Curriculum Vitae
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Selina Francis
skyla25@hotmail.co.uk
D.O.B – 21/11/1979
Education
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The University of Greenwich (Campus – West Kent College)
HND Television Production Technology
September 2000 to June '02
City and Islington College
BTEC National Diploma in Design (Photography, radio and video)
September '96 to July '98
The School of St David and St Katharine
GCSE'S in Math's, English Literature, IT, English Language and Drama
September '91 to July '96
Media Work Experience
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Big Brother 2 – Endemol Productions
I worked on set as runner for the eviction shows. This involved 'filling in' for the rehearsals so that the presenter could practice interviews with the friends and families and also the evictees. I also prepared the rooms for friends and families of the people nominated and provided refreshments. What I brought to this job was the ability to be flexible, my physical prowess, fast thinking and problem solving.
May 2001
City and Islington College
I did two weeks work experience maintaining the college website. This involved basic html, working with programs like Photoshop and Dream Weaver. I also did some photography at the various campuses for the website. This job enabled me to be creative and enhanced my IT skills as well.
June '98
Constance
I had a small role in a short film directed by Cyril Nri. I spent two days on set and it proved to be very educational for me. I had to learn to be patient as there is a lot of waiting around if you are in front of the camera.
June '97
Black Audio Films (Now Smoking Dog Films)
I had a three week placement there. For the first week and a half I help out with the pre-production of the film they were making at the time. This involved writing up call sheets, sending faxes and proofreading letters. For the last week and half I was a runner on set and also an extra. I learned a lot about the hard work and preparation that goes into making a film and what you can do even with budgetary constraints.
May '97 to June '97
Work Experience
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Holmes Place Health Club Member Service Centre – 100 Aldersgate Street, London EC1A 4LX
I started out at Holmes Place is as a Member Service Representative. This involves credit control (chasing members who are behind on their subscription fees), renewing subscriptions, and collecting missing bank details, liaising with the clubs in reference to members and putting memberships on a temporary hold.
The position I now hold in Holmes Place is administration support between Holmes Place and the external credit collection company (ARC Europe Ltd) they use when members are over 60 days in debt. This involve completing daily payment reports that are sent by ARC, advising ARC if they are to stop chasing certain members for debt as requested by the clubs, send weekly debt reports to ARC and also help the clubs with any queries they have concerning a members debt.
The skills I have accrued from this job is familiarity with Mars software, reaching targets (both calls and monetary), my administration and spreadsheet skills and working in a sometimes high pressure environment.
May '05 to Present
Heathmill Multimedia - Northway House, High Road, Whetstone, N20 9LP
My employment here was temporary as I was maternity cover for this position. I was the administrator for Financial Times sales campaign, it involved working with the in-house software (Profit), recording and sending delivery figures, sending out welcome letters, invoices, unpaid letters and setting up FT.Com users with their usernames and passwords. I was also a customer service agent for the FT subscribers. This job has enabled me to improve upon my IT, administration skills and over the phone people skills.
September '04 to May '05
The Advertising Firm - Penton Street, Islington, N1
I did field sales for N-Power. This was for the Cobra Group. It involved me going door to door selling cheaper gas and electricity supply to residential clients. This job was huge learning curve for me as it increased my confidence when speaking to people and as training was provided in the morning and evenings I learned how to move ahead in the business world if that was my inclination.
March '04 to Sept '04
The Body Shop - The Floral Centre, 23 Long Acre, WC2E 9LD
Here I started out as a sales advisor and then moved up to 'Senior Sales' as my skills progressed. As a 'Senior Sales' advisor I had to set the daily targets, open and close the store, bank the stores takings, stock taking and train new recruits. I learned how to manage a team of people and the responsibility of running a store when the manager is not there.
July '01 to March '04
Virgin Megastore - Camden High Street, London, NW1
I worked as a customer service assistant and as a stock processor. I helped customers find the music and DVD's they wanted. I also processed the stock on Fridays for the items that were going to be released that Monday. This job was helpful to me as to keep abreast of the new music and film trends of which I have an interest in.
July '01 to December '03
Achievements and Accolades
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I have completed a short Script to Screen course at City University.
September 2000 to October 2000
Completed Sankofa 16mm film course.
July '97 to August '97
I won first and runners up prizes and Channel 4 Schools Poetry Contest.
1995
I am computer literate, very competent in Word, Excel, Dream Weaver, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe PageMaker and Internet Explorer.
I can also use video cameras and basic video editing software.
Hobbies and Interests
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I enjoy going to the gym, cycling, reading, writing and traveling. I am an avid film buff and also like surfing the internet in my spare time.
References are available upon request.