Sally van den Bosch

Current

• Voluntary Administrative Assistant at Bunnycopter Administrative Services
• Graphic Designer/Web Administrator/Promotions Officer at Various

Past

• Production Sub-Editor at TUI UK
• Administration Assistant, Employer Services at Connexions Luton, Bedfordshire
• Graphic Designer/Trainee Piercer at Pulse Holdings Ltd

• Temp Production Assistant at Rapid Print
• DTP Operator at Folens Publishers
• Information Assistant at University of Luton
• Sales Assistant at HMV

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Education

• Barnfield College
• Luton VI Form College

Connections

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Industry

Human Resources

Sally van den Bosch’s Summary

- During my career I have often been multi-tasking many forms of work at once, such as design work alongside admin and database maintenance duties. Because of this I have had to keep to very tight working schedules and deadlines. I recognise the importance of being able to split your time effectively in order to get all necessary work done, as well as leaving yourself flexible enough to change schedule should a deadline move. For the most part, the outcome of my work would be for public consumption, therefore making accuracy and presentation paramount.

- I have nine years worth of working experience in a wide variety of design and administration positions, all of which have provided on-the-job training in the necessary packages, procedures and work ethics. I have participated in and been solely responsible for a varied range of publications; including beauty and therapy brochures, informative and promotional leaflets and posters, children’s educational books and interactive DVD ROMs. I have also been responsible for maintaining databases and filing systems in a variety of differing environments, making the ability to adapt to a wide variety of systems essential. I am an enthusiastic and fast learner and can understand instructions and procedures without difficulty.

- Within many of my roles I have been responsible for specific duties that form part of a larger working process. At all times I had to ensure that my specific duties were fulfilled, so that co-workers and other departments could meet their targets and deadlines.

Sally van den Bosch’s Specialties:

adobe photoshop, pagemaker, art, banners, books, brochure design, content management, customer service, database administration, design, dreamweaver, editing, english, freelance graphics, html, illustrator, imageready, adobe indesign, adobe dreamweaver, internet, microsoft excel, microsoft powerpoint, microsoft publisher, microsoft word, pagemaker, posters, presentation skills, proofreading, quark xpress, sales, storyboarding, telephone skills, theatre, web site production, writing

Sally van den Bosch’s Experience

• Voluntary Administrative Assistant

  Bunnycopter Administrative Services

  (Human Resources industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Got a pesky deadline looming? Got more workload than you can sensibly deal with? Want to impress your boss? I am an administrative assistant with nine years experience and am available on a purely voluntary basis to be your assistant, whenever you need*. Yes, that means it's FREE. All I require in return is a thank you and permission to include any work I do on my CV. I work primarily from home but am willing to travel within London if it's necessary and I am available.
  
  - Word Processing
  - Spreadsheeting
  - Basic DTP
  - Data entry
  - Mailshots
  - Collating
  - Fast & efficient
  - Completely confidential
  - Happy to work evenings/nights
  
  If you're interested and would like to discuss details, please email me.
  
  * I am currently unavailable at the following times:
  
  Mondays, 1200 - 1600
  Tuesdays, 1200 - 1600
  Thursdays, 1400 - 1700

• Graphic Designer/Web Administrator/Promotions Officer

  Various

  (Internet industry)

  May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  - Freelance web design and administration.
  - Freelance promotions.
  - Creating web flyers and banners for music artists, including American group Blue October and UK artist GeordieBest.
  - Venue canvassing in London to book and promote live acts.
  - Website administration for the aforementioned as well as for author Debbie Gallagher’s recent book ‘The Spider’s Bride’.

• Production Sub-Editor

  TUI UK

  (Public Company; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  May 2005 — October 2005 (6 months)

  - Art working page templates.
  - Building holiday brochures using Quark XPress.
  - Putting together production cycle schedules.
  - Choosing images for brochure use, resizing and cropping.
  - Cutting copy and proofreading.
  - Performing full print signoff procedures.
  - Post-production information filing.

• Administration Assistant, Employer Services

  Connexions Luton, Bedfordshire

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  March 2002 — April 2005 (3 years 2 months)

  - General administration duties.
  - Taking/making calls to prospective employers.
  - Creating & managing monthly bulletins for professional print.
  - Creating marketing media as required, including posters, presentations and leaflets (using Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Publisher).
  - Designing, customising and editing web templates for use on local/national site.
  - Providing information regarding employment & training to employers and businesses.
  - Liasing with Bedfordshire Newspapers to provide advertisements.
  - Entering and editing data in Profile 2000 database.

• Graphic Designer/Trainee Piercer

  Pulse Holdings Ltd

  (Privately Held; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  September 2002 — January 2003 (5 months)

  - General customer service, including till-work and answering enquiries, both in-store and over the telephone.
  - Stock ordering and recording.
  - Creation of promotional and informative media, including posters, flyers, leaflets and manuals (using Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Image Ready).
  - Constant training on route to becoming a qualified body piercer (theory, practical, procedures and health/safety).
  - Working on shop-front selling jewellery/accessories, giving advice to potential customers, ear-piercing, affixing tooth-gems and general maintenance duties.

• Temp Production Assistant

  Rapid Print

  (Printing industry)

  January 2000 — November 2002 (2 years 11 months)

  - General finishing work.

• DTP Operator

  Folens Publishers

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  May 2001 — August 2001 (4 months)

  - Setting and making alterations to children's educational books (using Page Maker 6 and Adobe InDesign).
  - Graphical manipulation within Photoshop.
  - Designing and setting electronic books (using Toolbook II Assistant 7).
  - Designing layouts and templates for books (using Quark Xpress).

• Information Assistant

  University of Luton

  (Libraries industry)

  February 2000 — September 2000 (8 months)

  - Providing IT support to students.
  - Providing information to students on library resources.
  - Dealing with incoming telephone inquiries.
  - Use of computerised issues and returns system.

• Sales Assistant

  HMV

  (Public Company; Retail industry)

  September 1999 — December 1999 (4 months)

  - Responsibility for processing customer special request orders.
  - General customer service.
  - Stocktaking.
  - Replenishments.

Sally van den Bosch’s Education

• Barnfield College

  Computer Aided Art And Design 2001 — 2002

  NVQ Level 2
  Computer Aided Art & Design (Pass with Merit)

• Luton VI Form College

  English Language, Geology, Theatre Studies, Media Studies 1997 — 1999

  A Levels
  - English Lang. (A)
  - Geology (A)
  - Theatre Studies (B)
  - Media Studies (1 module-A) Module Content: Marketing strategies and market research techniques, Advertisement analysis, Storyboarding, Study on images and their meanings, Photographic lighting and composition, Use of Adobe Photoshop to create a range of media.

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