Career Experience – Academic

Feb 2020 – present: Research Fellow (One by One UK-US) (0.2FTE), led by School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester

Jan 2019 – Feb 2020: Digital Fellow (Royal Pavilion & Museums Brighton & Hove) (0.4FTE) for ‘One by One,’ AHRC 30-month national research project helping to build digitally confident museums, led by School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester 

Jan 2019 – present: Evaluator (freelance), Creative Learning, Southbank Centre, London

Oct 2018 – March 2020: Associate Lecturer (hourly paid), BA Arts and Festivals Management, De Montfort University, Leicester

 Oct 2018 – present: Southbank Centre MA Coordinator (freelance), Creative Learning, Southbank Centre, London

Jan 2018 – Feb 2019: AHRC Creative Economy Engagement Fellow (0.5FTE), CAMEo, University of Leicester

Sept – Nov 2017: Postdoctoral Project Research Fellow (3-month contract), Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London 

August 2017 – present: Research Consultant (freelance), Freelands Foundation, London

Career Experience – Industry

July 2017: Event Manager, Art Night, Whitechapel Gallery, London 

June 2016 – Dec 2017: Artistic Events Manager (freelance), Southbank Centre, London

Oct 2015 – present: Event Manager (freelance), Freelands Foundation, London 

June 2015: Stage Manager/Venue Coordinator, Sheffield International Documentary Festival, Sheffield

Oct 2014 & 2016: London Film Festival Venue Coordinator (Programme), BFI Southbank, London

Nov 2014 – Jan 2015: Events Coordinator, BFI Southbank, London

May 2013 – Dec 2017: Visitor Experience Duty Manager, Southbank Centre, London

Work experience before 2013 available on request.

Education

Sept 2011 – Jan 2016: PhD in Film and Visual Cultures in AHRC funded ‘Translating Cultures’ initiative. University of Aberdeen, Scotland. 

Sept 2008 – Sept 2009: MA in Contemporary Art Theory, Distinction. Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, London 

Sept 2004 – June 2008: BA Joint Honours in Art History and English Literature, 2.1. University of Leeds, Leeds

Sept 2006 – June 2007: Erasmus Year in Film and Art History, Pass. University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Sept 2003 – June 2004: BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Merit. Kingston University (Knights’ Park), Kingston upon Thames

 Sept 2001 – June 2003: ‘A’ Levels in Art and Design, English Literature and French, A, B, C. The Tiffin Girls’ School, Kingston upon Thames

Conferences, consultancy work and events

• June 2020: Chair, One by One Digital Forum, Digital Communication and Collaboration in Museums

• May 2020: NHLF ‘Leading the Sector’ workshop

• Feb 2020: One by One Roadshow: Building Digital Courage, Leeds

• October 2019: Enabling Digital Confidence in Museums, Museums Association Conference

• July 2019: consultancy work for volunteers and directors at Greenham Control Tower, on oral histories and digital recording (funded by National Heritage Lottery Fund).

• July 2019: researcher and delegate for Museum Digital Skills Forum at American Alliance of Museums (AAM), Washington DC, USA. Researched and wrote context paper on digital skills to support Forum.

• April 2019: paper at For Art History conference entitled ‘What Happens Before Art School: The State of the Arts in Compulsory State Education.’

• Sept 2018: paper at CAMEo conference entitled ‘Participation, public engagement and the ethnic diversity question – a historical overview of a leading NPO.’

• Sept 2017: paper at CAMEo entitled ‘An “unseen accretion of creativity”? Experiences of work in the public cultural institution.’ 

Other Training

• Public liability insured - Hiscox (July 2017 to present)

• DBS checked (Southbank Centre) 2019

• Full UK driving license

• Sound Microsoft XP and Apple Mac skills; proficient in Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel (QA certified Excel Level 2, August 2013)

• Short course in Alternative and Activist Media, Birkbeck College – April 2011

• Event Safety Awareness Training, SC (JSL consultancy) – June 2011

• Proficient in data management, accustomed to the use of Tessitura, Spektrix and Newman event ticketing systems and Artifax event management system. 

• Personal License, Scotland (Dec 2011) and England and Wales (April 2014)

• Diversity Awareness Training, SC, May 2014

• Fire Safety Awareness Training, SC, May 2015