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While working as a Trainer for Cognizant I restructured the new hire training in cooperation with one other senior trainer and personally created >50% of new training materials for global use.

Skills

Language Skills

Language
Listening
Reading
Spoken Interaction
Spoken Production
Writing
German
Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue
Finnish
B2
B2
B2
B2
B1
English
C2
C1
C2
C1
C1

Technical Skills

MS PowerPoint

MS Word

MS Excel

G Slides

G Docs

G Sheets

Education

Education

09/2020 - current

Lapland UAS

09/2016 - 06/2017

National College of Ireland

09/2008 - 06/2011

Max Eyth Schule

Lapland University of Applied Sciences

3,5-year course

Bachelor in Tourism and Hospitality Management

CIPD Diploma in Learning and Development

1-year course focused on adult learning

High School specialised in Mechanical Engineering

High School Diploma

Work Experience

04/2019 - 08/2020

Eezy Oyj

Waitress & Café Worker

12/2018 - 01/2019

Freelance

Virtual Personal Assistant

03/2018 - 08/2018

Google Ads powered

by Accenture

Online Specialist

10/2017 - 06/2018

Bewley's Café Grafton Street

Barista & Counter Assistant

07/2015 - 08/2017

Google Maps powered by Cognizant

Trainer & Policy Specialist

03/2014 - 08/2015

Google Maps powered by Manpower

Local Data Evaluator

03/2014 - 08/2015

Steam Global Services

Photography Support Professional

10/2011 - 02/2013

beActive International

Production Assistant

Waitress in various hotels and restaurants in Helsinki, primarily during breakfast and lunch as well as regular shifts at Café Tin Tin Tango

  • bussing

  • serving customers at the till

  • making specialty coffees

  • assembling breakfast and salad portions

  • defrosting or baking pre-made pastries and cakes

  • baking and cooking quiches and ingredients for salads such as baked potatoes

  • making salad sauces such as strawberry vinaigrette, herb oil, and caesar salad sauce 

  • kitchen prep-work

  • cleaning of dishwashing and kitchen area incl. dishwashing machine, fridges, fridge drawers, and coffee machines

Project work for card and calendar printing company 

  • quality checking postcards, invitations, and calendars

  • images: positioning, sizing, exposure

  • text: spelling and left-over template phrases/names

Customer support for Google Ads users on DACH market

  • via phone, email, live-chat and through the Google Advertising Community

  • point of contact for questions on billing issues for Google Ads agents in DACH team

  • mentor for New Hires and existing employees

Barista and counter assistant at take-out counter as well as barista in the main café area

  • opening and closing the cafe

  • setting the grinder and espresso machines

  • brewing filter coffee

  • preparation of coffee based drinks; drinks containing frothy milk had to be served with latte art

  • preparation of all non-coffee based drinks such as teas and frappés

  • greeting customers as they enter the café

  • serving customers at the till

  • prepping various food items for sit-in and take-away

  • cleaning all equipment at night as well as fridges, countertops and floors

  • restock and preparation of the cafe for the next day

Internal trainer and policy specialist 

  • onboarding and role training

  • training content development

  • learning needs analysis

  • training facilitation  and evaluation

  • organisation of engagement events

  • quality monitoring

  • root cause analysis

  • answering policy questions

  • review and feedback on monthly policy updates

  • local/global training and policy meetings

Collecting local data for business listings on Google Maps

  • outbound calls to DE, AT, CH, GB, US and CA

  • working on special and high sensitivity projects

  • quality control of already reviewed cases

Customer support for German-speaking Nikon customers

  • Markets: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

  • Channels: live chat, email, and phone

Internship at Transmedia production company telling stories through various media e.g. Film, TV, YouTube, Books, Graphic Novels, and Social Media channels

  • managing incoming phone calls and post

  • research for current and future projects

  • creation of Media and PR Contacts Database

  • on and off set ad-hoc tasks

Work Experience

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