Wendy Ileogben
Drogheda
Summary
Dynamic & driven professional with strong communication, organization and interpersonal skills across diverse sectors from experience working with in retail, corporate, with children, adolescents, and adults. Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite, graphic design, content creation & analytics that align seamlessly with marketing responsibilities. Experienced in email, content and digital marketing as well as conducting market research. Creative and ready to bring innovative ideas and dedication to this role.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
Retail Sales Associate
IKEA
Dublin
2025.06 - Current
- Greet customers and provide front-desk support, including customer appointment check-in and customer inquiries.
- Understand customers kitchen needs, and guide them through options (products, sizes, styles, materials, pricing, accessories and appliances).
- Maximize sales and profitability by creating customized kitchen solutions for customers and actively promoting products, suggesting add-ons, and helping customers complete purchases.
- Keep displays/department showroom clean, organized, and fully stocked so they inspire customers by always ensuring that the merchandising criteria is met in the department.
- Understand department's action plans and meet daily/weekly goals and targets.
- Process sales transactions accurately using point of sale systems.
Healthcare Assistant/Nurse Aid
Access Nursing
2023.11 - Current
- Providing holistic assistance, support and direct personal care to patients and residents in multiple institutional settings such as hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and care facilities
- Assisting nurses in achieving care plan objectives for patients with illnesses, injuries, disabilities, and dementia.
- Assisting patients with personal care, toileting, personal hygiene, feeding etc.
- Emptying commode, disposal of incontinence wear & risk waste
- Monitor patients' conditions closely, liaised between patients and healthcare professionals, facilitated effective communication channels.
- Built caring, supportive relationships with clients, enhancing daily life through personalised care.
- Completed documentation of care, hospital actions and patient activities for up-to-date client records.
Healthcare Assistant
Comfort Keepers
2023.01 - 2023.09
- Supporting patients with social interactions and activities, protecting them against loneliness and isolation
- Observing, monitoring and recording patients' conditions and wellbeing
- Performed constant communication with patients, relatives and carers
- Supporting patient with personal care including infection prevention and control, meal prep, personal hygiene, overall reassurance, comfort, safety and housekeeping
- Promoting positive mental/physical/nutritional health with patients
Marketing Intern
HireUp
2022.06 - 2022.08
- Understood company's action plans and met daily goals and targets
- Developed & managed medium-term marketing campaigns to strengthen company's brand which increased sales by 13%
- Tracked and managed over 50 emails per day
- Obtained technical and analytical skills from using marketing tool, HubSpot, to track & manage performances of email marketing campaigns.
Sales Assistant
IKEA
2020.09 - 2021.12
- Worked 20 hours per week- 3 days per week during second year in college balancing both workloads
- Contributed to sales in busiest department, Home Decoration and awarded Co-worker of the month in department for consistently efficient work
- Maximized sales and profitability by ensuring merchandising criteria were met, shelves fully stocked, department organised and items correctly priced
- Contributed to sales increasing by 47% due to merchandising criteria's being met
- Gained interest in products and actively learned about their features and benefits to share with customers
- Actively approached customers who needed additional help and advised them on best solutions for their homes to sell more
- Understood department's action plans and met weekly goals and targets.
Education
FETAC Level 5 - Nursing Studies
QQI
IRELAND 2023.01 - 2024.01
BA (Hons) - Marketing Practice
NATIONAL COLLEGE OF IRELAND
DUBLIN, IRELANDLeaving Certificate - Mathematics, English, Irish, Biology, Home Economics, French, Music
OUR LADY'S COLLEGE, GREENHILLS
IRELANDSkills
- Communication
- Microsoft (Excel, Team, Word, PowerPoint)
- Graphic design & Content creation
- Digital marketing- SEO, SEM
- CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
- Product Analysis
- Content Marketing
- Brand Management
- Project Management
- Campaign Management
- Email Marketing- Hub Spot, Mail Chimp
- Market research
Websites
References
References available upon request.
Personal Information
Driving License: Full Irish Driving Licence
Languages
English
First Language
Spanish
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Retail Sales Associate
IKEA
2025.06 - Current
Healthcare Assistant/Nurse Aid
Access Nursing
2023.11 - Current
Healthcare Assistant
Comfort Keepers
2023.01 - 2023.09
FETAC Level 5 - Nursing Studies
QQI
2023.01 - 2024.01
Marketing Intern
HireUp
2022.06 - 2022.08
Sales Assistant
IKEA
2020.09 - 2021.12
BA (Hons) - Marketing Practice
NATIONAL COLLEGE OF IRELAND
Leaving Certificate - Mathematics, English, Irish, Biology, Home Economics, French, Music
OUR LADY'S COLLEGE, GREENHILLS