Sally Walker

Current

• UK Mum Expert at Wishpot
• Journalist, Social Media & Community Manager, Designer & Developer at SquashBox Media

Past

• Drama Teacher / Teaching Assistant at Chantry Primary School
• Owner / Children's Entertainer at Funkalicious Faces
• Mortgage Advisor / Customer Service Advisor at Halifax PLC

• Customer Service Advisor at Skipton Building Society

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Education

• St George's C of E Secondary School

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Industry

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Sally Walker’s Summary

Hard working and outgoing with an eagerness to learn new skills as well as always striving to improve on skills and levels already achieved, I can fit in to any working environment with ease. Working within financial, education, technology, media and entertainment industries I am easily adaptable to roles and positions where the job skill set may change over time.

Featured articles published in Reuters, USAtoday, FoxNews, ABC Magazine, BlogNosh Magazine and more.

Sally Walker’s Specialties:

Social media management and Web 2.0
Web design and development
Website creation and scripting
Branding & Indentity
Social Media Management
Social Networking & Community Management
Graphic design and artistry
Working with children
Working with children and young adults with special needs
Working within the financial services and banking sector
Good communicational, administrative and listening skills
Ability to learn quickly and adapt to different roles
Outgoing personality

Sally Walker’s Experience

• UK Mum Expert

  Wishpot

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Using my experiences as a journalist, mother and also an eye for a bargain, I became the very first 'Mum Expert' in the UK for the internet company Wishpot.

• Journalist, Social Media & Community Manager, Designer & Developer

  SquashBox Media

  (Internet industry)

  January 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)

  Writing for our company website (www.squashboxmedia.com) and becoming a contributor to other magazines/ezines. I have had various articles featured and published in such publications and websites such as Reuters, USA Today, FOX News, ABC Magazine to name a few. Through my work as a writer I also became the first ever UK ‘Mum Expert’ for Wishpot.com.
  
  Social Media and Community Management has been a key role I enjoy and have had a great deal of success in. Using Social Media and various other forms of networking communities I am able to communicate vital information to companies regarding not only public perception and reviews of their products/services, but also latest trends and competitors comments. By carefully listening to the latest topics and comments I can then determine with what urgency this matter needs to be responded to or delivered to the company.
  
  As well as writing for SquashBox Media and on behalf of other publications I have also designed websites, developed software, scripts and applications for internet based programs such as Facebook, phpNuke, phpBB, Simple Machines Forums, Wordpress and more.

• Drama Teacher / Teaching Assistant

  Chantry Primary School

  (Education Management industry)

  June 2004 — May 2005 (1 year)

  Working within a Primary school as a Drama Teacher for an after school club then became a permanent role as a full time Teaching Assistant.

• Owner / Children's Entertainer

  Funkalicious Faces

  (Entertainment industry)

  March 2002 — March 2005 (3 years 1 month)

  3 years working with children and building a very successful business up from the ground. Funkalicious Faces was a established and well known children's entertainment company focusing on all aspects of entertaining children such as themed parties, face painting, art and craft, clowns, storytellers etc. Funkalicious Faces was very proud to be used for many large events and companies such as Walt Disney UK, Lord Mayor's Show (London), Marks & Spencer, ASDA, Wilkinson and many more.

• Mortgage Advisor / Customer Service Advisor

  Halifax PLC

  (Public Company; HX; Banking industry)

  January 1996 — July 1998 (2 years 7 months)

  I spent a happy 2 and a half years at Halifax PLC based that the very busy Oxford Street branch in London. I worked within various roles within the branch from customer service to mortgage advice and everything in between. I worked with customers accounts on a day to day basis, offered personal advice on both banking and savings accounts as well as mortgages and loans. I worked hard within the branch and was intending to become a branch manager within 3 years and had a 10 year career plan in place.

• Customer Service Advisor

  Skipton Building Society

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  March 1994 — December 1995 (1 year 10 months)

  Based at the busy High Holborn branch (London) of Skipton Building Society I spent almost 2 years working as a Customer Service Advisor. Helping people administer their accounts on a day to day basis, offer personal banking and savings advice and provide leads to the independent financial advisor.

Sally Walker’s Education

• St George's C of E Secondary School

  All 1988 — 1993

Additional Information

Sally Walker’s Honors:

NVQ II - Customer Service
Bach Flower Remedies Level 1
Advanced Practitioner - Flower Remedies
Reiki Master/Teacher