Charini K.

Ranaweera
61 South Road, Lancaster, LA1 4XJ (0044)7415606081 Arabian Ranches, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (00971) 562310423 employingkhyara.inthecity@gmail.com

Career Statement: Determined, career-minded and innovative young student with a passion for Public Relations and a keen interest in Social Media. Multi-lingual, holds strong interpersonal and networking skills, enjoys learning, developing and working as part of a team.

EDUCATION University of Cumbria, Lancaster , U.K. - B.A (Hons) Business Management Emirates International School, Dubai, U.A.E - IB Certificate Inter-Community School, Zurich, Switzerland.

Freelance PR work - Various September 2012 - Current (Part-time) -Creating various social media pages for companies (such as elite football training, dubai) -Monitoring these pages. -Engaging with customers on social media. -Creating competitions and helping maintain customer interest. -Liaising with clients on progress and guidance on how to utilise forms. Inventive Leisure - Revolution Lancaster March 2011 - Current (Part-time) -Handling money -Attending to customers -Various aspects of PR -Ensuring a high calibre of service and cleanliness is maintained.

Toh PR Dubai, U.A.E (Full Time Internship) August - September 2012 -Liaising with clients and media. -Relationship building as well as networking with colleagues, clients and media. -Monitoring the media, i.e newspapers, magazines, journals, broadcasts, newswires and blogs. -Collating, and evaluating media coverage for PR values. -Attending and promoting client events to the media as well as covering interviews with clients. -Attending weekly meetings -Updating and validating client/contact database -Aiding in the organisation of client events. -Undertaking research for events -Monitoring and managing various social media accounts for clients

CCL (Corporate Compliance Limited) Dubai, U.A.E December 2011-January 2012 / March 2012 - April 2012 / May 2012 - July 2012 (Full-time Internship) -Creating detailed business plans for clients -Creating an up to date easy to use finance system for payments of clients and employees. -Re-organisation of company files and creating an organised system for archiving. -Re-organisation of company system. -Attending of meetings -Research into clients and history DK Cakes 2008 - 2010 (Co-founder and Managing partner) -Setting up of the company -All aspects of Marketing and PR -Organisation of classes and creation of all materials used. -Aiding in the orders and classes. Kumuka World Travel May 2010 - July 2010 (Part-time Assistant to Manager/Summer work experience) -Various aspects of marketing -Liaising with clients and company -Preparing feasibility reports

EDUCATION University of Cumbria, Lancaster , U.K. - B.A (Hons) Business Management Emirates International School, Dubai, U.A.E - IB Certificate Inter-Community School, Zurich, Switzerland.

AFFILIATIONS Numerous football teams in the UK, Dubai..., including captainships, awards and coaching. RAG society President at University of Cumbria, Lancaster. START, Dubai. Working with special needs children in relevance to art. Miss England-Miss world, Miss Royal Galaxy and Face of Europe.

PERSONAL INTERESTS Keen interest in sports and creative media in particular painting. Very sociable person with a good network of friends, and always interested in expanding this. Travelling and learning about new cultures and countries, as well as adding to the four languages currently spoken, and exploring new ones. REFERENCES Available upon request.

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