Delivery Day – Maciej Adam Wisniewski

 

 

 

Maciej Adam Wisniewski

 

 

Personal Details

Date of birth:                             19 July 1977 

Gender:                                                Male

Nationality:                                Polish

Address in London:                     87 Brighton Road, N16 8EQ, London, UK

E-mail:                                      mwlondonuk@yahoo.co.uk

English Mobile:                          +44 79 3923 0057

Polish Mobile:                             +48 606 247 274

 

 

Personal profile

                                                Highly ambitious graduate in Marketing and Management Studies (MA), with fluent English, educated in Poland and England.  Excellent organisational skills developed through several work experiences.  Ability to work independently and as a part of a team.  Main skills and qualities: very loyal, reliable, flexibility, enthusiasm, time management, communication, problem solving and foreign language competences.

 

 

Personal business

 

February 2003 – present             WILAN International Limited in London (owner of the company), UK

                                                Director. The company started importing Polish books to London, we were delivering to foreign language booksellers in London. Later company started importing Polish lingerie brand for ladies called Trend Station. Since September 2005 we started cooperating with IFC in Warsaw exporting all products of Spencer & Fleetwood from England. We are expanding and still looking for new products to import/export in between Poland and EU countries.

 

Therefore, as a Director my duties were such as: liaising with customers in Poland and the UK; responsible for organizing transport between Poland and the UK; liaising with Polish customers; market research of different products; taking part in fashion fairs in London and Birmingham; introducing new line of Polish lingerie Erotic Chic to the UK; managing the company; mailshot correspondence; marketing and PR.

 

Work experience

 

March 2006 – present                 Fashion Enter in Croydon, UK

                                                Account Manager, taking more responsibilities than in a previous position at LFF; responsible for updating and editing website www.fashion-enter.com; preparing monthly mailshot leaflets for retail buyers, also flyers for major retailers in London such as John Lewis and Harvey Nichols; support the Director in meetings with major retail buyers; help designers in developing their brands; introducing new product lines of designers; attending for fashion shows and taking pictures of catwalks; building relationships with Polish Trade and Investment to promote Polish designers in the UK; market research and PR.

 

March 2005 – March 2006           London Fashion Forum (LFF) in London, UK

                                                Assistant of Account Manager, building relationships between designers and sales team, involved in preparing PROFILE fashion show as sending out invitations, putting adverts in fashion magazines, selling advert space; involved in LFF magazine as selling advert space, liaising with designers and buyers; building database of buyers, retailers, fashion institutions and organizations; help designers in building their online boutique on appointed section at www.fashioncapital.com, market research and PR.

 

 

 

 

May 2003 – February 2005          European College of Business and Management in London, UK

                                                Marketing Assistant, involved in Leonardo da Vinci programme to help students to get funding for vocational training in London, building relationships with London Chamber of Commerce, also with universities, HVS and post-secondary schools and companies in Poland. Part of my job is to find new students for the courses the school runs and recently I have been responsible for encouraging 12 new students to come from Poland, this is the first Polish group ever in the college.

Administration duties: involved in preparing information packs for fair and for international mailshots; assisting in developing and maintaining a customer database; researching company names and addresses for database and to assist in mailings; answering the phone; support line manager with the marketing activities of the college including internet research, compiling databases, sending out mailshots and keeping copies of all marketing campaigns; student support.

 

Education

 

January 2002 – July 2002            European College of Business and Management in London, UK

BTEC Professional Development Programme

Flexible course, 2 hrs once a week

Module: Introduction to British Culture, Introduction to British Business, Background to Business Administration, Economic Background to the UK, Press and Media in the UK, Legal Background to the UK, Business Organisations

Qualification: Edexcel Professional Development Certificate in Business Administration

 

October 1999 – July 2001            College of Management and Banking (Wyzsza Szkola Zarzadzania i Bankowosci) in Poznan, Poland

Studied both management and marketing, specializing in marketing.

Qualification: Master of Marketing

 

October 1996 – June 1999           College of Business (Wyzsza Szkola Biznesu) in Pila, Poland

Studied both management and marketing, specializing in marketing.

Qualification: Bachelor’s degree of Marketing

 

September 1992 – June 1996       1st Private Secondary School (I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace Spolecznego Towarzystwa Oswiatowego) in Pila, Poland

Maths, Polish literature, English, Physics etc.

The qualification is equivalent to GCE A-level

 

Language skills                   

Polish (mother tongue)

 

English (fluent), certificate gained (ICC – International Certificate Conference),

Pitman Qualifications – English for Speakers of Other Languages – ESOL, level Advanced,

BTEC Professional Development Certificate

 

German (basic)

            Spanish (basic)

 

Computer skills

Programs:                                 Highly proficient under the Windows environment.

MS Word, MS Excel, MS Publisher, MS Power-Point, MS Access, Corel Photo Paint,

Adobe PhotoShop

             

Additional information               

Driving licence                           Full clean driving licence

                                               

Hobbies                                     Qualified lifeguard, Scuba Diving, Basketball,

Enjoy travelling and meeting people from different cultures and backgrounds

 

 

Reference supplied and others available on request