Daniel Sillett

Experience

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  Marks and Spencer

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Customer Assistant

  Responsibilities: - General production operations, deliveries, stock take and store maintenance - Monitoring the shop floor, helping customers and providing the best quality service.

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  University of Warwick

  Oct 2021 - Aug 2023

  Responsibilities: - Elected Chair of the PAIS SSLC in my final year, having been Secretary in second year. - Leading meetings, creating and following the agenda and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to speak. - Organised the PAIS Module Fair 2023 for over 150 registered students. Responsibilities: - Elected a PAIS Course Representative for 2 years running - Representing the views of course peers to the department in SSLC meetings - Attended training organised by the Warwick SU Responsibilities: - Promoting the National Student Survey (NSS) to increase student response rates by lecture shout outs, social media promos and posters. - Helping decide incentives and their corresponding percentage thresholds. - Achieved a response rate of 77% - one of the highest across the university. Responsibilities: - Elected Secretary of Student Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC). - Organising and scheduling meetings, including mail distribution lists and taking minutes. - Improved communication and confidence by gaining rewarding feedback from students regarding their experiences of studying at Warwick.

  • Chair of Student-Staff Liaison Committee

    Nov 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Course Representative

    Oct 2021 - Aug 2023

  • Student Voice Ambassador

    Jan 2023 - May 2023

  • Secretary of Student-Staff Liaison Committee

    Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
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  The Conservative Party

  Jun 2022 - Sept 2022

  Responsibilities: - Working on the 2022 Conservative Leadership Election as part of a large team. - Ensuring Party members can vote by dealing with membership queries, including handling confidential information. - Volunteering to help out at the London Hustings in August 2022 and Conservative Party Conference 2022 in Birmingham. Responsibilities: - Completed projects in Digital, Insights and Membership departments, including producing social media databases and writing messages for Party members. - Liaised with MPs in working lunches, including in Parliament. - Worked with the Patchwork Foundation to learn about the British political system and how to get into politics.

  • Leadership Officer

    Aug 2022 - Sept 2022

  • Intern

    Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
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  Perspectives Magazine

  Oct 2022 - Jul 2023

  Responsibilities: - Writing articles for the magazine - the home of student political commentary at the University of Warwick. - My piece on Putin's war in Ukraine won Article of the Month for February 2022. - My piece on the China-Taiwan conflict was the front-page piece in the Autumn 2022 print edition, and I was featured in the Winter and Spring 2023 editions. Responsibilities: - Creating and editing 1-2 pitches per week, providing constructive feedback for the writer. - Designing the Writers' Guide to help writers produce the best articles. - Working within a tight-knit editorial team of 5 to edit and produce three print magazines per year.

  • News Writer

    Feb 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Deputy Editor

    Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
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  The Conservative Party

  May 2023 - May 2023

  Councillor Campaigning Candidate

  Responsibilities:- Selected as the campaigning Conservative candidate for Tollgate in the West Suffolk District Council elections 2023, winning 350 votes.- Campaigned in the community by leaflet dropping, door knocking, and writing election literature for local association.

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  Europinion

  Jun 2023 - now

  • Director

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Political Journalist

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Deputy Editor

    Jun 2023 - Oct 2023
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  South Cambridgeshire District Council

  Aug 2023 - now

  Political Assistant to Conservative Group
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  Europinion Institute for Research

  Aug 2024 - now

  President of the EIR