Lola Houghton
Christchurch,Christchurch
Summary
I am a friendly and professional worker with a positive and welcoming attitude. I have experience and skills in retail and hospitality and I enjoy providing enjoyable customer service. I enjoy working as a team member and am efficient and self motivated with strong people skills. My additional experience in teaching and the performing arts has strengthened these qualities and I enjoy putting them to use.
Overview
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Certification
Work History
Vintage retail
Mountain Thread Textiles
- Styling customers
- Arranging displays (jewelry, fabric, looks)
- Sales
Vintage retail, garment customisation
Platonic Apparel
- Earring and bracelet design and making
- Sales
- Greeting customers, being friendly, warm and efficient
- T-shirt designs (original artworks)
- Upcycling
- Mending
- Working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
FOH
Fabric Bar and Bistro
- Welcoming customers
- Carrying heavy loads
- Multitasking
- Operating a till
- Remaining calm, friendly and efficient under pressure
- Worked independently and with staff to deal with difficult customers, seating arrangements, communications between customers, FOH and BOH
Caregiving/teaching arts | Caregiving for children with special needs
- Teaching arts and crafts in primary school
- Helping children with varying needs (physical and emotional)
- Being kind, patient and relational
- Multi-tasking, quick problem solver
- This experience means I can deal with a wide range of customer needs
Education
BA - Perf. & Screen Arts
Unitec
01.2023
High School Diploma -
Michael Park Steiner School
Skills
- Problem solver
- Collaborative
- Warm
- Relational
- Patient
- Culturally respectful
- Highly experienced in collaborative problem solving
- Innovative
- Designer
- Able to work independently and solve problems
- Creative
- Actor
- Artist
- Fashion designer
Accomplishments
• NCEA Level 3 Excellence
endorsement
• Dux Scholarship
- Scholarship to study Commedia dell'Arte in Italy 2024 and 2025
Certification
Scholarship to study Commedia Dell'Arte (Italy) 2024
Timeline
Vintage retail
Mountain Thread Textiles
Caregiving/teaching arts | Caregiving for children with special needs
Vintage retail, garment customisation
Platonic Apparel
FOH
Fabric Bar and Bistro
BA - Perf. & Screen Arts
Unitec
High School Diploma -
Michael Park Steiner School