RESUME
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Paris Dukas
Address: 8 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, 3001, Melbourne, Australia
Mobile: 0406408094
Email Address: paris_venetia@hotmail.com
EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS
TERTIARY
2009: Bachelor of Business (Tourism Management) Victoria
University- 2nd year student
• Member of the Young Tourism Network
2008: BA Architecture, OPIE
2006: BA Textile design, RMIT
SECONDARY
2005: VCE Certificate- Methodist Ladies College
Languages
Fluent in English
Fluent in Greek
Level 4 in Spanish- El Patio language school
Level 5 in Italian- Italian Arts and Culture Centre
8 years- Chinese (Mandarin)
4 years- French
Certificates:
• Grade 6 AMEB- in piano, violin year 3 AMEB and theory of music
grade 5 AMEB
• Certificate- in shoe making
• Certificate- in hand bag making
• Diploma in General Life Drawing.
• Certificates- level 4 in Spanish at El Patio Language School
• Certificate- level 5 in Italian at CIS.
• Year 12 Certificate in Greek (VCE)
• Certificate in photography- advanced
• Certificate in Crochet
• Certificate in Weaving and product manufacturing
• Certificate in fashion illustration
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Chocolate City
Stard date: January
Position/Titile: Sales assistant- clothing store
The Yacht week
Start Date: July 2010
Position/Title: Brand Ambassador
Responsibilities:
• To promote Yacht week in Australia and book yachts
• To attend as many yacht weeks as possible in Croatia, Greece and
Spain.
• When working in Greece, Spain or Croatia duties are planning,
organizing, team work, hosting, making sure people are having a
great time, taking initiative to resolving small problems to offload
work for managers, ticket selling etc.
• Informing all guests of events, locations, prices etc also, to make
sure all guests are having fun and see to it that everything is
running smoothly.
Web site: (http://www.theyachtweek.com/)
Lorne Street Medical Centre
Start Date: January 2005-2009
Position/Title: Medical Receptionist
BUTESTON.pty.ltd
Start Date: March 2006-2007
Position/Title: Personal Assistant for the owner/manager of a
denim manufacturing company
VOLUNTEER
Whittlesea Relief Centre (bush fires)
Start Date: February 2009 (2 weeks- 10 hours a day)
Position/Title: Volunteer
Responsibilities: To gently approach bush fire victims and make
conversation to know more about their personal situation in order to know
what to supply them with.
• Quality control
• Organizing new supplies
• Delegating tasks
• Working with traumatized people sensitively yet effectively
• Working as a team with the other volunteers to best help the
victims
TRAVEL
2006- Greece mainland and Islands
• Islands: Skiathos, Paros, Mykonos, Santorini. Mainland: Athens-
Glyfada.
2007- Greece mainland and Islands
• Islands: Kos, Crete, Rhodes, Mykonos. Mainland: Athens, Glyfada,
Sparta- Mountain Village- Mellissa in festival season, Mani- southern
main land, Elofoniso. (All by car)
2008- Italy and Greece
• Amalfi Coast- Positano, Sorrento, Naples, Capri Island and Rome.
• Greek Islands- Skiathos and Mykonos. Mainland- Glyfada.
2009- France, Spain and Greece
• Paris, Monte Carlo, Nice, St Tropez and Cannes.
• Barcelona, Pamplona and Ibiza.
• Greece, Mainland: Mateora, Kalambaka (Village Kastraki).
Island: Mykonos.
2010 (January) - Culture Tour programme in Greece
• 3 week Educational and networking Programme for Greek University
students from the Southern Hemisphere e.g. Australia, South Africa,
Mexico and all around South America. Many mainland Villages,
cities and museums were visited.
2010(July) – Working holiday in Bali and Croatia
• Bali- Sample making for Jewlery label, adventure travel.
• Croatia- Yacht week position. Mainland: Split. Islands: Brac,
Komiza, Vis, Scedro, Hvar and Solta.
Australia:
• South Australia: Adelaide and Renmark.
• NSW: Sydney and Byron Bay.
• Queensland: Gold Coast, Brisbane, Coolangatta, Coolum, Noosa.
• Victoria: Mt Buller (to ski every year), Lorne (frequent holidays and
beach horse riding), Torque, Geelong, Mornington- Sorrento
(frequent holidays), Red Hill, safety beach, Portsea etc. Whittlesea,
Yin Yang, Yea, Woodend, Dandenong ranges, Bendigo, Sovereign
Hill.
SKILL SUMMARY
Non-Technical Skills: people skills, networking, fast to learn, adapt to
new environments, verbal and written communication, calm under
pressure, computer skills, fluent speaker of a second language, multi-
tasking, organization, professionalism in all situations, efficient, articulate,
attention to detail, well dressed, enthusiastic, passionate, kind and
confident, respectful of other people, very appreciative, self assertive,
creative, multi-tasked and friendly.
Computer Skills: MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, BA Textile design
at RMIT- two years learning Adobe Photo Shop, IBA medical software
programme, fast at typing- compulsory laptops in primary school and high
school.
OTHER- INTERESTS HOBBIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Jewellery/shoe label: Currently the designer and owner of Paris
Venetia
Member- Of the Young Tourism Network (Events and Seminars-
Networking)
Interests
• Tourism and travelling
• Learning about different cultures and geography
• Experiencing the world
• Adventures
• art, drawing, fashion, architecture and all creativity
• Animals
• Nature/ environment
• To help people- especially the meek
• Latin American dancing and Brazilian samba
• Socializing and learning about others
• Reading- philosophy, history , architecture, biographies etc
• snow skiing, golf, horse riding
• playing the guitar
• fitness e.g. yoga, boxing
• helping others feel happy
• music
Referees
The Yacht week- CEO, William Wenkel
Email- william@theyachtweek.com
Lorne street Medical Centre- Dr. Pauline Pahtsivanidis
Work Number: (03) 9465-9684
BEAUTESTON Pty. Ltd- Pixy Trangas
Mobile number: 0437622444
