LOUIS BRENNAN

Unit 1 Ground Floor 20 Felstead St. London E9 5lt louisjosephbrennan@gmail.com 07891808113 With experience in a wide variety of retail and service jobs I take new challenges in my stride . I have thrived in management roles and relish the opportunity to use my initiative . I am a naturally sociable person and enjoy the rhythm of high paced working environments. Having lived, worked and studied in Rome I speak fluent Italian and in my spare time I have travelled extensively. I have a keen interest in literature and am a skilled musician with experience of both teaching and running music workshops for children and adults. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Barman January 2010 - June 2010, Phibbers Pub

Phibbers Pub is a large three level pub located next to the Emirates Stadium making it very popular with Arsenal fans on matchdays. Its' close proximity to the London Met. University also makes it popular with students My role included: Serving Drinks Stock Management Dealing with antisocial customers Workshop Musician August 2010 - December 2010, Transfusion Music Transfusion Music runs Community music workshops for pre-school children and parents with english as a second language with an emphasis on kinaesthetic learning. My role included: Assisting with lesson planning Providing musical accompaniment for classes of up to 15 children and parents Creating musical games and activities to assist learning Duty Manager September 2007 - August 2010, The Cross Kings Bar & Venue London

The Cross Kings was a vibrant central London bar, restaurant and music venue over two floors. On a busy night it held up to 450 people with food and drinks being served from three bars Leading a team of up to 8 staff on a busy night

Cash handling Training new staff Assistant Site Manager March 2007- September 2007, Crussh Juice Bar London Crussh is a Juice bar with 2 sites inside the Earls Court exhibition centre which are open during exhibitions or concerts. The emphasis of the company is on healthy and fresh products and excellent customer service Working alongside the manager to create tailored ordering systems for specific events Maintaining optimum levels of cleanliness throughout the stores Developing sales methodologies in conjunction with the team Book Buyer October 2005 March 2007, Book & Comic Exchange Ltd. London Book & Comic Exchange is a specialist retailer of second hand and rare books and comics. It has several branches throughout London and is consistently popular amongst collectors Assessing the value and market increase of books Using detailed filing and storage systems As a key holder ensuring the shop was open on time etc. Translator September 2004 - September 2005, Arkell Industries, Rome, Italy Arkell industries is a pharmaceuticals company whose centre of Rome Translating of sales literature, brochures etc. from Italian into English Working to strict deadlines Managing my time successfully Assistant Manager August 2002 September 2004, The Fiddlers Elbow Rome, Italy operations in Italy is

The Fiddlers Elbow is Italys oldest Irish Pub and enjoys a dedicated local following as well as a mixed ex patriate clientele. Its focused on being a friendly welcoming environment and is particularly popular during live music or sporting events Ordering stock as required Managing and training new staff Increasing sales through inventive promotion EDUCATION 2002 2005 Universita La Sapienza Rome, Italy - BA in Contemporary European Literature

1997 -2002 Gonzaga College s.j. Dublin, Ireland - Leaving Certificate (equiv. A levels) References on request