Overview
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Charmaine Vella

Rabat

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

Professional Photographer

Self Employed
01.2019 - Current
  • Photographed high-quality images for various print and digital projects.
  • Digitally edited photos to enhance appearance.
  • Used image processing algorithms to reduce motion blur and enhance color, contrast and light range.
  • Leveraged camera gear and equipment to express creative vision.
  • Provided excellent customer service and account regulation, strengthening client relations and boosting revenue.
  • Managed correspondence with clients, documented interactions and tracked data transfers with manual and automated strategies.
  • Planned and prepared for on-location and studio shoots.

Retail Sales Assistant

Mvintage
07.2021 - Current
  • Working closely with shift manager to solve problems and handle customer concerns.
  • Increasing sales by offering advice on purchases and promoting additional products.
  • Assisting customers with prompt and polite support in-person and via telephone.
  • Helping customers complete purchases, locate items, and join reward programs.
  • Balancing and organized cash register by handling cash, counting change, and storing coupons.
  • Locating merchandise across various stores to address customer needs.
  • Monitoring sales floor and merchandise displays for presentable condition, taking corrective action such as restocking or reorganizing products.
  • Supervising new employees to use selling strategies and apply best practices.
  • Utilizing upselling techniques to promote additional products and increase sales.
  • Making use of Microsoft suite, including Excel spread sheets and Outlook amongst others.

Child Support Worker

FES (Foundation For Educational Services)
07.2022 - Current

- Providing aid in children's communication skills
- Dealing with challenging behavior due to autism , ADD and ADHD

- Supporting children participation in class and during activities

- Making sure that children are safe and included in class

- Making and using visual aids to help children learn new things

- Making a detailed and tailored made plan of activities on a weekly basis

- Ensuring the wellbeing of assigned children according to their cases

- Consulting IEP and statementing reports

Playworker

FES (Foundation For Educational Services)
07.2019 - 09.2019

- Planning and executing students program for every week
- Ensuring students safety
- Responsibility of students
-Taking part in play & leisure activities with students

- Outing and transport supervision

- Improvisation with given supplies

- Setting up activities & crafts
- Communication skills

- Documented children's growth and development.

- Used positive reinforcement techniques to promote patience and other good behaviors in children.

Retail Sales Assistant

Arkadia Group (Parfois)
05.2019 - 07.2019
  • Assisted customers with prompt and polite support in-person and via telephone.
  • Helped customers complete purchases, locate items, and join reward programs.
  • Opened and closed store independently and prepared nightly bank drop for manager.
  • Used POS system to process sales, returns, online orders, and gift card activations.
  • Located merchandise across various stores to address customer needs.
  • Logged reports, expenses, receipts, and sales in company database.
  • Checked pricing, scanned items, applied discounts, and printed receipts to ring up customers.
  • Stocked merchandise, clearly labeling items, and arranging according to size or color.
  • Monitored sales floor and merchandise displays for presentable condition, taking corrective action such as restocking or reorganizing products.

Archivist

National Archives Malta
07.2015 - 08.2015

- Researched and recorded origins, provenance, and historical significance of archival materials.

- Developed classification systems to facilitate public access to archived materials.

- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

-Restored various documents

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Bachelors of Fine Arts (Hons) in Photography

MCAST - Institute For The Creative Arts
Mosta
04.2001 -

Advanced Diploma in Photography - Photography

MCAST - Institute For The Creative Arts
Mosta
04.2001 -

A Level's - History And Italian

Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary
Naxxar
04.2001 -

O' Levels - GCSE

St.Theresa College
Mriehel
04.2001 -

Skills

Educational Support

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Software

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom Classic

Canva

Timeline

Child Support Worker

FES (Foundation For Educational Services)
07.2022 - Current

Retail Sales Assistant

Mvintage
07.2021 - Current

Playworker

FES (Foundation For Educational Services)
07.2019 - 09.2019

Retail Sales Assistant

Arkadia Group (Parfois)
05.2019 - 07.2019

Professional Photographer

Self Employed
01.2019 - Current

Archivist

National Archives Malta
07.2015 - 08.2015

Bachelor of Arts - Bachelors of Fine Arts (Hons) in Photography

MCAST - Institute For The Creative Arts
04.2001 -

Advanced Diploma in Photography - Photography

MCAST - Institute For The Creative Arts
04.2001 -

A Level's - History And Italian

Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary
04.2001 -

O' Levels - GCSE

St.Theresa College
04.2001 -
Charmaine Vella