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About Me
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Rainbow Alex is...
My name is Alex Ross, but everybody calls me Rainbow. I am a colourful and creative person, a jack-of-many-trades so to speak.
From a young age I started to explore the world outside of what was considered ‘normal’ and wanted to learn more about exceptional things and places off the beaten tracks. I also developed a passion for sharing my knowledge with others. Which is why I became a snowboard instructor at the age of 16. I also started my first job around that age while I was still at school.
After finishing my A levels I went to university for two years. The given routine in following a career wasn’t really what I thought to be satisfying. So I left uni to travel the world and I was given the unique opportunity to acquire lots of new skills and deepen my knowledge in multiple ways. For the next decade of my life I gained a lot of experience and broadened my skills taking various most interesting jobs all around the world. What fascinated me most was attending and organising juggling and circus conventions all around the world and I am very grateful for all the awesome people I got – and am still getting to – work with during those events.
In 2012 I returned to Germany and went back to university. Three years later I graduated in Tourism Management as well as becoming a coach for traditional archery. Since then I have been living in Ravensburg in southern Germany working hard to make use of my numerous skills. I founded a band called „Flirting with Disaster“ in 2017 and focused a lot on my musical achievements. A year later I got into prop making opening an entirely new creative field for myself which I am still exploring with genuine passion.
In 2019 I became self employed as a circus teacher, musician and prop maker. After so many outstanding pieces of experience in different fields and with exciting people I am now back to work with what I love doing and I am happy about that.
Education
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, 2012-2015
Bachelor of Arts in Tourism Management (1,7)
Business administration and economics of the Leisure Industry
Ulm University of Applied Sciences, 2006-2008
Communications Engineering
Completed 48 credits
Liebfrauenschule Sigmaringen, 1996-2005
A levels
Additional qualifications
Exercise instructor for traditional archery, 2014
Quality coach by the initiative for service quality Germany, 2014
Ordinance on Aptitude of Instructors by the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK), 2013-2014
Exercise instructor for rock climbing with the German Alpine Association (DAV), 2012
Exercise instructor for canoeing, 2012
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Work experience
06/2006 – Present
Musician
- working as a street musician and solo artist
09/2010 – Present
Circus trainer
- teaching all kinds of circus skills
- developing teaching and training methods
- working at different companies and festivals
11/2010 – Present
Professional Fire Performer
- performing fire juggling skills
08/2015 – Present
Hugging teacher
- teaching hugging workshops all around the world
- introducing people to the healing aspect of hugs
06/2016 – Present
Circus trainer, Moskito youth Circus Ravensburg (DEU)
- teaching circus skills
- assisting in management of the circus school and organizing events
09/2019 – Present
Prop designer and modification expert, Rainbows Mods & Props
- Prop design & production for Cosplayers, LARPers, Nerfers and other collectors
- Self employed
04/2014 – 10/2016
Executive assistant & instructor, Drachengrube KG, Ravensburg (DEU)
- human resource management and staff training
- training and supervision of the apprentices
- exercise instructor for traditional archery
- customer relationship management and customer service
04/2013 – 03/2014
Executive assistant & tour guide, Schwarzwaldgaudi, Titisee-Neustadt (DEU)
- development and implementation of a new branch of business
- tour guide and animation
10/2011 – 01/2013
Executive assistant & guide, Piratenherberge Jack Rattle, Thiergarten (DEU)
- assisting management to plan and run the youth hostel
- climbing and canoeing guide
- customer service
03/2012 – 09/2012
Tour guide, Kanusport Oberschwaben, Riedlingen (DEU)
- tour guide for canoeing
- front desk service and customer service
12/2010 – 04/2011
Hospitality Manager, Alpenhotel zur Wildi, Wiler (CH)
- Managing the hotel bar
- front desk service and customer service
10/2009 – 07/2010
Event manager & head of maintenance , The Rhythm Hut, Gosford (AUS)
- planning, organising and running all events
- human resource management and staff training
- building and repair of musical instruments
- caretaker of the building and premises
06/2009 – 09/2009
Housekeeping, The Heritage Hotel, Queenstown, (NZ)
- cleaning of hotel rooms and villas
On top of that I have had numerous little jobs on and of as a bartender, event photographer and snowboard instructor as well as organiser of several different juggling and circus festivals around the globe.
If you want to hire me for an event or a job, just send me a message.