Fabian Purvis

Friendly, reliable and hard-working individual with hands-on retail and customer service experience, including a full role as a Sales Assistant at Tesco. Confident dealing with customers face-to-face and handling cash and card payments under pressure. Strong team player with excellent timekeeping and communication skills, built through retail, logistics, sport officiating and university society leadership. Flexible availability and quick to pick up new systems and technology.

Social & Wellbeing Officer at NTU Thai Boxing (2026-01 – 2026-07)

• Planned and delivered regular socials and member initiatives, coordinating logistics, communications and attendance in a busy student-society environment.
• Acted as a friendly, approachable point of contact for members, working with the wider committee to resolve concerns and maintain a safe, inclusive and welcoming atmosphere.

Postal Worker / Collections Driver at Royal Mail (2024-04 – 2025-09)

• Delivered consistently reliable customer service while completing time-critical, physically demanding collections across a set route.
• Organised high volumes of mail and maintained accurate, safe working practices in line with company procedures.
• Planned routes, adapted quickly to changing conditions and consistently met tight deadlines with strong attention to detail — a role built entirely on trust, punctuality and independent responsibility.

Sales Assistant at Tesco (2022-09 – 2023-08)

• Welcomed customers, answered product and promotion queries, and served customers at staffed and self-service tills in a fast-paced, high-footfall retail environment.
• Processed cash, debit, credit and gift-card payments accurately, following till procedures and store policy at all times.
• Awarded Employee of the Month for initiative and proactive problem-solving when handling customer issues.
• Worked well as part of a wider store team, supporting colleagues during busy periods to keep queues moving and customers satisfied.

MA in Journalism – Nottingham Trent University (2026-09 – 2027-07)

BA (Hons) in Business Management & Marketing – Nottingham Trent University (2023 – 2026)