About me
A hard working and dedicated professional with extensive and varied experience in venue, event, and project management and a focus on building and leading teams, developing partnerships, managing and maintaining sponsor and stakeholder relationships, systems, programming, marketing, delivering special events such as national conferences, training courses, and special screenings, and providing exceptional customer service at every level. Background in retail and hospitality services.
Creator and project manager of the Distributor Slate Days on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.
Specialties: Marketing and communications, commercial strategy, film literacy, leadership, management, film exhibition, cinema, social media, membership administration, funding, Microsoft Excel, database and systems management.
Key Strengths:
- Commercial minded
- Team player
- Excellent communicator
- Problem solver
- Critical thinker
- Dedicated
- Proactive
- Resourceful
- Experienced
- Confident
- Practical
- Motivated
Work history
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Film Culture CoordinatorFilm London
- London, United KingdomFull Time
Coordinator for Film London’s work with film exhibitors and audiences across the London region, as part of the BFI’s national Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) encompassing audience engagement, administering National Lottery funds, training and member development activity including creating and managing four years of the Distributor Slate Days – a national conference for distributors and exhibitors in the UK, and coordinating Cultivate – a training course for film educators.
Project Manager and creator of the Distributor Slate Days (from 2015-2018), a 2-day national industry conference with 300+ delegates. Day 1 includes presentations from 26+ distributors and stakeholders, a catered lunch and a drinks reception, Day 2 includes 300+ scheduled meetings and a catered lunch. Main responsibilities include all distributor and stakeholder liaison, all technical management, delegate registration, coordinating the venue hire, catering and the drinks reception, meeting scheduling, budget management, communications, team management, and collating all materials for printed brochure.
Main Hub responsibilities: administration and professional support for National Lottery funded audience development projects; reporting and annual budget management; working directly with distributors and exhibitors on events and activity to highlight and promote key titles; database and systems management; data management and collection strategies; building and developing partnerships with key industry bodies and partners on a local and national scale; representing Film Hub London at national strategy meetings focussing on data management, training, disability working practices, programming and young audiences.
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Industry Office CoordinatorBFI London Film Festival
- London, United KingdomFull Time
Responsible for all Accreditation and Delegate services and venues for industry delegates attending the BFI London Film Festival.
Key responsibilities included:
- Coordination of marketing materials promoting accreditation and delegate services;
- recruiting and managing a core team of temporary staff and volunteers;
- set-up and management of the accreditation process for over 1000 domestic and international delegates;
- organisation, set-up and management of the Festival Delegate Centre at BFI Stephen Street and the Press & Industry screenings venue at Odeon Covent Garden and the BFI Stephen Street Screening Rooms;
- management of ticketing for all Industry delegates;
- management of the Industry pages on the Festival website;
- overseeing reporting to key Industry sponsors;
- regularly attending planning meetings with senior BFI staff and reporting on Industry activity
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Skills
- Project Management
- Management
- Database Management
- Film Programming
- Events Programming
- Event Management
- Event Delivery
- Marketing
- Microsoft Office
Education
Cultural Cinema ExhibitionIndependent Cinema Office
- London, United Kingdom
Film and Cinema programming
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Art Cinema = Action + Management (Executive): Venice 2014CICAE. International Confederation of Art Cinemas
- Venice, Italy
Intensive course for Arthouse Exhibitors
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