Trad CV Jo Blogowski
Trad CV Jo Blogowski
Work History
January 2018 - July 2018 Project Assistant, Netherlands Floating Communities, Alkmaar
September 2017 - December 2017 Project Assistant, Greening the City, Leeds City Council
Analysed data on urban air quality and temperature hotspots in relation to providing
green amenity space to improve climactic conditions in urban centres.
Researched, gathered and collated data on vertical gardens to green the landscape and
output from hydroponic methods for sustainable food production in urban spaces.
Devised solutions to reducing air pollution in city centre using greening techniques.
Presented findings to 150 members of Leeds City Council with the council voting in
favour of adopting recommended measures.
September 2014 - July 2015 Project Assistant, Custom Build Homes, Northtown
Coordinated internal and external projects including the sales and marketing processes for
a number of custom build developments.
Consulted on development to make custom building capable of being scaled.
Recommended custom build development opportunities to the market.
Focused on the delivery of the new Custom Build Developer Portal and Directory, generating
increased traffic to the website and enabling over 100 new homes to be built.
Additional Skills
Language skills:
English (fluent), Polish (fluent), German (fluent), Russian (basic).
IT skills:
Proficient in MS Office packages, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Facebook,
Twitter. Familiar with SPSS, GIS, ArcGIS, Promap.
Led a team of four on a five day expedition using map-reading and compass skills to gain
Duke of Edinburgh Gold award.
Running – ran three half-marathons raising over £2000 supporting three different cancer
charities.
Volunteered twice weekly for two years in the Sustainable Gardening Group at University.