Siân Milliner

Experience

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  BHS

  Oct 2008 - Sept 2010

  Sales Assistant

  Employed as Sales Assistant and was both an adaptable and flexible member of staff working on Lingerie, Women’s Fashions, Children’s Wear and Customer Services departments. Till trained and served customers and dealt with enquiries, orders and complaints effectively, both face-to-face and on the telephone. Carried out stock replenishment and sometimes called upon to assist in floor moves and kept the shop floor tidy. Trained Bra Fitter in the Lingerie department. Promoted the store card to potential customers. Show less

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  Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery

  Nov 2009 - Sept 2010

  Fine Art and Documentation Volunteer

  I was involved in organising, packing and cataloguing artifacts in the Museum by hand-recording their details and photographing them. Also involved in putting up displays, choosing the artifacts and writing short descriptions of them for display cases. When the new wing was being planned I was fortunate to be involved in deciding the layout of display cases therein and what should be placed in them. When I visited the museum at its opening some of my ideas had been incorporated into the display. For example, I chose some of the objects that were displayed in the Orientation Gallery.I also worked during the Summer of 2011 between June and September to help with the re-installation of the space. Show less

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  Stanley Picker Gallery

  Oct 2010 - Jul 2013

  Gallery Assistant

  Employed as a Gallery Assistant on Saturdays and on a needs basis, performing assistant and front-of-house duties. Acted as the main key-holder at weekends, maintained the wellbeing of the exhibits throughout the day and answered any enquiries from visitors in person or on the phone. Assisted a colleague in the running of the Saturday Art Club, supervising groups of primary school children (from 4-24 children).

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  Kingston University

  Oct 2010 - Jul 2013

  Student Helper

  Worked as a Student Helper on university Open Days and other Faculty events, showing prospective students and their families around the campus and answering questions. Proactive in approaching and talking to visitors, as well as sorting out signage and information. Worked Front-of-House at book launches, exhibition openings and national events such as TENT London and Vauxhall Fashion Scout.Employed on a needs basis in the university Marketing Office working on a wide variety of tasks including general administration, mail-outs, updating the university social networking sites and updating contact details on a Microsoft Access database. Used own initiative and various ICT skills to complete tasks allocated and worked quickly and efficiently in order to meet deadlines. Show less

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  Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School

  Oct 2013 - Aug 2014

  Receptionist

  Working as a Receptionist on a temporary contract. Answer phone and take messages for staff and students, perform administrative tasks and deal with visitors, students and staff queries in busy office.Proficient office administration including data input, photocopying, filing, faxing and book-keeping. Excellent telephone manner and confident in speaking to visitors.

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  Leeds Castle

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2014

  Event Volunteer

  Worked at the Medieval Festival, an outdoor event at Leeds Castle assisting the Events team. I supervised event stalls including the Royal Armouries Knight School and Shield Painting. I handled money for activity admittance, distributed information leaflets and acted as information point helping guests with their queries. I helped with environment management including litter picking and rubbish collections.

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  Dorich House Museum

  Dec 2014 - Feb 2018

  Museum Coordinator

  Dorich House Museum is the studio home of female sculptor Dora Gordine and her husband Richard Hare. I coordinate the public programme, manage a team of volunteers, arranging training and support as well as coordinating the volunteer staffing rota. I run the Museums online marketing through Social Media, web advertising and a Wordpress website. Update and create Museum procedures including Health and safety, Security, Collections Care and Open Day procedures. Respond to email and phone enquiries about the Museum and complete all administration including finance and bookkeeping. I also plan, market and help to deliver Learning Activities on special Museum Open Days. I run all Museum and private events held at the Grade II listed building and act as the First Aider and Fire Marshall for the site, these events range from private views to conferences to birthday parties. As the sole full-time member of staff I liaise with security and maintenance teams to ensure the listed building is looked after. Show less

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  Archive KSA at Kingston University

  Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

  Project Assistant

  Assisted with the Histories in the Making project with Archive KSA. This HLF project was based around celebrating 140 years of Kingston School of Art and had a series of events in multiple locations across Kingston in February and March 2015. I was mainly involved in marketing, creating mailing lists, sending invitations and contacting online listing sites. I used the following applications: Mailchimp, Twitter, Hootsuite, Eventbrite and Dropbox as well as editing a Wordpress based website. I also helped at various events including working Front of House and invigilating exhibitions. Show less

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  Open City

  Feb 2018 - Jun 2022

  - Lead Open House Festival project management, 800+ event participants, 250K visitors, and support from 1,500 weekend volunteers- Part of Senior Team, leading on change management, organisational strategy, people management and support to line managers- Demonstrated excellent adaptability, resilience and initiative in redeveloping public programmes throughout Covid-19- Manage stakeholders and coordinate financial support from local councils and external partners- Manage recruitment and induction for new staff, onboarding for returning staff, lead mid-year reviews and appraisals- Run staff training sessions and an annual briefing for 150 volunteers- Line manage two staff and 20 core office volunteers, 60 regional volunteers across 7 committees Show less

  • Head of Open House Festival

    Jan 2020 - Jun 2022

  • Project and Volunteer Manager

    Oct 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Project Coordinator

    Feb 2018 - Oct 2018