Valentyna Lysakovska
Ottawa,ON
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Child Care Provider
Tiny Hoppers - Riverside South
09.2023 - Current
- Enhanced children's social skills by organizing group activities and promoting positive interactions
- Implemented creative art projects to engage children's imaginations while developing fine motor skills
- Promoted physical health and well-being through organized outdoor games and activities targeting gross motor skill development
- Enhanced language development through incorporating songs, rhymes, books into daily activities
- Improved children's communication abilities by engaging them in age-appropriate conversations and storytelling sessions
- Fostered emotional growth and self-confidence in children by providing consistent encouragement and praise
- Facilitated conflict resolution among children by teaching effective problem-solving techniques
- Managed daily routines including meals, nap time, and outdoor play sessions to maintain consistency for the children
- Ensured a safe and nurturing environment for children by closely monitoring play areas, toys, and equipment
- Established trusting relationships with families, maintaining open communication about their child's progress
Hair Salon Assistant
SAAB Salon
09.2022 - Current
- Offer exceptional service and support to walk-in and scheduled customers
- Prepare clients for hair cuts and styles. Perform hair-styling tasks such as shampoos, mixing of formulas, application of hair toners, blow-dries
- Educating clients on product benefits based on individual needs and preferences, answer customer's questions about products and services to increase sales
- Help with restocking supplies
- Minimize infection risks by using required solutions and procedures to clean and sanitize tools
- Assist styling team by maintaining salon's appearance, cleanliness, orderliness and functionality
Customer Service Logistic Manager
Delta Express
03.2021 - 04.2022
- Organized storage and distribution of goods
- Communicated between brokers, drivers and customers and warehouse workers via emailing, chats and phone calls
- Resolved shipping problems locally, nationally and internationally
- Coordinated and controlled drivers
- Responded to issues or complains
- Ensured that right products are delivered to right location on time and at good cost
- Arranged customs clearance for international shipments to meet clients' schedules
- Compiled customer information, analyzed trends and recommended potential products to management
- Identified opportunities to reduce cost and improve productivity
- Analyzed operational performance and implemented plans to achieve organizational and financial goals
Bartender and Administrator
Kreslo Barbershop
02.2018 - 03.2020
- Worked as a bartender during the days and Friday-Sunday nights
- Efficiently opened and closed the bar according to established procedures, ensuring preparedness for each shift
- Followed strict recipes and drink measurements to minimize product used
- Educated customers on drink options, making personalized recommendations based on preferences or dietary restrictions
- Managed cash handling duties responsibly, ensuring accurate accounting at the end of each shift
- Operated cash registers and processed transactions
- Worked as a barista
- Booking clients
- Sales of professional hair cosmetics
- Identified needs of customers promptly and efficiently
- Provided salon with all necessary goods for it's uninterrupted work
- Was responsible to meet guests with hospitality, creating atmosphere of comfort
- Enforced company policies, answered coworkers' questions and trained new personnel
- Organized best working environment for barbers, controlled discipline, controlled cleanliness
- Solving staff and clients' issues
- Was responsible to open and close the shop
Seamstress of Lingerie
Zhilyova lingerie
03.2016 - 01.2018
- Design and implementation of item pattern
- Worked alongside cross-functional partners to conceptualize new features and evolve workflows resulting in easier-to-use designs
- Researched development methods to facilitate design implementation
- Adjusted and tailored lingerie for proper fitting
- Generated high-quality results quickly and efficiently
- Customized alterations
- Constructed and styled garments by hand and by machines
- Successful cooperation with other colleagues
- Use of universal pin arrangements
- Garment restoration and repair
- Read and interpreted work order to uphold specific guidelines and produce high-quality pieces
- Checked proper fabric marking and pins arrangement before implementation
- Followed quality control guidelines and inspected garments to verify pristine condition before final delivery to customer for boosting revenue
Stylist and Cashier
Alland Store
05.2015 - 02.2016
- Worked with ethnic style clothes of Ukrainian and Georgian designers
- Greeted each client and asked questions to determine fashion needs
- Stayed up-to-date on current and emerging trends to increase professional value and meet diverse client needs
- Selected clothes according to type of figure, type of color and character of the client
- Developed long-lasting relationships with clients
Helped brand awareness by assisting client's with proper information about specific of the brand and it's history - Marketed other items, including jewelry, shoes and hats, that would complete outfits or boost new wardrobes
- Backed up reception desk by answering phones, scheduling appointments and processing payments
- Performed various administrative duties by checking invoices, preparing special orders and unloading deliveries
- Rotated products from stockroom out to sales department floor according to seasonal plans, promotional schedules and style rotation plan
- Displayed products to drive sales, using knowledge of consumer and market trends
- Outfitted mannequins to relate to customer base, combining art and style
- Photographed the items
- Made social media posts
- Displayed promotional material such as signs and banners
- Displayed appropriate signage for products and sales promotions to inform customers of best deals
Assistant Fashion Designer
Anna Bublik
10.2013 - 06.2014
- Assisted in creating mood and trend boards for reference purposes
- Performed extensive market trend research to understand competitive opportunities
- Drew sketches and confirmed them with designer for future collections
- Created new prints, patterns trim and expression standards for the brand
- Made appliqué collages and selected fabric
- Constructed and styled garments by hand and by machines
- Managed design process of new accessories to fit with clothing line
Education
SPAO Photographic Arts Centre
Bachelor of Arts - Fashion Design And Production
Kyiv National University of Culture And Art
06.2017
Skills
- Schedule Management
- Customer Service
- Multitasking
- Product Knowledge
- Reliable & Trustworthy
- Service Quality
- Health Code Compliance
- Decision Making
- Design Concepts Development
- Creative Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Trend Monitoring
- Photography
- Social Media Management
- Selecting and Styling outfits for Photoshoots
- Professional Relationships
Certification
- Course of Adobe Illustrator in School of Visual Communication from 12/09/2019 to 12/23/2019
- Personal Training Certificate of Stretching issued by School of Fitness-instructor Fitnesservice 12/2020
Languages
English
Professional Working
Ukrainian
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Child Care Provider
Tiny Hoppers - Riverside South
09.2023 - Current
Hair Salon Assistant
SAAB Salon
09.2022 - Current
Customer Service Logistic Manager
Delta Express
03.2021 - 04.2022
Bartender and Administrator
Kreslo Barbershop
02.2018 - 03.2020
Seamstress of Lingerie
Zhilyova lingerie
03.2016 - 01.2018
Stylist and Cashier
Alland Store
05.2015 - 02.2016
Assistant Fashion Designer
Anna Bublik
10.2013 - 06.2014
SPAO Photographic Arts Centre
Bachelor of Arts - Fashion Design And Production
Kyiv National University of Culture And Art
- Course of Adobe Illustrator in School of Visual Communication from 12/09/2019 to 12/23/2019
- Personal Training Certificate of Stretching issued by School of Fitness-instructor Fitnesservice 12/2020
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