Jeana Mathuranayagam

25 lukin street, London E1 5RS

07815732156, jmathuranayagam@yahoo.com

Personal statement
I take myself as a hard working person who enjoys completing her work with a clear
and enthusiastic mind set. I am highly motivated to completing task to a high standard
and can take in strict criticism very well in order to improve my work further. Even
though I can work well and take initiative to carry out the appropriate actions on my
own, I am also very capable of working as part of a team and this is due to my great
communication skills and ability to socialise with other people.

Key skills

- Operational user of Apple Macs and PC devices

- Experienced in using Adobe platforms such as Photoshop and InDesign
- Experienced in using Final Cut Pro

Employment history

Rotherhithe, surrey docks farm

Achievements and responsibilities

- opening and feeding all the animals their breakfast to begin preparing them for the
day, this also included taking them out into the open so that there on view ready for
the visitors.
-assisting the care workers in cleaning up the front desk and shop, restocking any
items that maybe running out or simple bringing new items that will be placed
elsewhere.
-cleaning out all the animal’s cages at the farm, ensuring there clean and fresh from
any faeces or food that was left from the previous day or any other mess. When
cleaning out the homes I would need to assist the others in putting the animals in a
separate area to keep them away while I clean.
- providing the visitors with any knowledge on the animals and making sure they
enjoy their time at the farm

-from this I was able to strongly be comfortable with different types of farm animals
some of which I wouldn’t normally be able to get into close contact with. For
example, with the donkeys and the pony I would need to enter the homes and put their
reigns on them to get them ready for their grooming sessions.

Volunteer work, Whitechapel Idea Store

Achievements and responsibilities

-main responsibilities was to sign up children and explain to the parents about the star
reading challenge.
-encourage new parents and kids to give the star reading challenge a go and get more
people to read more books to get the prizes at the end.
-play around with the children and showing them where they can find the best book to
suit their style.

-from this I was able to achieve good communication skills and can talk to parents
who can be a little intimating because of their children. I have also developed good
persuasion skills as it takes time and good explanations to be able to convince parents
that the children could benefit greatly from taking part.

Education

Bishop Challoner Catholic Federation of Schools

7 GCSE’s grades from 3-7 including Media and English

Bishop Challoner Sixth Form

BTEC level 3 extended diploma in creative digital media productions

Interests/achievements

- Language classes in GSCE level outside of school (that includes being able to
speak, read and write at an intermediate/fluent level. The languages include
Tamil and polish.
- I have a keen interest in music and enjoy listening to a variety of different
genres such as Kpop/R&B, hip hop, rap and many others. I believe my interest
in different types of music styles and languages helps extend my creativity
further
- I also have a great passion for editing and photography as I was able to learn
better for my school studies. I was given the opportunity to be able to learn the
different ways editors will continue the continuity in a film and how
photographers provide a powerful message within an image through the
different types of camera angles and chosen themes.

Reference:

Mr C Skinner
Head of Creative Arts
Bishop Challoner Federation of Schools
London
E1OLB
Tel: 0206758028
Email: cskinner@bishop.towerhamlets.sch.uk

Miss J McLeod
Head of Media Studies
Bishop Challoner Federation of Schools
London
E1OLB
Tel: 0209372628
Email: jmacleod@bishop.towerhamlets.sch.uk