I am currently Head Runner at the award winning Envy Post Production in Fitzrovia. The role requires management of a large team of runners, ensuring client satisfaction and support as well as media movement/maintenance and reception cover when necessary.
With thanks to Envy I am in training to become a professional grade Avid Offline Editor. I have also recently completed an Avid certified course in my own time.
Despite being at the very early stages of my career in the media industry, I am driven to gain a broad level of experience in production with a particular interest in comedy.
Aside from my passion for editing, I am also a part-time actor, comedian and writer with a handful of credits to my name.
I run a comedy Instagram account which has opened a number of doors for me in terms of acting roles in short films and an advert as well as the opportunity to hold a comedy exhibition last year.
Projects
- 'Ahhhh, Me' Surreal Comedy Exhibition as part of the launch of Bread Arts Lab in AyrFrom the 12th of April to the 2nd of May 2019, I held a surreal comedy exhibition as part of the launch of Bread Arts Lab in Ayr. The exhibition's intent was to offer something light-hearted that didn't require mental gymnastics to access, I wanted people to feel something towards it, positive or negative. It was hugely beneficial to be able to support an upcoming arts space in a town which has never seen such a space. Visitors were overwhelmingly supportive about my own work as well as the work
Work history
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Press Office AssitantTHE SPACE UK
- Edinburgh, United KingdomFull Time
My tasks in this role were as follows:
* Welcoming performing companies by holding marketing meetings to advise them on how to best promote their show(s) as well as encouraging the use of our open door policy for when they needed to return for advice on several different matters.
* Building a strong relationship with reviewing companies and reviewers in order to recommend suitable shows to them.
* Attending shows in order to strengthen relationships with companies as well as to understand how their show should be marketed and also which reviewers might see that show favourably.
* Collating every review from the past 24 hours in the daily press report to be sent out as an internal document.
* Ensuring each positive review was posted online as well as around each venue as quickly as possible in order to maximise audience interest.
* Encouraging an open line of communication within the company to gather show reactions and audience feedback from front of house and box office.
* Managing social media channels.
* Creating unique content like videos and competitions to help promote our shows as well as The Space UK.
* Dealing with a wide range of different telephone enquiries.
* Working closely with databases to efficiently complete tasks.
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Marketing InternUrban Reivers
- Edinburgh, United KingdomFull Time
My tasks in this role were as follows:
* Build an online following from the ground up as the company was in its infancy.
* Create content for social media channels as well as writing newsletters and blogs.
* Manage intense workload split between the three of us in the company.
* Discuss packaging and implement necessary alterations to design, dimensions, inserts, packaging material and contents.
* Organise and host market research events to gather feedback on the products to ascertain what new alterations should be made.
* Visit distillers who provided us with their product for our cocktail box to strengthen the relationship between companies as well as to create content for social media.
* Organise and implement a pop-up shop on George Street during the Edinburgh Festival to celebrate the company's launch.
Skills
- Social Media Management
- Marketing
- Event
- Press Liaison
- Communication
- PR
- Microsoft Office
- Promotion
- Comedy
- Video Editing
Education
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BAEdinburgh Napier University
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The course combined both general business theory with contemporary and trusted marketing management principles to best adapt to a real world experience. In my third year I completed an assessed marketing internship in order to put said marketing theory to use which was incredibly useful as well as rewarding. In my final year I completed a dissertation based on project I ran investigating the effect of digital marketing on theatre ticket sales. The entirety of the course was incredibly useful throughout the jobs I have has since leaving university.