Leah

Full CV / Resume

EDUCATION

2008 – 2015: High School for Girls,

            Denmark Road, Gloucester

GCSE exams taken (June 2013) – 11 grades A*/A including English and Maths

Other exams taken (June 2013) – Japanese Level 1

AS exams – Geography (A), Psychology (A), French (A), Spanish (A)

A2 exams – Geography (A), Spanish (A), French (A*)

2015 – 2019: University of Nottingham

BA with Honours in Modern Languages (French, Spanish & Portuguese) 2:1 with Distinction in spoken French

120 credits per year in French, Spanish, and Portuguese language and cultural modules including the third year studying and working abroad

2017 – one semester completed at the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Intern at Torres Abogados (law firm), Granada (Spain) May 2018 – August 2018

à       Translating a variety of different legal texts from English to Spanish and Spanish to English including proposals, codes of conduct, compliance and prevention schemes and academic writings

à       Communicating over the with English clients

à       Administrative tasks at the firm including updating timesheets, working at the reception, and entering figures for expenses

Intern at International House, Nice (France) January 2018 – May 2018

à       Answering and making calls, as well as dealing with clients at the reception entirely in French

à       In charge of TCF exams (French language test necessary for obtaining French citizenship, emigrating to Quebec or studying in France)

à       Leading and arranging tourist visits for school groups and invidivual students around the region, including Nice’s Old Town, Monaco, Cannes and Antibes

à       Weekly organisation of the school

à       Communicating with clients, prospective clients, host families and agents

à       Answering all LiveBeep enquiries or issues and all external e-mails effectively and efficiently 

à       Translation from French to English

à       Training new interns 

Barista at IN THE PARK LTD, Cheltenham April 2017 – September 2017

à       Providing high customer service and working efficiently in a team to give customers their drinks and food in a fast-paced environment during the busiest time of the year

à       Cleaning, organisation of stock, learning the ingredients and types of products offered

Au Pair in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid July 2016 and Granada May 2018 (Spain)

à       Independent travel

à       Communicating clearly with people in and outside the family in a foreign language

à       Integrating quickly into a new family and different culture

Sales Assistant at Radley & Co. Cheltenham: June 2014- June 2015

à       Managing the shop floor and providing excellent customer service by delivering an extensive product knowledge 

à       Encouraging and driving sales

à       Operating the till and shop window visuals, as well as organising the stock room and stock counts