Jill Kane

CV Jill Kane 42 Hawthorn Park, Forrest Road, Swords, Co. Dublin Email:-Phone: - Personal Statement: As a driven and innovative individual with a hunger to learn and experience new things, I pride myself on my resilient work ethic and mindset in both a personal and team capacity. With a creative, hands-on degree in film production combined with a strong background in operations, sales and customer service, I believe I have learnt extremely useful professional and interpersonal skills that I am ready to put to great use after taking 6 months abroad in Southeast Asia. Education: Leaving Certificate: Graduated June 2014 from Loreto College Swords. Level 8 BA (Honours) in Film and Television Production: Graduated November 2018 from Dundalk Institute of Technology. Modules covered all roles from idea generation and script writing through editing and distribution. Certificate in Interior Design Specialisation from the London School of Trends. Work Experience: Office and Facilities Lead, Blueface Ltd, Dublin, November 2021 – February 2023. Achievements: After being promoted in my third month, I successfully established all systems, processes and policies for internal office and facilities logistics, communications, travel and social requirements – always fostering an efficient and motivational environment for all staff. I also developed and maintained strong stakeholder relationships, both internal and external. I smoothly led the landlord relationship and managed maintenance requirements for the brand new 20,000 sq. ft. office. This included a successful acquisitional audit on physical security, health, and safety which I was solely responsible for despite having no prior experience. Achieved by: Leveraging knowledge from online and within the company to quickly learn and adapt in a corporate environment. I was able to harness trust and responsibility in order to develop myself and my role into what the company required. I often volunteered for projects that were related and unrelated to my role, including the social committee which was integral to the company culture. Sales Assistant alongside mentorship for management, Harvey Norman Furniture, July 2014 - November 2021 Achievements: I won the top sales award in 2020 (by generating €650,000 revenue for the year). I raised €17,500 by managing and motivating 80+ staff in a month-long extra-curricular charity campaign in the store. I also won the customer service award 2020, 1 of 5 in the country. Achieved by: Consistently having a flexible and can do attitude to customer queries and complaints. Being a team-player and always pushing the boundaries of my abilities and encouraging others to do the same. Being able to quickly pick up tasks such as computer software, delegation, phone and email dealings and establishing and utilizing professional connections. This role gave me an increased ability to not only perform but often thrive under pressure both as a self-starter and pressed by targets. Door-to-Door Sales Representative, C3 Marketing, June 2017 - September 2017 Achievements: Exceeded both weekly required and bonus targets from Day 1 consistently, often on a 4 day week as opposed to 5. I learned to quickly establish genuine personal and professional connections using sales and sociological techniques. I succeeded to maintain a rigorous personal timetable as I worked two jobs. Achieved by: Adapting quickly to a more competitive sales environment and extracting that to be used in Harvey Norman where my progress was evident in the following 3 years. I was able to build instantaneous connections at the front door of a strangers home by being genuine, building trust, appealing for help and making a transaction that made both parties feel good. I overcame rejection 100+ times each day and learnt to problem solve and be resilient. Skills and Qualities: Self-taught various software: Premier Pro, Final Cut, Photoshop, Microsoft office etc. Problem-solving. Innovative. Resilient. Strong communicator. Highly organized and punctual. Personal Achievements: Solo travelling around Europe and South East Asia. Selected two years in a row for the Erasmus Plus program in Slovenia. Three Film Festival awards for film production. Top sales and Customer service award 2020 in Harvey Norman. Voted class representative in 2009, 2013, 2016, and 2017. Various charity successes such as white-collar boxing and 80k cycles. References: Available upon request.