Connor Dudley-Fergus

Experience

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  Bayview Hotel

  Jul 2014 - Sept 2017

  Waiter/Bartender

  - Full time seasonal worker at the Bayview hotel and weekends during school terms, working 50+ hours weekly during peak times.- Greet guests and seat them at tables or in waiting areas.- Assign customers to suitable tables in rotation so that the waiting staff receive an appropriate number of customers, seating 200+ customers a night.- Engage with customers to ensure they are satisfied with the food and service, to respond to complaints or to make conversation.- Answer telephone calls, take bookings, respond to enquiries or transfer calls.- Operate tills to accept payment for food and drinks, including splitting bills and adding tips.- Maintain regular contact with kitchen staff, management, waiting staff and customers to ensure that dining details are handled properly and customers’ concerns are addressed promptly.- Supervise and coordinate activities of dining-room staff to ensure that customers receive prompt and courteous service.- Total and distribute tips gathered from a days’ service.- Ensuring that catering for tour groups and weddings go according to plan. Show less

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  The Gaiety School of Acting

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2018

  The Gaiety School of Acting, 2 Year Intensive Professional Actor Training 2016-2018Training details include:- Michael Chekhov with Paul Brennan - Shakespeare with Joe Dowling- Clowning with Raymond Keane- Mime with Sharon Doherty- Dance Training: Tap and movement with Diane Richardson- Stage Combat Training: Unarmed and Rapier & Dagger with Ciaran O’Grady - Conducting interactive games for children ages 3-10, including coordination and improvisation.- Being responsible for all children in a class, making sure each child is collected by a parent/guardian and that no child leaves the building unattended.- Overseeing the health and safety of each child and reporting any incidents/injuries.

  • Fulltime Student

    Oct 2016 - Jun 2018

  • Teaching Assistant/Host

    Jan 2017 - Mar 2018
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  Freelance

  Jul 2018 - now

  Creative Producer/Marketing Manager

  - Have worked alongside Irish based Theatre Companies, producing works all over the city.- Have also worked on personal projects, from Edinburg Fringe Festival to sight specific theatre located in shipping containers.- Previously Marketing Manager for a show with a total budget of €40,000. Responsibilities included liaising with our main sponsor, the Theatre Company itself, printing distributors, organising radio interviews, digital and print press releases, working with photographers and videographers and designing and proofing posters and flyers.- Total sales for this show were higher than any other summer show the theatre had ever had. Show less

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  Press Up Hospitality Group

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  Head Waiter

  - A trusted colleague given responsibilities listed in previous hospitality jobs due to having such an array of experience. After a few months, I was offered head waiter role and within my first year, was offered a managerial role, however I decided to pursue a career as a freelance Creative Producer.

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  Scene + Heard Festival

  Jan 2020 - now

  Assistant Producer

  - Theatre Festival of new work which runs over 3 weeks in Smock Alley Theatre, welcoming hundreds of Artists and thousands of audience members each year.- Managing the daily tasks of the festival, liaising with 109 shows as well as Smock Alley Box Office, Bar and FOH staff.- Running the Ally (Volunteer) programme, which starts with a social media and personal reach out, vetting and training of volunteers, making a weekly rota, then supervision of tasks during the actual running of the festival-Managing Crowd funders, Special Events, meet and greets, social media and print distribution. Show less

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  Netflix

  May 2021 - Oct 2022

  Production Secretary

  Production Secretary / Contract Coordinator working on Vikings Valhalla Seasons 2&3.

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  FIFTH SEASON

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Producer's Assistant

  Feature film titled 'Anniversary', shooting on location in Ireland