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Megan Sampson

Megan Sampson

Buying and Merchandising

Talent
Sheffield, SheffieldMember since October 27, 2023
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About

I am a highly motivated, bubbly, creative and hardworking individual who is keen to learn and push myself for new opportunities. I bring my best every day and always strive to achieve the highest standard possible. I have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, developed through my current and previous roles.

I am honest and approachable, which enables me to build relationships with colleagues and customers. I enjoy being a team player as well as working on my own. I have excellent organisational skills making time management, planning and prioritising workload trouble-free.

I am always open to try new things as I am a quick learner and adapt and work well under pressure or in fast-paced environments. I like to think outside the box and come up with innovative ideas whilst bringing a positive attitude to the workplace.

Experience

Customer Service/ Exam Assistant - EDExams Sep 2022 to present

  • Prioritise and process customer exam bookings and requests submitted by telephone, email, live chat or instant message
  • Managing customer accounts
  • Taking control when management are away
  • Providing customer service and support to candidates
  • Manage unexpected issues/ irregularities/ Providing technical support for candidates sitting exams
  • First point of contact for candidates
  • Working with vulnerable adults/children
  • Invigilation of live, online exams
  • Creating reports with exam results to send to customers
Digital Marketing Apprentice | EDClass Ltd Nov 2020 to Sep 2022
  • Managing and growing the company’s presence on social media 
  • Responsible for increasing engagement and interaction through all platforms such as; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and TikTok
  • Keeping the business channels active, fun and relevant with the current news and updates
  • Planning, creating and scheduling content (Both photos and videos)
  • Designing, executing and analysing email marketing campaigns to reach and engage with a target audience and monitoring performance
  • Creating Google, Facebook and Instagram ads
  • Liaise with members of the marketing team to help improve SEO and keyword research
  • Designing and creating themed logos for special events
  • Planning and hosting in-house events to be posted on social media 
  • Extracting data and analytics to create reports and graphs to present in weekly management meetings
  • Reviewing analytical data to see what worked and what can be improved to optimise marketing strategies.
Part-time Customer Services / Sales Assistant | Sunbed Association Sep 2019 to Oct 2020
  • Reception duties
  • Communicating and chatting with customers face to face or via the telephone
  • Promoting and selling products to increase sales
  • Carrying out stock checks, replenishing stock
  • Adhering to health and safety
  • Cash handling
  • Producing sales data
  • Lone-working 
  • Cleaning down each sunbed and room after each use & cleaning the whole salon at the end of the day.
Voluntary Health Care Assistant- Children’s Ward | Doncaster Royal Infirmary Jan 2019 to Jan 2019
  • Supporting Nurses and other Health Care Assistants with any tasks they needed me to do
  • Taking and recording temperatures making sure this was accurate and clear on the patient’s chart
  • Served and cleared away food and supervised/helped patients who could not feed themselves
  • Changed beds and cleaned the surrounding areas
  • Liaised with parents/carers and entertained the children with different arts, crafts, games and jigsaws
  • It was very rewarding seeing a child smile and knowing I had been part of that. I was also able to remain professional and show empathy when children were in pain or parents/carers were worried.
Waitress- Part-time | The Butchers Arms Apr 2018 to Aug 2019
  • Greeting customers in a warm, friendly manner
  • Taking orders
  • Serving food 
  • Supporting the Chef in food preparation
  • Clearing tables after use and preparing them for the next customer 
  • Dealing with complaints in an appropriate manner, showing empathy and sorting as quickly as possible whilst remaining calm
  • Cleaning work areas in the kitchen
  • Pot washing
  • Stock checks
  • Glass collecting 

Education

Fashion Retail Academy- Certificate Level 4 NFQ Buying and Merchandising- 2023-Ongoing

EDLounge Apprenticeship -Level 3 Diploma Digital Marketing- Learning completed.

A-Levels - Dinnington High School- 2018-2020

Double Health & Social DD* (double distinction*)

GSCE’s - Dinnington High School- 2013-2018

Maths 4

English Language 5

English Literature 5

Combined Science 5/5

Health and Social A*

PE 6

French 5

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