Here’s a whole ream of information about me that gives you a better idea of who I am, what I can do and areas of interest:

Education

University of Lincolnshire and Humberside / BA (Hons) European Business Studies (2:1)

University of Hull / Italian Language Year IV (Translation & Interpreting Italian-English/English-Italian)

Queens University Belfast / TEFL

Down High School (Downpatrick, Northern Ireland) 1 x A’Level and 8 x GCSEs (all Grade C or above)

IT and Web Skills

Competent with both Windows and Mac operating systems

Competent with HTML and CSS, utilising CMSs’ such as Joomla and WordPress

Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools: experienced and competent in using these tools

Social media: experienced in setting up and managing Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, YouTube channels, Vimeo and Flickr accounts

Languages

Italian: Proficient (business and conversational)

French: Competent (conversational)

Spanish: Competent (conversational)

Interests & Community Activities

Sports: Badminton (play for fitness), tennis (play for fitness) and football (from the armchair and occasionally in the park)

Reading: history, economics & finance, autobiographies, politics

Local politics: Councillor candidate for local elections in May 2010 as a member of the Green Party. After a lot of leafletting and canvassing garnered 694 votes which was 75% higher than the equivalent vote in 2005.

Brockley Max is an annual music and arts festival in SE London that runs over 9 days featuring 200+ performers and attracts thousands of festival goers. PR and Comms coordinator for 2009-2011.

Blogging: A keen blogger, launched in March 2011 a new blog for SE London, alternativeSE4.

Blogging: co-founder of new online magazine io magazine which focuses on original investigative journalism.