Adam Whitaker
Admissions Adviser
Admissions adviser with six years guiding applicants and their families through university entry, from open days to confirmation and clearing. Explains entry requirements, student finance and personal statements in plain terms, speaks to halls of 300 at recruitment events, and adapts quickly when the cycle changes. Fluent in English and Spanish.
Professional Experience
Admissions Adviser
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Aug 2020 – Present
- One of an eleven-strong admissions and outreach team handling 40,000 applications a cycle
- Run the personal statement workshops for partner colleges, reaching 1,200 sixth formers a year
- Introduced a shared applicant log that cut duplicate calls to families and lifted offer-holder conversion by 15 percent
- Lead the clearing phone room for three days each August, briefing forty temporary staff
Progression Coach
Trafford College Group, Manchester, UK
Sep 2018 – Jul 2020
- Advised 250 level 3 students a year on university and apprenticeship applications
- Built the college’s first UCAS timeline resource, still in use across four campuses
Education
University of Manchester–Manchester, UK
MA in Education, Sep 2016 – Jul 2018
University of Manchester–Manchester, UK
BA (Hons) in Sociology, Sep 2013 – Jun 2016
Affiliations
- Member, Higher Education Liaison Officers Association (HELOA)
- Associate Fellow, Advance HE
Key Skills
- Personal statement coaching
- Entry requirement advice
- Student finance guidance
- Event planning and delivery
- Public speaking
- Applicant record systems
- Clearing operations
- Reporting and documentation
- Family liaison
- Workshop facilitation
Languages
English
native
Spanish
fluent
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Adam Whitaker, Admissions Adviser
Adam Whitaker is an admissions adviser with six years across a college progression team and a university admissions office, applying for a senior adviser post. The resume is written for a recruitment manager who wants application volumes, event reach and conversion figures rather than a description of the role.
Why this resume works
- The summary is set in bold at the top of the page with no heading, so the six years, the audiences spoken to and the two languages are read before anything else.
- The current role states the team size, the applications handled per cycle and a conversion figure, each as its own bullet.
- The sidebar carries ten short skills as a plain list, which suits a role where the breadth of duties matters more than a rating on each.
- An Affiliations section names the two professional bodies, which an admissions manager will look for before an interview.