Educational Qualifications:

Primary Education:           1993-2000, Scoil An Spirioad Naoimh, Ballysheedy, Limerick, Ireland.

Secondary Education:       2000-2006, Crescent College Comprehensive, Dooradoyle Limerick, Ireland.

Third Level Education:     2006-2010, University Of Stirling, Stirling, UK.

                              2008-2009, University of California Santa Barbara, U.S.A. (Year Abroad Study)

Examination Results:        Junior Certificate, 2003 (5 A’s and 5 B’s)

                              Leaving Certificate, 2006 (490 points)

                              BA (Honours) in Journalism and Sport Studies, 2010 (Second class [upper])

TEFL Qualification:         Completed 120 hour TEFL qualification with i-to-i in May 2010. Modules included practical application and assessment, grammar, vocabulary, teaching to large classes, tenses and phonetics.

Employment Experience:   

1)  Duration:                  June 2009 – August 2009

     Employer:                   NBC Universal

                                  30 Rockefeller Plaza,

                                  New York, NY 10112,

                                  USA.

     Position:                 One of four interns in the Standards and Practice department.

      Duties:                  Maintaining of guest database and organising meetings/appointments for team manager. Was also selected as one of 25 interns across entire New York division to devise and pitch a television pilot to executives.

2) Duration:                   December 2006 – August 2008 (During University Holidays)

    Employer:                  Panasonic Store

                                        1-2 Shannon Street

                                        Limerick

    Position:                     Sales Assistant

    Duties:                        Selling of electronic goods to public and ensuring a quality after-sales service. Responsible for the daily closing of the cash register.  Implemented marketing campaigns, including copywrite for adverts.

Positions Held:

·        Reporter at the newspapers of both Universities I have attended

·        Stirling University Rugby Club Treasurer 2009-10

·        Elected as School Captain by peers

·        Member of perfect council at high school 

Achievements:

·        Awarded Speakeasy Prize (best undergraduate dissertation in Film, Media and Journalism department) in 2010

·        Awarded Allaway Scholarship to University of California Santa Barbara

·        Member of the Dean’s Honour List at the University of California Santa Barbara 2008-2009 (GPA 3.8)

·        Selected as one of 25 interns to participate in ‘Pilot Programme’ at NBC

·        Awarded medal for ‘All Round Contribution to School Life’ 2006