James Sweeney

Jargon Group

Account Executive

Junior Account Executive

One Million Mentors

- Mentoring students to maximise their potential and achieve their goals in life, whether personal, academic, professional or anything in between!

Mentor

The Youth Group

•	Being a proud & positive advocate for The Youth Group & our global youth movement
•	Promoting The Youth Group & our aspirations to help improve the odds for young people

Changemaker

Henley Business School

- Analysed the effectiveness & efficiency of the Henley Business School’s communications
- Produced a ‘Communications Report’ summarising my findings & recommendations for future improvements

Student Engagement Research Administrator

University of Reading

Student Engagement Ambassador

•	Aided in the creation & running of the MyName project
•	Created content to be used across the university’s digital channels 
•	Helped coordinate a team of Student Voice Ambassadors
•	Presented & included the student voice across numerous university projects

Communications Co-ordinator (Professional Placement Year)

CELTIC LEISURE

- Assessed Swimmers off of set outcomes 
- Communicated with students of all backgrounds 
- Helped build and strengthen swimmer's confidence and belief in themselves
- Planned and organised Swimming lessons and activities
- Supported students learning and development inside and outside of lessons

Swimming Teacher

- Communicated with people from every walk of life
- Completed regular staff and first-aid training
-  Developed first aid skills and techniques which were implemented to save a student’s life on a college trip in China. 
- Performed water rescues when required
- Promoted the safety of all pool users.

Lifeguard

hhruk Consulting

- Working with hhruk on our new Health & Wellbeing Partnership as a Health & Wellbeing Associate.
- Creating blogs & courses on a range of different topics.

Health and Wellbeing Associate

Wall Colmonoy

- Gained first-hand experience of work in a large-scale company. 
- Implemented employees onto the company’s systems.
- Organised and prepared the company’s sales records in a professional and sorted manner. 
- Resolved Technical Issues, under supervision

Work Experience 

AE @ Jargon Group 🧑‍💻 Founder of Sweeney’s Blogs 💬 Changemaker for The Youth Group 👐 Digital Storyteller 📚

Wondered what it feels like to jump out of a plane at 12,000 feet? 🪂

I’m James Sweeney, it’s lovely to meet you! 

Growing up in the Swansea valleys, I’m incredibly passionate about people - whether it’s our culture, background, passions or the ways in which we process and understand the world around us, it’s something that absolutely fascinates me 🌍

Having gone through life as somebody with a stutter, in addition to facing troubles with my physical and mental health, one of my biggest aspirations in life is to help shape a community in which I can help as many people as possible. 

I’m a very keen writer, starting my own blog page in 2018, called Sweeney’s Blogs, where I shine a spotlight on the topics that genuinely mean something to each and every one of us as people. The page has become a key part of my life, and is one of the reasons how I found out about LinkedIn too, as it goes ✍️

I run a weekly series here called Sweeney’s Song of the Week. For these posts, I shout out some incredible people, mixing in my love for music and making the world a better place at the same time. 

In October 2018, I jumped out of a plane at 12,000 feet raising over £900 for The Alzheimer’s Society, which has to be one of the best (and scariest!) experiences of my life 🪂

Do you want to join me on my journey! Be sure to drop me a request and a message, I’d love a chat. 

Thanks for checking out my profile and I hope you have a cracking day 👋

Colliers

Agency surveyor on the Industrial & Logistics (I&L) team based in West London, serving clients in London and the home counties.

Graduate Surveyor

I started my YouTube channel in 2012 and I became more serious with my work in September 2014. From the start of 2020, I introduced a new format of my content, with a multilingual greeting for all my videos as an approach to connect with more viewers from all around the world. Also, I become a lot more confident and comfortable in front of the camera now compared to the 15-year-old me back in 2014. I look forward to more collaborations with other fellow content creators globally.
SInce I am running this channel alone, I have acquired the necessary skills for PR, filming, editing and marketing throughout the experience. I am able to secure story coverage through "cold-calling" other parties.

Automotive Youtuber

Carter Jonas

An engaging summer internship with rotations across all 4 areas of CJ's commercial team, including building consultancy, agency, property management and valuation. 

I also furthered my understanding of the real estate sector by taking on extra duties supporting the industrial agency and investment teams and speaking to the Infrastructure & Energy (I&E) team.

Real Estate Intern

Leaders Romans Group

Cycling around Reading (RG1 to RG30) showing aspiring homeowners their dream spaces every weekend during my master's degree.

Property Sales Consultant 

SHW Property

An opportunity to shadow the central London and the wider M25 team.  

The experience exposed me to various aspects of commercial real estate: 

- Attending viewings of commercial and industrial spaces and taking measurements during inspections.
- Understanding the importance of retail frontage and zoning.
- Assisting the valuation and rating team by preparing property comparables.
- Attending business meetings in-house and with clients.
- Observing the lease advisory team in negotiations and reading leases.

Ellis Brown 

An opportunity to assist a dynamic team of commercial agents and specialists with a wide portfolio of offices (Cat A to B) and commercial units across the City Fringe in London.

Keegans

• Getting involved in various retrofit and feasibility projects around London and Essex
• Carrying out Right To Buy inspections and surveys for Kingston Borough Council
• Assistant senior surveyors and architects in project programming and measurements.
• Organising CPD (Continuous Professional Development) sessions for the building
consultancy team.

Building Surveyor

Rapleys Building Consultancy

Previously worked with the London Borough of Hounslow to maintain their wide property portfolio across West London through multiple Planned Presentative Maintenance surveys (PPMs). 

I have carried out schedule of condition surveys for private clients in the residential and commercial sectors including New Look and London Central Portfolio. 

I have also been the key assistant for chartered surveyors in terms of project management and measured surveys for corporate clients such as The Jockey Club and The Arch Company.

John Rowan and Partners

A temporary contract at JRP's largest department - Public Sector Regeneration (PSR). The work features stock surveys of the large council estates in the London Borough of Haringey, Brent and Enfield.

The duties of this role include (but are not limited to):
- Understanding the age of properties and the typical architectural features of the era dated.
- Carrying out stock condition surveys using the mobile software Pocket Surveys.
- Making direct contact with occupants of surveyed properties for enquiries and making appointments for visiting the properties.

Building Surveying Internship

Quantem

This role exposed me to the followings: 

- Identifying needs and developing client brief, and further supporting project teams
- Communicating with all project stakeholders
 - Understanding Design & Build (D&B) projects and project critical path networks
- Understanding procurement and risk management strategies
- Reporting on project progress

Project Management Intern

Advising and launching a new social media marketing approach to improve the company's reputation and outreach.

Social Media Marketing Committee Member 

Personable, commercially-minded and multi-cultural. These are the 3 traits that set me apart from the rest. My strive for continuous self-development and creative problem-solving will get me where I want to be in life. 

I look forward to becoming a chartered surveyor by late 2027.

My ultimate life goal is to become a successful commercial surveyor with international outreach and my own TV or online show about my passion for properties and cars. 

This dream of mine keeps me energised and working hard every day.

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