Charlie Joe Parkes

Personal Details:
Date of Birth: 02/08/2005
Address: 12 Manor Drive, Barnton, Northwich, Cheshire CW8 4ET
Email: CharlieJoeParkes@gmail.com
Phone: 07340 198853

Personal Statement:
I am a highly motivated individual, looking to enter the world of Radio and TV. I have
technical skills, communication skills, and an eagerness to learn and develop new skills. I
am willing to do whatever it takes to be able to progress in this industry. In my current and
previous part time jobs, I have made connections with both staff and customers, examples of
this is in my current job, I have a strong connection with many of the regular customers. I am
motivated to push myself and move forward with my career.

Skills:
I have a high level of communication skills that enable me to work well with groups of
people. These skills make it easier for me to collaborate with people to provide a good
service. I have a willingness to learn new skills, this to me is essential when it comes to a job
because the development of skills is an important part to advancing in a job. I already have a
good amount of skills in adobe software like Photoshop, Premiere Pro & After Effects, I did
teach myself a majority of these skills and have also advanced these skills in my spare time.
I also have knowledge in production equipment like DSLR Cameras, Video Cameras and
Radio Decks, this is mostly due to what I have been taught in college. I have a high amount
of team working and leadership skills in large or small groups, this has been acquired
throughout previous job where I have had to work with groups of people to provide a service,
this links into another skills that I have that is meeting deadlines, because I had to meet a
deadline to provide a good service, this was all while working under pressure.

Education:
Primary School: ​Little Leigh Primary
​ ​Shutley Lane, Little Leigh, Northwich, Cheshire
From:​ 2009
​To: ​ 2016
High School: ​Weaverham High School
Lime Avenue, Weaverham, Northwich Cheshire
​From: 2016
​To: 2021
College: ​Priestley College
Loushers Ln, Warrington WA4 6RD
​From: 2021​
To: Present

Exams Taken:
• English ​-​GCSE – Grade 5
• Maths ​-​GCSE – Grade 4
• History​​-​GCSE – Grade 6
• Drama​​-​GCSE – Grade 5
• Creative iMedia​​-​OCR – M2
• Graphics Design​​-​NCFE – Merit
• Media Studies Level 2 Tech Ext Certificate - D*
• UAL Diploma In Creative Media Production and Technology - Distinction
Employment History:
Waiting on - Private Wedding at Antrobus Village Hall - (2019)
During this Job, I had to serve different people at a professional standard, this included
taking meals out to different tables

Waiting on - Black Tie Dinner at Antrobus Village Hall - (2019)

During this job, I presented the food to people who attended.

Café Assistant – Let’s Eat Café – 2021-October 2022

During my time at this job, I mainly served customers, while taking orders, taking plates to
tables, cleaning up those tables and helped prepare meals.

Bar Staff & Social Media Manager — Barn Owl PH, Barnton — October 2022 – Present
During this job, I serve customers. While taking their orders and putting their payment
through the tills, I also clean tables, this includes at the end of night cleaning that I also carry
out. In addition to this, I run the social media for the pub, this includes creating
advertisements to bring attention to events, offers and food.

Hobbies & Interests:

As an individual that has a high passion for all aspects of the media industry, I work on some
small personal projects in my spare time. With these, I am slowly improving my creative,
production and editing skills. My love for multiple different types of media has lead me onto
making different choices to what I do, this includes at the end of the first year of my UAL
Media course, choosing to do a Radio show, this is because of my love of how radio
connects to the audience and opens a theatre of the mind. My overall passion for Radio
leads to my creative mind. I enjoy creating and developing an idea that can become a final
product. I dedicate my time to make sure that a product is at the highest standard it can be
to make sure that there is a positive outcome at the end of it. I also have a large passion for
acting. I am a member of the Antrobus Players – (amateur dramatics group) which I joined in
2018 and was given the leading role in the Pied Piper, which I performed in January 2019.
Following my performance, I was recommended for the ACT UK Spotlight Pantomime
awards and won the “Debut Award”.I also performed in a production of The Wizard of Oz
(pantomime). From this I achieved the ACT (Association of Community Theatre) Spotlight
Pantomime award for The Most Accomplished Supporting Actor – Youth.

Referees:
Kevin Parkin - Employer at The Barn Owl, PH - Kevin.Parkin@live.co.uk
Mark Fraser - Curriculum Lead, Media and Film Studies at Priestley College -
M.Fraser@priestley.ac.uk