Samira W.

Experience

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  BBC Media Action

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2012

  Work Experience

  Managed BBC Media Action's social media feeds

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  Argent Chambers

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2012

  Legal Work Experience

  Shadowed an immigration judge

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  Biblioteca Publica de Segovia

  Feb 2013 - Feb 2013

  Work Experience

  Managed the front desk, responded in Spanish to customer enquiries, catalogued books.

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  Kumon UK

  Sept 2013 - Apr 2014

  English and Mathematics Tutor

  Did interactive language and numerical activities with students aged 4 to 16, marked homework

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  LITTLE ANGELS DAY NURSERY & PRE-PREP SCHOOL HIGHBURY LIMITED

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2016

  Childcare Worker

  Coordinated educational and recreational activities, recorded children’s development, responsible for children's safety.

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  Educational Institution

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2015

  Au Pair

  Cared for three young girls, providing daily English lessons.

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  Wimbledon - The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Limited

  Jun 2016 - Jul 2018

  Customer Service Assistant

  Managed the till at the busiest catering outlet of the Championships

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  DILE English School

  May 2017 - Jul 2017

  English Teacher

  Prepared students of all ages for the Cambridge, Trinity and IELTS English examinations

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  Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2017

  Legal Work Experience

  Shadowed an in-house lawyerThis familiarised me with how lawyers work within a wider corporate organisation and involved completing my own risk assessments, creating presentations for colleagues and editing documents.

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  The Times

  Feb 2018 - Feb 2018

  Research Interviewer

  Interviewed 40 fellow students for the 2018 Times Student Survey, which reveals the career aspirations of over 18,000 final year undergraduates at 30 leading UK universities.

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  Seva Mandir

  Aug 2018 - Sept 2018

  Intern

  Did door to door outreach to survey the needs of local communities and planned/ evaluated our activities based on these findings. Ran workshops of over 40 people in villages in rural Rajasthan on English language and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Participants were almost exclusively adult men. Received excellent feedback for these. Monitored and evaluated sessions, creating my own observation reports. Helped to digitise the monitoring & evaluation of projects. Wrote reports and proposals for donors (e.g. Biannual Malnutrition Progress Report for the Heath Department). Also proofread reports.Created case studies based on students at the rural schools.Translated data from Hindi to EnglishRan a fundraising appeal for the floods in KeralaGave English classes at local Vidya Bhawan School and helped run a weekly counselling session for young boys there, organised a trip for them to visit an Animal Aid centreHelped in English, arts and crafts and sign language classes at a centre for deaf/ dumb/ blind children Show less

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  Trouva

  Nov 2018 - Dec 2018

  Operations Intern

  Trouva is an online marketplace for unique, hard-to-find products from the world's best independent boutiques.- Ranked no.3 on the prestigious Startups 100 2019 Index- Awarded “Emerging Retailer of the year” at the 2019 Retail Week Awards- Working with over 900 of the greatest independent boutiques across 13 countries- One of the fastest growing tech companies in EuropeWhilst at Trouva, I advised customers and trained new temps on the online systems used, such as Zendesk. Show less

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  Southbank Centre

  Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

  Visitor Services

  Also did some part time work for Acute Art, a leading global Virtual Reality art company, and Shakespeare's Globe during this period

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  Chatterbox

  Mar 2019 - Jun 2019

  'Arabic in Schools' Project Assistant

  Chatterbox is a tech for good startup training and employing refugees in the UK as language tutors. Chatterbox matches under-utilised refugee talent with opportunities in the demand for their language skills.My role: Assisted Chatterbox's co-founders (CEO and COO).Marketed the British Council funded 'Arabic in Schools' programme to schools, universities and cultural centres in London.

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  HOPSCOTCH ASIAN WOMEN'S CENTRE

  May 2019 - Jan 2020

  Researcher

  Researched what funding options the charity might be able to accessCreated leaflets detailing the benefits and other means of support the women were entitled to

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  VSO

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Volunteer

  Volunteered on a Department for International Development (DFID) funded livelihoods project in Prasat Sambour village, CambodiaFundraised £1500 prior to volunteering with VSO, partially by running a half marathon.Member of the teams focusing on Employability and Debrief, Monitoring and Evaluation. Delegated tasks and ensured key goals were met within these sub teams.Did door to door surveys around local neighbourhoods to work out the needs of the community. Led workshops of 30-40 young people, including those with disabilities, and received excellent feedback.Wrote up activity reports, case studies, risk assessments, cash requests and handover notes. Arranged a trip to a nearby Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centre with 25 Cambodian students and disabled adults.Took minutes at team meetings. Often proofread documents. Campaigned at local schools for awareness on climate change. Researched the UN Sustainable Development Goal 'Life Below Water', including Cambodian attitudes towards it, for a 2-hour presentation, after which a new recycling system was implemented in the VSO office.Creatively communicated with Cambodian host family, despite the huge language barrier. Show less

