Marianne Mitchell-Barnes

I am an avid learner and worker, who thrives in social activities. My key goal has been to make people feel comfortable in their surroundings and in their decisions, whether they are family/friends or customers. I am hardworking and try and implement this in my day to day life, through my studies and joining different communities and this has also allowed me to develop a variety of skills both socially and when set multiple tasks.

Conference & Banqueting role at Marriott Hotel (Present)

I am currently working at the Marriott Hotel in Leicester, with the conferencing and banqueting role, which involves me serving large groups of people for many different events - varying from parties and celebrations to important business meetings.

• Serving large groups for various events including parties, celebrations and business meetings
• Professional and listening ear to clients
• Maximising customer experience in positive ways
• Underwent allergen training to identify and prevent health and safety issues

Waitress at Soho Cottage

I worked both on tills and serving a range of Indian style dishes to customers, this taught me to memorise names and ingredients of dishes quickly to provide customers with the right information.

• Worked on tills and serving Indian style dishes
• Memorised names and ingredients of dishes quickly
• Excelled in social aspects of the job and atmosphere
• Built bonds with customers
• Received positive customer reviews confirming approachable manner and service

Business Planner at Dunham McCarthy

This work experience was driven by my interest to understand sales marketing and advertisement. I was able to use specialised AI in order to formulate a business plan to effectively promote low porosity hair products as it appeals to a niche market.

• Used specialised AI to formulate business plans
• Promoted low porosity hair products to niche market
• Monitored audits
• Observed client-customer calls
• Learned to remain professional in challenging interactions

Volunteer at Spectra

I was able to spend a day working with a neurodivergent company, Spectra, which focuses on working and appealing to neurodivergent people and customers.

• Worked with neurodivergent company
• Developed effective communication skills
• Learned to work in different environment

Business Experience at KPMG

This was a business experience I took part in to improve my team working skills. The goal was for us to come up with a new invention in order to assist people in healthcare and our team decided to create a headband based off of Stephen Hawking's AAC so that communication barriers could be broken.

• Improved team working skills
• Developed healthcare innovation project
• Created headband based on Stephen Hawking's AAC technology
• Developed democratic leadership skills
• Successfully launched project

Bachelor's in Marketing – University of Leicester (2025 – 2028)

A-Level in Modern History, Economics, Business Studies – King Edward VI College (2023 – 2025)

GCSEs in Various – Lordswood School for Girls (2018 – 2023)