Vishnu Prasad Hariprasad

Final year Master's graduate in Sport and Exercise Psychology with extensive experience working in commercial environments and an interest in evaluating creative marketing solutions and consultancy services, currently Seeking a graduate role in marketing companies and education institutions

Relevant Experience 

Retail marketing and Management

Decathlon Sports India Private Limited - Ernakulam, Kerala, June 2019 to July 2019

Internship

• Received extensive training through the company's onboarding course, participated in workshops, and generated month-end sales reports and presentations.
• Undertook Customer interaction training (class A), Stock flow Training (class A), Football products training (class A), Target sports product training (Indian Range)
• Developed and improved interpersonal communication strategies to ensure client satisfaction
• Contributed to the development of sales strategy by working in a small team reviewing and managing social media platforms of the company.
• Gained an understanding of basic retail management and warehouse operations, and received safety and security training.
• Best Performer of the month (Team Sports)

Retail Management – Sports Advisor

Decathlon Sports Portsmouth – Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Address - Binnacle Way, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 4FB

January 2022- march 2022

Part-time

• Promote a range of products to the retailer's diverse customer base, offering further information and advice on the individual customer's purchase.
• Confidently engage with the customers, dealing with a range of enquiries about the products.
•  Learned Stock flow and undertook training for estimating planned inventories.
• Demonstrated outstanding ability to prioritise workload and multiple tasks based on meeting the needs of the business in a busy and pressured work environment.
• Competently deal with customer complaints related to products, ensuring that a satisfactory outcome is reached for all parties; delivering a high level of customer care and customer satisfaction
• Managed incoming calls from members of the public; making a quick assessment of their needs.

Education 

University of Portsmouth  MSc Sport and Exercise management              Sept 2021 – August 2022

This master’s degree has focused on the study of the world of psychology in Performance sport and its functions, developing an extensive understanding of applied sports psychology, consultation, developing a relationship with professional sports clubs and substantial research skills.

The main subjects studied included :

• Applied Sports Psychology – Gained an understanding of key concepts and foundations of sports psychology by formulating a case study of an athlete, utilising initial psychological assessment techniques and intervention approaches.
• Psychology of Exercise and Physical Activity – understanding the psychological effects of exercise participation and theoretical perspectives of motivation towards aspects of health behaviour change.
• Psychology of Elite Performance – utilised and applied knowledge gained from research findings to design psychological support programmes to enable high performance, understanding evidence-based approach to performance psychology practice.
• Advanced topics in skills acquisition - Compared and critically reviewed theories and research about motor development and its impact on Athletes.

MSc Research development and Practise - Research Project (Thesis)

 Title  – “To examine the impact and usefulness of self-talk and teammate communication in female team sports athletes.”

• The main objective of the research is to explore the use of self-talk and the importance of teammate communication by team sports university athletes.
• The research required a more qualitative approach to utilising different research techniques, such as online interviews, and participants who are involved in team sports.

EU Business School, Gmbh, Germany       BSc (Hons) in International Business             February 2017 –July 2020

Sports Management

This degree has focused on the study of multiple business functions inside the sports industry, developing an extensive understanding of how major companies in sports industries operate, commercial awareness and fundamental business management strategies.

The main subjects studied included :

Marketing Management, Sports Broadcasting, Sports psychology, Global economics, Event Management, Business Accounting

Grade - GPA – 2.7 (On a 4.0 scale)

Final Year Research Project :

The title "DOES LOCALIZATION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS REDUCE ITS NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT?"

• The main objective of this project was to identify the factors affecting business operations such as localisation, and its negative Impacts on sustainability and the environment.
• A creative approach was used to utilise different research techniques, such as online surveys and in-depth focus groups with consumers of normal commodities.