Josh Newsome

Enthusiastic and personable school and college leaver with a UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media (results pending, Craven College) and over eight months' experience in a fast-paced, customer-facing retail role. Comfortable building rapport with a wide range of people, working well as part of a team, and picking up new processes quickly. Full UK driving licence held.

Looking to begin a long-term career in customer service, bringing reliability, a professional attitude, and a genuine enjoyment of helping people.

Butchery Assistant at Robertshaws Farm Shop (2025-10 – Present)

Work weekends and holiday periods in the butchery department of a busy farm shop, balancing customer-facing counter service with product preparation, both independently and as part of a team.

• Serve customers at a busy counter, weighing, packaging and labelling products, and answering questions politely and efficiently to ensure every customer's needs are met.
• Use specialist equipment to produce meat products to exact weight and specification, then package, label and replenish shelves.
• Maintain all work areas to a high standard of cleanliness at all times, in line with food hygiene requirements.

Creative Media Student — Tyro Training Project at Craven College (2024-10 – 2024-10)

As part of the first-year Creative Media course, worked in a team to plan, film and edit a promotional and instructional video for Tyro Training, covering safe chainsaw working practice and used for both social media and classroom training.

• Set up film, sound and lighting equipment ahead of each shoot.
• Liaised directly with instructors to understand their requirements, capturing footage and audio to be edited for external and internal use.
• Conducted short filmed interviews with fellow students, gathering their feedback on the course for use in the finished video.

Assistant Coach at Skipton Tennis Centre (2023-06 – 2023-08)

Supported qualified coaches delivering tennis lessons both on-site at Skipton and at local primary schools.

• Prepared equipment and courts daily ahead of lessons.
• Coached basic tennis skills and fitness activities to children in local primary schools alongside qualified coaches.
• Took part in adult coaching sessions and cleared away equipment in an efficient, orderly manner at the end of each session.
• Gained valuable early experience working with both children and adults, developing friendliness, organisation and time management.

UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media – Craven College (2024-09 – 2026-07)

GCSEs / BTEC in English Language, English Literature, Maths, Combined Science, History, Business Studies, Film Studies, BTEC iMedia – South Craven School (2024-07)