Katrina Hughes

Experience

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  Kelly Tarltons

  Nov 2005 - Oct 2006

  Retail Assistant

  Retail assistant at New Zealand's largest underwater aquarium. Piqued my passion for becoming a marine biologist and has secured it as lifelong hobby instead.

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  La Cigale

  Nov 2007 - Oct 2008

  Cheese Monger / Retail Assistant

  Connoisseur of fine French Cheeses, this position allowed me to refine my taste of quality cheeses. Combined with a retail assistant role, I gained valuable knowledge of French cuisine, wine and fashion.

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  Heart of Flavour

  Nov 2007 - Feb 2008

  Chocolatier

  Front of shop, decorated cakes, designed and packaged Christmas food gift boxes, sold chocolates... and ate chocolates!

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  Saatchi & Saatchi Design

  Jul 2008 - Feb 2009

  Graphic Designer

  Contract work involving designing and creating logos for new and existing brands, store layout concepts, business cards, annual reports and image sourcing and handling.

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  APN News & Media

  Feb 2010 - Dec 2012

  Designing and creating flyers for internal advertising strategies, special feature publications for national newspapers and advertisements for clients who want something more than standard. Designing and setting advertisements for New Zealand's leading news and media company. Have designed over 8,800 advertisements while in this position.

  • Creative Designer

    Feb 2008 - Dec 2012

  • Ad Setter

    Feb 2010 - Feb 2012
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  SY Red Dragon

  Dec 2013 - Jun 2014

  Stewardess

  Customer service, barista, cocktail making, cheese and wine appreciation, silver service, flower arranging, laundry, house keeping, food preparation, cleaning and assistant deckhand.

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  S/Y Drumbeat

  Jun 2014 - Nov 2014

  2nd Stew

  Private/charter yacht with a world cruising itinerary. Interior experience included housekeeping, service, laundry, flower arranging and new stew training. Deck duties included tender driving, engine room checks and line handling. Watch-keeping duties during a South-Pacific crossing.

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  M/Y G Force

  Feb 2015 - Jun 2015

  2nd Stew

  Private/charter vessel cruising the Med. Interior team of two to carry out housekeeping, silver service and laundry. Further duties included watch-keeping, medical equipment management, engine room and deck maintenance as well as line handling when docking.

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  SY Panthalassa

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  2nd Stewardess

  Second stew with additional deck duties. Duties included housekeeping, service and laundry as well as admin, branding and inventory. Deck duties when on charter included setting up and escorting guest dives, fishing, tender driving and beach BBQ set-ups.

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  M/Y Carpe Diem II

  Mar 2017 - Nov 2017

  2nd Stew

  Worked as a 50/50 deck/stew. Watch-keeping during crossings and exterior maintenance, upkeep and handiwork during shipyard periods as well as fill-in chief stew.

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  F/V Toast

  Nov 2017 - Nov 2018

  First Mate

  First Mate on a private sportfishing vessel. Sound knowledge of in/off shore fishing, rigging bait, setting spreads and filleting. Competed in a variety of billfish and tuna tournaments with a couple of podium finishes to boot.

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  S/Y Ngoni

  Mar 2019 - Sept 2019

  Chief/2nd Stew

  Took charge of the whole interior as solo stew for 6 weeks including a boss trip while a chief stew was pending. Organized Ngoni’s branding and updated uniform order. Helped out on deck when boat was running skeleton crew.

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  S/Y Anemoi

  Oct 2019 - Jun 2021

  Chief Stew

  A busy private yacht that rotated between three separate owners and their respective families. Interior ran with a Chief Stew and Deck/Stew during trips with a max guest capacity of 10. Took on the challenge of reorganizing the interior in its entirety when joining Anemoi. No handover was available at the time. Focus was on saving the boat money during Covid whilst still maintaining standard running operations as well as keeping the same level of service during trips. Streamlined the inventory processes by digitalizing and categorizing all interior items onboard using available apps. Show less