Emily Redif

Swim Teacher

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LondonMember since October 13, 2026

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A self-motivated, reliable and diligent First-Class Honours graduate with over 7 years of customer service experience. Through my work as a swim teacher in both school and after-school settings, I have developed strong communication and organisational skills and am now looking to progress my career within the education industry.

Experience

Swim Teacher - Sylvestrian Leisure Centre / Forest School - East London

(2022-12)

Inspiring, motivating and guiding students to achieve goals for school curriculum, after school clubs and private lessons.
Planning, developing and adapting lessons based on students' level and abilities whilst assessing progress.
Working as part of a team to organise groups and adapt lesson structures to maximise participation, safety, and learning outcomes within the school.
Contribute to problem-solving discussions to manage large class sizes and ensure lessons remain engaging and effective.
Regularly review lesson delivery with colleagues to identify improvements and enhance the overall learning experience for children.
Addressing behavioural and academic challenges effectively. Mediating disputes empathetically with both children and parents.
Assisting in admin duties whilst not teaching.
Communicating with parents professionally with the child's best interest in mind.
Developing deep awareness of human behaviour and managing class dynamics.
Mediating disputes empathetically with both children and parents.
Maintaining relationships with customers and members of the school I work with regularly: leisure department, pupils, teachers, and health and safety department.
Developing my teaching skills and working closely with children during classes, and being a camp leader during holiday activities during half-term and holidays.
Assisting in school gala preparation.

Duty Manager - Sylvestrian Leisure Centre / Forest School - East London

(2022-12)

Ensuring the centre is running smoothly, delegating tasks to employees and managing a team. Ensuring safeguarding is in place also.
Reception duties: bookings, selling confectionery, products and memberships.
Customer enquiries via email and telephone: facilities, memberships, swim school and holiday activity camp bookings.
Admin responsibilities: building, health and safety, and poolside checks. Writing emails, and contacting customers and employees. Managing employee rotas.
Responsible for plant room maintenance and chemical checks, alongside regular daily testing of chlorine and PH levels in swimming pools.
Delegating during fire alarms.
Induct customers to use gym facilities and bouldering/climbing walls.
Opening and closing procedures of building.
Dealing with first aid on a regular basis.
Setting up fitness classes, racquet sports and cricket suites ready for bookings.

Holiday Activities Camp Leader - Sylvestrian Leisure Centre / Forest School - East London

(2022-12)

Administrative Assistant - Excel Apparel - Haggerston

(2020-02 - 2020-09)

Working closely with clients and suppliers over email to assist in the production and development of customer garments.
Assisting high-end fashion buyers in sourcing fabrics by researching what is suited for their company, and taking note of what they are specifically requesting. Attending fabric showrooms and meeting with fabric agents to find good quality yet price-efficient materials.
Managing bookings and deliveries for bulk clothing to be delivered from factories in Bulgaria to UK warehouses, making sure that they are meeting promised lead times.
Shadowing client meetings between buyers and the manufacturing team.

Sampling Studio Assistant - Excel Apparel - Sofia, Bulgaria

(2019-01 - 2019-04)

For clients such as Anthropologie and ASOS, I assisted in pattern making, fabric cutting, sewing and trimmings for garment sampling. The garment samples would be created under the client's request, and we would take these to the factories in Bulgaria for them to reproduce in masses for selling. We would also go to these factories after a certain period of time to check the quality control of the garments they're making - to check that they are being mass-produced correctly to the right fit.

Communication through learning some Bulgarian language.
Assisting quality checking - Travelling to the factories and checking garment construction is efficient.
Photography - Taking photos of intricate details in garment samples to send to clients for approval.
Counting trimmings - Making sure there is a perfect amount of labels, fasteners etc, for the exact amount of garments reproduced.
Fabric cutting - Cutting fabric for the garment in accordance with how the pattern making has been created (which would be both handmade and digitally.)

Sustainable Design Internship - Laura Zabo - London

(2018-06 - 2018-10)

Laura Zabo is a sustainable vegan brand that recycles scrap tyres and inner tubes to create accessories and clothing.

Digital Marketing: Managing the company website and social media. Promoting sales/products using eye-catching and compelling advertisements with inspirational content and posts. Monthly Marketing Reports
Website Development - Updating websites when new products need to be added. Process includes photography, descriptions, measurements, naming products and deciding prices.
Brand Ambassador - Promoting the company and its products at ethical networking events.
Teaching jewellery making workshops.

Retail Assistant - Primark - Westfield Stratford City

(2019-05 - 2020-01)

Front of House Staff - Evolve Hospitality - London

(2018-10 - 2019-04)

Working at a wide range of events and venues across London such as theatres, conference events, stadium boxes, exhibition centres and banquet service.

Sales Consultant - Next Retail Ltd - Norwich and Westfield Stratford

(2016-10 - 2017-10)