farm Dairy, Charlie’s Farmshop

  Mar 2020 - Mar 2021

  Sales Assistant

  • Started up a click and collect service to ensure customers felt comfortable and were able to continue receiving local produce via the shop during the pandemic.• General shop floor maintenance such as stocking up, cleaning, cashing up and completing daily and some weekly orders to maintain fresh produce and full shelves. Built good relationships with customers and co-workers to ensure smooth day to day running.• Two days a week in the butchery helping with daily preperations, sausage production, counterwork, and learning other basic butchering skills. Show less

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  Hatters Farm

  Oct 2020 - Nov 2020

  Manager

  • Managed a new Pick Your Own Pumpkin enterprise. Developing leadership and communication skills through co-managing teams of 10 people, ensuring they were kept motivated and were contempt with workload and responsibilities throughout.• Developed adaptable communication through effectively communicating with staff as well as dealing with complaints and requests from the general public.• Responsible for increasing customer interest and sales through social media campaigns.

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  Gousto

  Mar 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Food Process Coordinator

    Aug 2022 - Oct 2022

  • Junior Food Process Coordinator

    Mar 2021 - Oct 2022
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  Gousto

  Nov 2023 - now

  Food Process Coordinator