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Aya Wadi

Aya Wadi

Summary

Small Business Owner with four years of experience in operations management, business strategy and financial management. Demonstrated success in capitalizing on new trends and technologies to drive business development initiatives and achieve sales goals. Highly . Comfortable working independently as manager and leader and as collaborative team member. Applies business acumen and experience and exercises decisive judgment to meet and exceed organizational goals. Professional Interpreter with three years of experience helping diverse individuals. Moves easily between English and Arabic without missing details. Focused on advancing vocabulary, idiomatic and cultural understanding with up-to-date knowledge. Trained artisan with specialized experience in watercolor drawing techniques. Known for bold, creative style and recognizable designs. Enthusiastic Graphic Artist skilled at creating letterheads, signage and other business-specific materials. Motivated Sous Chef polished in keeping kitchen staff on task and handling high-volume work. Knowledgeable about sourcing ingredients, maintaining budgets and maximizing customer satisfaction. Works with management to analyze food costs.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Owner

Royal Aleppo Food
06.2020 - 04.2024
  • Promoted business on social media platforms to maximize brand identity and generate revenue.
  • Managed operations budgeting, accounts payable and accounts receivable and payroll.
  • Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
  • Trained and motivated employees to perform daily business functions.
  • Put together realistic budgets based upon costs and fees for successfully operating business.
  • Oversaw business budget planning and administration, accounting functions, purchasing and bi-weekly payroll to handle financial needs.
  • Reconciled daily sales, returns and financial reports in QuickBooks.
  • Designed and presented social media campaign ideas.
  • Analyzed trends in social media posts and followers to maximize views.
  • Took food orders from cashiers and cooked items quickly to complete order items together and serve hot.
  • Communicated closely with servers to fully understand special orders for customers.
  • Managed kitchen staff, supervised preparation of foods ,and explained steps for readying specialty items.
  • Developed menus, pricing and special food offerings to increase revenue and customer satisfaction.

English Interpreter

Roots to Harvest-Culture Kitchen Program
01.2019 - 03.2023
  • Interpreted conversations simultaneously to help both parties conduct business, handle medical needs or manage personal concerns.
  • Sat in on meetings to provide members with oral translations of conversations and information.
  • Maintained message content, tone and emotion as closely as possible.
  • Provided cultural input to speakers to help parties who did not speak similar languages communicate with and understand one another.
  • having professional knowledge and interpretation skills.
  • Interpreted conversations simultaneously to help both parties.
  • worked with women from different cultures and helped them to do tasks and receive their food handling certificate
  • Completed precise translations of official documents with correct words and phrasing to meet the required standards.

Photographer's Assistant

Community Arts & Heritage Education Project (CAHEP)
01.2021 - 08.2021
  • Worked as photographer's assistance and interpreter with professional local photographer on project called "My Thunder Bay"
  • Helped newcomers integrate with the community through the photography art
  • Assisted the participants and guided them through numerous videos lessons on the basics of photography
  • Adding Arabic subtitles to the Photography lessons
  • Encouraged the participants on how to make photographic images interesting and unique
  • Worked with the participants in order to meet the propose of the project " Participants will be asked to create photographic images of their own unique perspective of Thunder Bay and their experiences of living in a northwestern Ontario city.
  • Collaborated on program operations and relayed participant feedback for improvements.
  • Detailed program operations and participant activities with comprehensive recordkeeping.
  • serve as a Community Liaison worker, linguistic and cultural translator by making sure participants feel supported throughout the project
  • Organized and attended four meetings per month to discuss project status and brief new projects.
  • Collaborated with photographer to implement and creation of an online exhibit showcasing the participants photoart.

Gelato Production Assistant

Prime Gelato Corporation
05.2018 - 03.2020
  • Made Gelato and prepared the bases for Gelato
  • Created batches of food products with specified flavor, texture, clarity, bouquet and color profiles by following production recipes and procedures.
  • Able to use small machines, remove its parts clean and re-assemble
  • Follow the instructions to measure ingredients for making new recipes of gelato
  • Wash, cut and drain fruits and store them in the refrigerator
  • Worked with large vats, paddles and agitators to blend, mix and heat raw materials.
  • Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
  • Completed wide range of tasks in diverse filming areas to support operations.
  • Maintained schedules, managed deadlines and interfaced with teammates to support production activities.
  • Maintained menu knowledge to provide recommendations and answers to customer questions.
  • Provided details on seasonal flavor availability, source, gelato allergens and specials.
  • Offered samples of new gelato flavors to customers.
  • Accurately operated cash register to process customer payments.

Artist

Community Arts & Heritage Education Project (CAHEP)
08.2018 - 05.2019

Doing drawing activities for children in Marina Park

  • Contributed to creative process through original ideas and inspiration.
  • Established and maintained productive, professional working relationships to promote beneficial project results.
  • Collaborated with art director to implement artistic vision.
  • Created custom drawings and paintings using fine oils, acrylics and charcoal on high quality canvas.
  • Established and maintained productive, professional working relationships to promote beneficial project results

Education

ACE Certificate - Upgrading Academic And Career Entry

Confederation College
Thunder Bay
03.2021

CLE 5 Certificate - English As A Second Language

Language Instruction For Newcomers To Canada (LINC
Thunder Bay, ON
05.2018

High School Diploma -

Syria Temporary Education Centre
Istanbul-Turkey
07.2017

Skills

  • Business Leadership
  • Graphic Arts Design
  • Artistic Design
  • Problem Solving
  • Art Exhibitions
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Translation Accuracy
  • Microsoft Office
  • Customer Service
  • Computer Skills
  • Survey Interviewer
  • English, Arabic and Turkish Fluency
  • Cutting and Slicing Techniques
  • Food Preparation
  • Safe Food Handling
  • Adobe Premiere pro
  • Excellent Workflow Management
  • Social Media

Accomplishments

  • Featured in the UN cookbook - Tastes from Home: Recipes from the Refugee Community
  • Interviewing by the washington post to share family recipe

Additional Information

References

Airin Stephens, Supervisor

Roots to Harvest 416-219-5988

Clara Sacchett-Dufresne, Executive Director

CAHEP 807-631-8785

Sandra Henderson, Supervisor

Prime Gelato 807-708-Gablerp>

Joy Gabler, Settlement Worker

Thunder Bay Multicultural Association 807-345-0551

Languages

Arabic
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Turkish
Professional Working

Timeline

Photographer's Assistant

Community Arts & Heritage Education Project (CAHEP)
01.2021 - 08.2021

Business Owner

Royal Aleppo Food
06.2020 - 04.2024

English Interpreter

Roots to Harvest-Culture Kitchen Program
01.2019 - 03.2023

Artist

Community Arts & Heritage Education Project (CAHEP)
08.2018 - 05.2019

Gelato Production Assistant

Prime Gelato Corporation
05.2018 - 03.2020

ACE Certificate - Upgrading Academic And Career Entry

Confederation College

CLE 5 Certificate - English As A Second Language

Language Instruction For Newcomers To Canada (LINC

High School Diploma -

Syria Temporary Education Centre
Aya Wadi