faye cooke

Delivered careers information and advice to students and recent graduates in a variety of media, identifying growth areas and trends. Practised high-level research skills in response to user and staff enquiries, delivering work to strict deadlines. - Vice-Convenor of the Technology Enhanced Delivery Forum, including management of social media and news channels, website content and Careers Service staff wiki. - Confident communicator, regularly delivering information literacy sessions to students and colleagues, and engaging with a wide range of contacts during visits to employers, professional bodies and at large-scale careers events. - Team activities: staffing helpdesk at Main Library and King’s Buildings sites, maintaining Information Centre collections and displays, recording usage statistics, and administering the general, graduate and distance-learner email accounts. - Project management: coordinated transfer of resources to new careers portal, including creation of tagging standard.

Maintained and catalogued stock at both library sites and completed research on Scottish, UK and EU law in core business areas and in response to staff enquiries. - Contributed to the firm-wide daily current awareness service for internal users. Consulted subscription databases, journals, bulletins and legislation to create up-to-date summaries for legal staff. - Visited external law libraries, attended the Scottish Law Librarians Group AGM and developed a strong interest in legal information work.

Graduate role with a hospitality and events company based within the Barbican Centre, supporting the concert hall, theatre, art gallery, library and cinemas. - Coordinated budgets and staff cover, trained and managed 30 team members on a daily basis and negotiated on behalf of the company during Centre meetings. - Liaised directly with customers, Searcys colleagues and Barbican staff in order to meet high visitor expectations for Europe’s largest multi-arts venue.