Carla Lourens
Contact: 076-***-****
E-mail: adjldt@r.postjobfree.com
Curriculum Vitae
Based in Johannesburg, Roodepoort
Strengths
Goal oriented and driven.
Very organised.
Hard-working and able to work without supervision.
Attention to detail.
Ability to listen, write and communicate efficiently.
Can speak two languages, Afrikaans and English.
Excellent time management skills.
Good knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Carla Lourens
Contact:
E-mail:
adjldt@r.postjobfree.com
I’m a very energetic, fun-
loving person. I’m always
in a good mood and I
love doing things at a
fast pace. I consider
myself to be very open-
minded and comfortable
with change.
Bachelor’s Degree in
Corporate Communication
Higher Certificate
in Event Management
+
Profile Education
--Previous Experiences--
Magaba Filling Station
Holiday jobs: Cashier at Total (Magaba) Filling Station & Chef at the Steers side. January 2011 - 2014, June 2011 - 2014, December 2011 – 2014. Cashier Responsibilities (Total):
- Keeping track of the tills floats.
- Deposit cash flow.
- Customer assistance.
- Signing out stock from the on-site store room.
- Assist with inventory.
- Keeping the teller space neat and clean.
Responsibilities as Chef (Steers):
- Stock keeping.
- Sanitising the kitchen before preparations and after kitchen closes.
- Signing out stock from the on-site store room.
- Dispose of leftover food at the end of each day
- Making ice-creams and milkshakes on request.
- Delivered meals when big orders were placed.
Office Assistance (Total & Steers):
- Ordered stock according to its needs.
- Received stock and checked stock according to the volumes ordered.
- Arranged stock according to the national stock placement.
- Assisted with admin for Total.
- Answered customer calls and Steers take away orders.
- Assisted with employee payroll.
- Managed the “TimeRec” software system (employee clocking system).
- Co-ordinated and executed year-end functions for the employees of Total and Steers.
--Promotion Work--
Blo Hairdressing Salon, Parkwood: 2014
Tops at Spar Wine Show: 2016
Performing Arts Lifestyle Institute: 2016
- Participated in an L’Oréal hair modelling show (2014).
- Assisted with the ticket sales, welcomed guests and helped with the set-up and arrangements for The Wine Show of Tops at Spar (2016).
- Assisted with the marketing and advertising for PALI [Performing Arts Lifestyle Institute] (2016).
--Other Experiences--
Au-pairing: 2013-2017.
Planned and Executed Kid’s Parties: 2017-2018.
Responsibilities Au-pairing:
- Bathe the kids.
- Prepared meals for the kids.
- Entertain the kids.
- Read them bedtime stories (on request after hours if parents attended a function).
Duties Planning and Executing the Kids Parties:
- Booked the requested venues.
- Arranged the catering and snacks, including the birthday cakes.
- Purchased the sweets and placed them in neat boxes.
- Designed stickers for the party boxes.
- Made use of a professional printing company to print the designed stickers.
- Purchased the décor.
- Decorated the venues.
--Most Recent Opportunities--
Newsclip Media Monitoring
Internal Client Support Consultant:
February 2019 - June 2019.
Responsibilities:
- Completed in-house training on different media monitoring platforms, such as: Gate5, RedBook, Adclip, Target Media Directory and mypressoffice.
- Day to day monitoring and Account Manager duties for existing clients.
- Allocated keyword matching clips from print broadcast and online mediums.
- Client training on the different platforms mentioned above.
- Generated quotes in line with the specific requirements from clients and advised on technical queries.
- Meetings with new and existing clients to offer the media monitoring service.
- Provided feedback in the daily National morning meetings about client status for Bryanston along with: Roodepoort, Cape Town and Durban branches. References
Contact person for Steers: Alicia Fourie
Contact person for Total (Magaba) Filling Station: Alida Lourens 084-***-****
Contact person list for all the au-pair positions: Alicia Fourie 079-***-****
Anika Le Roux
Theo Le Roux
Lindi
Contact person for PALI: Lara Lourens
Contact person for Tops at Spar: Gabriella
Contact person for L’Oréal: Rory
Spannenberg
Johnson
Sandilands