TARA
MCREYNOLDS
Fashion Business and Promotion Graduate
About Me
Birmingham City University Fashion Business and Promotion graduating in June 2020. Highly-motivated and enthusiastic individual with a willingness to learn. I have fantastic experience in the marketing, buying and events industry, and I am eager to join a workforce that strives to be ethical and sustainable.
Work Experience
2018 - Current
Naughty Horse Promotions Event Manager Birmingham
- Manager of weekly Friday events, leading a large group of employees, liaising with venue, to ensure operations runs smoothly.
- Working at several high-profile destinations with capacities of 3,000+
March - April 2019
Clarion Events, Social media Intern, London
- Managed a number of socials.
- Experience in: Buffer, Canva, Sales Force and Excel.
- Lighting Design Awards 2019: assisted event set-up, managed social media throughout, monitoring and censoring live in-event tweets.
March - April 2019
Triumph Lingerie, London
- Worked behind the scenes at a photo shoot, learning what is involved in creating a successful marketing campaign.
2015 - 2019
French Connection European Wholesale Admin Assistant, London
- Worked closely with clients, produced mood boards, receipts, designed a pan-European booklet for stores.
- Organised shipping of samples across Europe and for several showrooms in Paris and Milan.
- Found future franchise partners to expand into new countries.
May 2016
One Fifty Consultancy Social Media Intern, London
- Clients included Mazda, Green Cola and Airbnb.
- Found influencers to promote the healthy vegan drink Green Cola. Securing ten health-conscious influencers (without payment.)
-Wrote content for clients’ socials.
- Responsible for customer care.
Education
2017 - 2020
Birmingham City University
Fashion Business & Promotion Undergraduate
I developed skills in Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and this has enhanced my ability to demonstrate my strong business skills. I am passionate about ethics and sustainability and modules have reflected this. (Work can be viewed in articles area)
2020
Future Learn: Fashion Revolution
The Sustainable Development Goals
Passionate about sustainability, I decided to develop what I heard learnt at university about the ethical and sustainability issues facing the fashion industry. I found it extremely insightful and thoroughly enjoyed the course and I look forward to using this knowledge to improve the industry.
2020
Shaw Academy
Photoshop Course
Built on my skills from my university degree I decided to challenge myself further and enhance my Photoshop skills.
2016
London Fashion Retail Academy
Intensive Buying & Merchandising course.
Learnt about sourcing, supply chain, and the importance of using passed and predicted sales in merchandising.
Salesian College, Farnborough
A-Levels
Classical Civilisation - B
Business Studies - B
English Literature - C
Farnborough Hill School
10 GSCEs
A*-C
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