Projects
- The Future Stage 2018The future stage has been growing from year to year at Birmingham Pride Festival. It was curated by me to add more diversity to the city and the festival. I strive to book international, national and local artists/brands from all different cultures and backgrounds to come together on the future stage. It has become a hidden gem of the festival.
- Birmingham Pride 20182018 was the year I took full control of booking the artists and programmed the 2018 festival. (apart from the Cabaret Arena) I worked on negotating with agencies to bring the best possible acts and a reasonable price due to the festival being a non-for-profit event that raises huge amounts for LGBTQ charities all over the UK. On top of this I worked on producing marketing material, working closely with our graphic designer, social media marketing and PR. The festival weekend consisted of me sta
Work history
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Programmer/BookingsBirmingham Pride
Birmingham, United KingdomFull Time
Birmingham Pride Festival (2016 – Present)
- Bookings
Negotiating and working with artist agents for a number of artists. Dealing with contracts, riders and ensuring everything with the booking runs smoothly. Working closely with accounts that all payments have been made on time. In 2018 I single handedly booked the festival (apart from the Cabaret Stage).
- Design (Adobe Photoshop and After Effects)
Creating videos, gifs and imagery for the marketing and advertising department of Birmingham Pride.
- Stage management
Managing the behind the scenes of the main stage and alt stage. Dealing with agents and artists making sure that everything is to the highest standard and ensuring the show runs to plan.
- Marketing Campaign
Creating the correct campaigns that worked for specific artists, establishing the best advertisements ranging from imagery to videos and putting it out the best possible way to the correct target audience.
-Artist liaison
putting into place the artist riders, communication with the artist contact and bringing them to their specific area. Dealing with any problems and enquiries and ensuring their time runs smoothly under my watch.
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OwnerGASH EVENTS
Birmingham, United KingdomFull Time
- Co-owner
Running 3 successful Club nights and 2 DJ Collectives that have been praised by Redbull, Dazed magazine, Hiskind, Radar Radio and many more.
We have gone from taking over abandoned clubs for Birmingham Pride 2014 and changing them into a modern day space with a line up filled with UK sounds such as Sticky, Anushka, De$ignated and an array of local talent. To creating monthly community nights such as “Glittershit” where we have over 500+ attend every event to raise money for various LGBTQ charities through the art of throwing a party. This year we performed with Basement Jaxx!
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Skills
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Photoshop
- Booking Musicians
- Marketing
- Analysing Trends
- Social Media
- Budgeting
- Band Promotion
- Event Management
- Art Direction
Awards
20 "25 and Under" people in Nightlife/Music industry.Eventbrite
I was awarded as one of the 20 "25 and under" people in Nightlife and Music industry from Eventbrite