Laura Scrivens

Experience

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  Green Elachi Restaurant

  Sept 2011 - Feb 2012

  Waitress and Food Preperation

  This role included:• Managing face-to-face and telephone customer enquiries, requests and reservation bookings• Developing rapport with customers and generate repeat business through positive attitude and excellent cuisine knowledge• Handling food/drink orders, show attentiveness throughout their experience• Preparing tables and rearranging the restaurant to accommodate customers • Kitchen and restaurant maintenance

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  Sainsbury's

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2013

  Customer Service Assistant

  This role included:• Advising and serving customers on the shop floor• Dealing with large sums of cash• Carrying out returns on products• Trained on lottery and cigarette sales• Handling phone calls from customers and company staff• Click and collect management• Store replenishment and stock in-take.

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  Sheffield Hallam Students'​ Union

  Sept 2014 - May 2017

  Student Ambassador

  This role included:• Communicating with prospective students and carers about my experiences as a student so far• Coach tours to and from both of the university campuses• Campus tours around the university buildings• Networking• Course talks (Marketing)• Meet and greet and help points.

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  Sheffield Hallam University

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Venture Matrix - External Project Support Assistant (12 Month Placement)

  Venture Matrix is a work based learning scheme within Sheffield Hallam University that offers tangible work experience through projects to students with external organisations as part of their degree. This role included:• Building and maintaining relationships with external business partners on behalf of Sheffield Hallam. • Sourcing clients and in turn work experience opportunities for a variety of students - their experience accredited as part of their degree.• Constant liaison with a diverse range of stakeholders including external businesses, academics, and students.• Managing around 40 projects, from 4 different modules, across 3 different levels of study, dealing with around 150 students, 14 tutors and 30 businesses, each with their own scope of project ideas. I successfully facilitated the delivery of these projects. • Chaired weekly sub-team meetings.• Organised and Managed an annual Speed Networking Trade Fair event with an attendance of 119 students where 91% of students gave a 4 or 5 out of 5 for overall experience at the event. • Produced Venture Matrix PR/marketing materials that have featured within internal bulletins, external press, the Venture Matrix blog and for the purpose marketing materials such as case studies and newsletter articles to showcase to stakeholders.• Maintained the social media platforms including Twitter and LinkedIn and recording the analytics.• Delivered presentations to students encouraging them to collaborate with Venture Matrix as part of their degree to enhance their own employability.• Attended networking opportunities to raise awareness of the Venture Matrix scheme with the aim of meeting new potential clients. • Collaboratively established a Placement Student Network group within SBS alongside colleagues and moving forward with ideas to create a supportive environment for placement students at SHU. Show less

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  Oxfam

  Oct 2015 - Oct 2015

  Events Assistant

  Organising non-profit events and helping local musical talent. Volunteered for Oxfam's 'Oxjam' music festival as an events assistant.Selling wristbands, raffle tickets and promoting the events at the range of venues across Sheffield. This role allowed me to understand the positive benefits other than wages, that a job can offer such as helping others and selflessness.

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  Sainsbury's

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2017

  Customer Service Assistant

  This role included:• Advising and serving customers on the shop floor• Dealing with large sums of cash• Carrying out returns on products• Trained on lottery and cigarette sales• Handling phone calls from customers and company staff• Click and collect management• Store replenishment and stock in-take

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  MB Advertising & Marketing Ltd

  Aug 2017 - Apr 2019

  My role involved working with a diverse range of clients and providing each with tailored cost effective marketing strategies, using a range of channels, both traditional and digital. Adept in social media, PPC, EDM, direct mail, ITV VOD, online classified, press, SMS and radio platforms. Provided marketing solutions for the Automotive industry - MB Advertising are the UK's largest independent automotive agency.

  • Marketing Executive

    Feb 2019 - Apr 2019

  • Marketing Assistant

    Aug 2017 - Jan 2019
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  Sheffield Hallam University

  Apr 2019 - Apr 2021

  Responsible for providing support to the academic community within the Culture and Creativity Research Institute and Professor David Cotterrell, Research Institute Director. Main responsibilities include updating and maintaining the CCRI Handbook hosted on SharePoint, creating blog posts to highlight the work within the RI, supporting the 2021 REF submission and committee servicing. Responsible for managing a diverse range of curriculum-based projects and liaising between external businesses, third and public sector organisations and Sheffield Hallam University students across all levels of study. These projects allowed students to gain relevant work experience, as part of their degree.CATE (Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence) Award winners 2020 - link below

  • Research & Innovation Administrator (Culture & Creativity Research Institute, RIS)

    Oct 2020 - Apr 2021

  • Project Coordinator - Venture Matrix

    Apr 2019 - Sept 2020
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  The University of Sheffield

  Sept 2022 - now

  • I provide pre-award research support to a variety of academics and throughout my time within the role, have worked across five of the seven Faculty of Engineering Departments (Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering).• Responsible for simultaneously managing research projects at varying stages of the grant support life cycle. For example, the pre-application stage, funding proposal submissions and once awarded, the handover process to ensure efficient set up.• I have supported the Faculty Director of Research & Innovation (FDRI) within Engineering by committee servicing the bimonthly meetings that take place between the FDRI and the Departmental Directors of Research & Innovation, whilst organising the yearly away day. I have also been responsible for servicing two of the departmental strategy committees. Show less

  • Senior Research Support Officer, COM & ACSE (Post-award)

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Research Support Officer, Faculty of Engineering (Pre-award)

    May 2021 - Mar 2024

  • Senior Research Support Officer, Faculty of Engineering (Pre-award)

    Sept 2022 - Feb 2023