Aimee Eddolls

After a lot of years working in customer facing roles, I find I enjoy meeting and talking to people. More recently I had quite a big role change, and this has given me more passion and a bigger want or need to making a positive impact on people's lives, even if just in a small way.

Activity Co-ordinator - The Chimes - 6 St.Christopher Avenue, Penkhull

(2023-07)

• Entertaining residents and providing companionship
• 1-1s
• Assisting those who are unable to feed themselves
• Booking entertainment
• Escorting residents to appointments when needed

Café Manager - Mitchell Arts Centre - Broad Street, Hanley

(2020-03 - 2023-04)

• Overseeing the running of the theatre's café
• Ordering, food prep, maintaining standards, paperwork, cash handling, catering for events
• This role had a crossover with working on the box office, assisting customers with queries, selling tickets, directing phone calls to appropriate departments and responding to emails

Catering Assistant - Stone Baked Café - 28 High Street, Stone

(2018-12 - 2020-03)

• Cooking meals
• Making sandwiches and food prep
• Serving customers and cleaning as needed

FOH Assistant - Regent Theatre & Victoria Hall

(2019-12 - 2020-12)

• Serving drinks to customers
• Meeting & Greeting customers
• Ushering to auditorium

Catering Supervisor & Customer Services Assistant - Stoke-on-Trent Theatres Ltd

(2006-09 - 2018-10)

• Greeting the customers and to making sure they left the venue happy
• Helping with seating discrepancies
• Serving drinks and ice-creams and merchandise when needed
• Keeping the venue at a decent level of cleanliness during operating hours
• Being part of the functions team helping with the running of functions such as buffets for up to 200 people
• Working within The Victoria Hall's café for 11 years, becoming Catering Supervisor for the last 2 years
• Prep/cooking of food both within the café setting or for large functions. Money handling and cashing up. Contacting suppliers and placing orders. Safety checks

Dance Teacher - Helena Cox Dance

(2018-01 - 2019-07)

• Teaching ballet and tap to children aged 4-5
• Teaching Street and Musical Theatre to children aged 4-7

Dance Teacher - Stagecoach - Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent

(2006-09 - 2006-12)

• Dance teacher on a Saturday morning for three classes of different age children
• Choreographing and teaching the children different exercises and routines
• Keeping the lessons enjoyable in order to keep the students interested and therefore under control
• Rehearsing the children in preparation for public performance

Dancer - First Family Entertainment - Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

(2005-11 - 2006-01)

• I was a dancer in one of First Family Entertainments first pantomimes
• I performed in 2 shows a day, 6 days a week, for the run of the panto

Waitress - Chili's Bar and Grill - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

(2003-02 - 2004-06)

• Welcoming people as they were seated in my designated section of the restaurant
• Taking drinks and food orders and serving these from the kitchen relatively quickly whilst also serving up to 14 other tables at peak times
• Helping to host and serve for functions/parties

Professional Dance - Bodywork Company Dance Studios (2002-09 - 2005-07)

BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts (Dance) - Performing Arts (Dance) - Stoke-on-Trent College, Burslem Campus (2000-09 - 2002-07)

AS level Dance - Dance - Stoke-on-Trent College, Burslem Campus (2000-09 - 2002-07)

GCSE - Maths - Trentham High School (1995-09 - 2000-07)

GCSE - Science (double award) - Trentham High School (1995-09 - 2000-07)

GCSE - English Language - Trentham High School (1995-09 - 2000-07)

GCSE - English Literature - Trentham High School (1995-09 - 2000-07)

GCSE - Art - Trentham High School (1995-09 - 2000-07)

GCSE - Textiles - Trentham High School (1995-09 - 2000-07)

GCSE - Spanish - Trentham High School (1995-09 - 2000-07)

GCSE - Statistics - Trentham High School (1995-09 - 2000-07)