CV: Deborah Hamer Acquaah
** ****** ***** **********, *****, SG6 2BW 014**-****** *******.*****@*****.**.**
Profile
Experienced Business Lecturer (Level 3 to Level 7), with vast
commercial experience of business planning and writing too.
Qualified to MBA level (with commendation) and holder of the
Chartered Institute of Marketing ‘Professional Postgraduate Diploma
in Marketing’. A reliable, methodical and professional individual who
is able to produce high quality business plans and other written
materials for commercial or academic purposes within tight
timescales.
Education and Qualifications
CITY AND GUILDS
Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector. 2008-2010
Chartered institute of marketing (CIM)
Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing 2007-2009.
By distance learning.
University of bedfordshire
Masters in Business Administration (Commendation), 2005-2007
2 year MBA programme. Awarded ‘Commendation’. Studied 8 modules: HR, Finance,
Strategic Marketing Management, Operations Management, Leadership,
Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Managing Change. Part-time study
University of central lancashire
BA Hons European Business Administration and German (2:2) 1990-1993
Communication, Marketing, I.T, Human Resources, Finance, Economics and
German
The Knights templar secondary school, baldock herts
4 A Levels (English, Business Studies, French, German)
9 GCSES including Maths and English. All grade C and above.
Membership of Professional Bodies
Member of Institute for Learning. Since 2007.
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Member of Chartered Institute of Marketing. Since 2002.
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CV: Deborah Hamer Acquaah
14 Howard Drive Letchworth, Herts, SG6 2BW 014**-****** *******.*****@*****.**.**
Career details
Dates: Sept 2012 – present
Role: Associate Lecturer in Business (specialising in small business planning,
strategy, communication and marketing). A part-time role which allows me to complete
freelance work (writing, editing).
Employer: Fashion Retail Academy, London
Dates: Dec 2007- May 2012
Role: Lecturer in Business, Marketing, Strategy and Management, North Herts
College.
Responsibilities: Lecturing and preparing materials for undergraduate and
postgraduate courses (strategic management, communication, marketing). Project
supervision.
Dates: 2003 to 2007.
Role: Marketing Consultant. (self employed).
I supported several small businesses with their marketing. Work included writing
marketing strategies for professional services companies, training staff in customer
service, running workshops in retaining and delighting customers, writing bids for
charitable organisations.
Dates: 1999 to 2003
Role: Writer/copy-editor. (self employed)
I worked on a freelance basis for major publishing companies. I designed their online undergraduate
courses in Marketing, HRM, Accountancy and Strategic Management.
Dates: 1994 to 1999
Role: Marketing Manager. Booker Belmont Wholesale Ltd, Northants.
Responsible for a £1.2 million budget in this head office role for a leading food distribution company. I
developed a portfolio of own-brands and managed the marketing for all of these.
Hobbies/Interests
I am currently studying with the Writers’ Bureau to produce publishable fiction and non
fiction materials. Have successfully had my poetry published. I also enjoy reading,
hiking, tennis and cookery.
References:
Available on request
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