karen rowntree

duty manager

About

Gallery Assistant / Volunteer at Morley College

Country

united kingdom

City

london

Industry

performing arts

Skill

photography

Experience

receptionist

places for people leisure

2014-10 - 2017-6 · 2 yrs 9 mos

sales assistant

royal academy of dance

2017-7 - 2018-5 · 11 mos

duty manager

places for people leisure

2018-5 - Present · 8 yrs 5 mos

shop manager and exhibitions organiser

silverprint

2008-4 - 2013-10 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Staff management and training: Scheduling staff hours, rotas and wages. Sourcing new products, buying stock. Visual merchandising. Fronting the business by creating friendly environment through strong interpersonal skills. Giving specialist advice to students and industry professionals. Making Sales, returns and cashing up. Scouting for artists, managing, arranging and hanging exhibitions.

museum assistant and volunteer

fashion and textile museum

2013-10 - 2014-5 · 8 mos

Shop Assistant. Helping with take down and installation of exhibitions. Supporting museum security during quite and busy periods. Ensuring visitors have a safe and enjoyable visit. Enforcing gallery rules, including no touching of exhibits or flash photography. Performing ticket checks. Conducting internal building Patrols. Setting up for museum events.

christmas host

barbican centre

2013-11 - 2014-1 · 3 mos

Customer Service. Implementing health and safety. Giving information to customers and checking tickets. Sales and cash handling. Answering questions and enquires.

gallery assistant and volunteer

morley college

2014-7 - 2016-11 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Invigilating gallery; Opening gallery, setting up multi media work, greeting visitors, answering phones, helping with general administrative duties, proactively promoting gallery and events. Helping at Private Views: setting up the bar and serving drinks. Being friendly and welcoming.