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  Consonant (formerly Asylum Aid/ Migrants Resource Centre)

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

  Responsible for managing Consonant's online communications and web presence - principally through the website, social media and emailBuild partnerships with the media and other charities working in the same sphereChaired a daily brainstorm with the CEO and other members of the senior management team for the duration of the charity’s 2 month long Appeal for funds, which was successful in raising over £30,000Created a fundraising campaign strategy for Consonant's Appeal and was then responsible for working with both colleagues and external partners to execute this plan. Frequently use WordPress, Constant Contact, Hootsuite, Donor Perfect and Adobe Creative Cloud. Research recent developments relating to immigration and useful resources for migrants, passing on relevant information to both colleagues and Consonant’s service users every day. Show less

  • Communications Officer

    Feb 2020 - Aug 2020

  • Communications Intern

    Jan 2020 - Feb 2020
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  City of London School for Girls

  Nov 2021 - Aug 2022

  Assisting the Communications, Marketing, Development, Admissions, Alumnae and Attendance teams- Manage CLSG's website and social media (Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn)- Responsible for creating and editing a fortnightly newsletter, following the house style- Lead a group of sixth formers and work with a graphic designer to create the school magazine. Lead weekly meetings on the magazine's progress. Commission articles and illustrations, edit all submissions, translated several articles from Spanish to English, took photographs to illustrate magazine, brainstormed how to organise articles submitted into themes, proofread. - Support with donor and alumnae relations. Prospect research, relationship management - Support the school's Bursary Programme, charity partnerships, fundraising - Respond to media/press requests- Organise and help run events. Documenting them through photographs and videos- Use of Mailchimp to run email campaigns and share key communications - Handled confidential personal data to create and update mailing lists, in a GDPR compliant manner- Help Attendance team with pastoral administrator duties. Flagged unexplained absences to the Designated Safeguarding Lead, as well as following up with the students and their parents. - Keep noticeboards around the school up to date- Proficient using: Excel, Mailchimp, WordPress, Eventbrite, Raiser's Edge (fundraising, donor management and CRM software), Hootsuite, Flipsnack, Engage (database school management system), InVentry (visitor management system)- Basic training undertaken on: Photoshop, InDesign Show less

  • Communications Assistant

    Jan 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Support Staff

    Nov 2021 - Jan 2022
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  Freelance

  Dec 2021 - Oct 2022

  Freelance Spanish Tutor

  Tutoring a student through her Spanish GCSE course

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  KCLSU

  Oct 2022 - now

  - Focus on marketing & developing KCLSU's not-for-profit commercial venues (two cafes, two bars, and the university shop)- Project manage all KCLSU Commercial Marketing campaigns - from conception of idea, to implementation, to post project analysis and evaluation. Campaigns targeting both student membership & external businesses. - Manage a member of staff (Marketing Assistant). Pitched for the budget to be approved in order for this new role to be created & led recruitment process. - Responsible for sending out a bi-weekly newsletter to students, promoting the services offered by the Commercial team. Analyse & track newsletter's performance & engagement rates. - Oversee, schedule and manage content on 5 Instagram accounts, using Hootsuite- Worked closely with a Graphic Designer & a Brand Designer to create 'Brand Bibles' for each of KCLSU's Commercial venues - Worked on the full rebrand of two university venues - a bar & a café - Lead focus groups with students on the marketing and branding of the university's commercial venues- Support the Business Development team to strengthen relationships with external commercial partners. Send out weekly Solus emails on behalf of external clients. Collate statistics on performance on Solus emails. - Induct new members of staff to the Communications, Marketing and Data Directorate- Generation of new Marketing ideas & approaches that the team can implement, which are then pitched to the Commercial team- Use student survey data to gather & present key insights on how students are engaging with KCLSU's Commercial offering, & what more they would like from it - Manage photo and video shoots - Relationship & stakeholder management - Resource investigation & research- Copywriting- Competitor analysis - Supported polling stations during student elections voting week- Received training on: coaching, Hootsuite, advanced social media marketing, MailChimp- Attended Manchester Met Union Marketing Conference 2024 Show less - Responsible for the development and implementation of communications plans for a diverse range of work including both internal and external communications. A project management role. - Oversee the content creation and development for relevant areas of the role, including video, digital and photography- Project Lead for the World Cup events - a new marketing campaign for 2022 that raised over £35,000 revenue via sales at the university's not-for-profit commercial venues - Worked on projects including: Empowering Future Leaders, Black History Month, Disability History Month, Trans Awareness Festival - Co-manage two part-time Communications Assistants, who reported to the Communications Officers- Frequently used: MSL, Trello, Typeform, OneLan (screen software) Show less

  • Marketing Officer

    Feb 2023 - now

  • Interim Communications Officer

    Oct 2022 - Jan 2023