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 👋

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