0410 977 394
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidweekes/
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Experience
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Bus Operator, Transport
for Brisbane/Brisbane City Council
2018 -
current Meant to be a temporary role for a career
break, before Covid struck. Operating a Transport for Brisbane/Brisbane City
Council bus within national heavy vehicle regulations; providing the highest
level of customer care, to both passengers and the general public; completing
ongoing training to ensure current knowledge of, and adherence to, all new and
updated guidelines for Brisbane City Council employees, as well as
specifically for Transport for Brisbane employees. Administration
Assistant, GEMSAS
2016 - 2019 GEMSAS manages applications, calculates grade
point averages and applies individual school selection criteria to medical,
dentistry, and optometry degrees the GAMSAT university consortium. My time
with GEMSAS ended when the processing division was sold to a separate
company, transitioning to entirely online processing. data entry and
verification for the GEMSAS database; user experience testing for the GEMSAS
website student application process; evaluation of submissions for required
GPAs and subject prerequisites; collection and sorting of mail; general
administrative duties. National Production
Coordinator, Catmax Pty Ltd
2017 - 2018 Catmax is a
specialist manufacturer and installer of bespoke and prefabricated cat
enclosures in all capital cities of Australia, as well as a number of rural
areas. This was an interim rule whilst waiting for confirmation and testing
for the role of bus operator with Brisbane City Council. coordination of
nationwide network of contractors through online calendars, telephone
contact, and documentation of projects; ensuring payments for projects were
received prior to completion; ordering, monitoring, and receiving of stock
required for production; picking/packing/dispatch of stock to contractors and
direct clients; light metal prefabrication of components for contractors and
direct clients; assisting sales manager with quotes for projects, as well as
completing quotes for direct client sales; maintaining databases and records
management, as well as data entry and imaging of original documents; other
general administrative and general cleaning duties. Managing Director,
Midnight Merchandise
2011 -
2016 Midnight Merchandise was a design,
promotional product, screen print, and staffing solution supplier, mainly to
the music industry, both nationally within Australia, and to clients in the
US, UK, Canada, France, and New Zealand. Unfortunately, due to health
reasons, I was forced to leave the business, and it was decided to disband
the company at that point. ensuring production and logistics teams meshed
seamlessly in order to deliver product to concert venues by the date of each
tour performance, as well as restock, when and as required, along the tour
route; production management of screen print and digital print t-shirts and
apparel, as well as miscellaneous promotional products; sales to small/medium
business sector, sporting organisations, schools,
and the music industry, both domestically and internationally; management and
coordination of an international retail labour hire
sales force covering Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and parts of the US;
sales reporting and data analysis for clients, including analysis of previous
similar clients' sales, in order to determine quantities of stock required,
design suggestions, price points, and staffing requirements; graphic design
for both clients and marketing purposes; maintaining client relationships
using CRM software and social media marketing strategies; design and
construction of website and social media pages. National Sales Manager,
Red Octopus Screenprint and Design
2007 -
2011 Red Octopus is a screenprinting
company specialising in local band merchandise.
Upon coming on-board with Red Octopus, I established and grew sakes
nationally and internationally, as well as creating a national retail sales
team to vend merchandise fur touring artists under labour
hire agreements. hiring, training, administration, and management of a
national retail labour hire team external sales to
national and international clients in the music and entertainment industries
internal sales to the small/medium business sector and NGOs sales reporting
and analysis for internal and external stakeholders creation of Excel
databases using visual basic macros to perform quoting and stock control
functions liaising between clients, design team, and production staff to
ensure on-time delivery of products and services to clients' specifications. National Sales Coordinator (Contract), Mammoth Merchandise
2003 - 2007 Mammoth Merchandise provides promotional
products and labour staffing solutions to the
entertainment industry. During my time with Mammoth
I coordinated staffing and logistics, as well as sales projections and sales
reporting, for touring artists, festivals, and other entertainers, such as
The Crusty Demons of Dirt. I was also contracted to do sales representation
on a commission basis, bringing in contracts with international and
Australian artists, such as The National. Contract Merchandise
Manager, Various
1997 - 2007 Managing the merchandise for touring
companies, promoters, and artist managers nationally. As well as Contract
Sales Coordination, B2B sales, and contact negotiation on behalf of
Merchandise suppliers to touring companies, promoters, and artist managers.
Working for companies including Love Police ATM, TSP (One Nation), Mammoth
Merchandise, Acme, etc Managing the merchandise for
such artists as Gwen Stefani, 50Cent, The Veronicas, Midnight Oil, The Dandy Warhols, The Big Day Out, Great Escape, etc |
Education
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Diploma of business, The
Learning Collaborative - 2010
diploma of management, the learning collaborative – 2010
Certificate IV in Small Business Management, Sarina Russo Institute – 2013
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OTHER EDUCATION
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Diploma in HTML5, CSS,
and JavaScript, ALISON – 2021
Diploma in Business Process Management, ALISON – 2021
Certificate – HTML5 from the ground up, stackskills – 2021
Certificate – INTRO to PHP for web development, stackskills – 2021
Covid-19 Contact Tracing, Coursera/Johns Hopkins University – 2020
Diploma in Graphic Design, Shaw Academy - 2016
Diploma in Sales Management, ALISON - 2016
Diploma in C Programming, ALISON - 2016
Diploma in Social Media Marketing, ALISON – 2016
CERTIFICATE – JAVASCRIPT APPLICATION RPOGRAMMING, ALISON – 2016
CERTIFICATE – Fundamentals of Economics, ALISON – 2016
CERTIFICATE – Statistics, Correlation and
Regression in Mathematics, ALISON – 2016
CERTIFICATE – Introduction to Marketing, ALISON – 2016
CERTIFICATE - Communication Skills CRT: 09 -
Effective Communication Skills Training, EDUCBA – 2016
Diploma in Human REsources, ALISON – 2015
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Projects
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Revhead 01/17 - 04/17 Volunteer
- The Abbey Museum Family Fun Days 2014 - 2017 Mages
of Mystralia 01/17 - 04/17 |
Other Experience
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• Impressed Publishing - owner - 2001-2004 |
Skills & Abilities
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Intermediate knowledge of MS Excel including VB Macro scripting |
REFEREES
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Available Upon Request |
Administration, Excel, Merchandising, Sales,
Adaptability, Coordination, Learning, Listener, Logistics, Negotiation,
Networking, Design, Empathy, Enterprising, Word, Access, Adobe, Collaboration,
Communication, Illustrator, Management, Motivator, Photoshop, Reporting,
InDesign, Prioritisation, Training, Budgeting, Editing, Purchasing,
Recruitment, Sourcing, Customer Service, Relationship Management, Forecasting,
Planning, Production Management, Rostering, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript,
Tenacity,