Finlay Bourke

Finlay Bourke

Events and Marketing CoordinatorLondon, United Kingdom
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Finlay Bourke

Finlay Bourke

Events and Marketing CoordinatorLondon, United Kingdom
About me
History graduate with proven communication, coordination and administrative skills. Enjoy organising events, creating content and working in the creative sector. Passionate about film and photography, and regularly create short films that look at various social and cultural issues.
Work history
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    Events and Marketing CoordinatorRoyal College of Physicians
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    The Royal College of Physicians offer educational resources and events for healthcare professionals. I am responsible for organising and marketing conferences and events. I also create content to promote the work of the college, including interviews, documentaries and competitions. Event duties: Liaise with speakers, including key political and medical figures such as Professor Chris Whitby and Matt Hancock. Attend conferences and events, ensuring that speakers are comfortable and the AV team have all the information required to stream the event. Marketing duties: Regularly create social media campaigns, targeted newsletters and paid advertising to promote events internationally. For bigger conferences, create marketing plans and work with external teams such as animators and film producers to make engaging content that promotes the event. Ad hoc duties: Project managed the production of an obesity documentary. Worked with high profile interviewees, the film crew and stakeholders within the college to create an informative, engaging film. Worked with web developers to create RCP Player, a medical streaming service that hosts our digital events. Ensured all areas of the Player were user friendly and visually appealing.
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    Events CoordinatorWest Thames College
     - London, United KingdomFreelance
    Organised events such as Open Days, Taster Days and Career Fairs. Responsibilities included: setup and breakdown of events, organising catering, planning timetables and ensuring all marketing materials and goodie bags are prepared. Collated information and wrote pieces on college events and exemplar students. Ensured these pieces were circulated on social media platforms.
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Skills
  • Social Media Management
  • Email Communications
  • Activity Organisation
  • Event Administration
  • Event Admin
Education
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    Bachelor of Arts (BA) Newcastle University
     - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
    Awarded an Upper Second-Class Degree (2.1) in History. Wrote a 10,000-word dissertation on ‘Western Fashion and Masculinity,’ using Vogue advertisements from 1940 to 1980 because of a keen interest in the development of men’s fashion throughout history (can be supplied upon request). Developed research and analytical skills through continuous essay assessment. Self-managed and organisedthe writing and editing of multiple assignments at once.
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    A LevelsThe Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
     - London, United Kingdom
    History - A Biology - B Economics - B
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Awards
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    Project featured in educate Magazineeducate.
    Created a bus stop gallery that showcased art born out of the Black Lives Matter movement. Worked with artists to collate the art, organised all the logistics and got hands on, making the gallery. Captured photos and video footage, later turning it into a short film of the project. The project was picked up by the National Education Union’s magazine, ‘educate’ and featured in their ‘Bigger Picture’ spread.
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    Shortlisted for Best Grounded DocumentaryMarbella International Film Festival
    Created a film that explored life after lockdown, asking people what would be the first thing you do after restrictions were lifted. The film was shortlisted for the Marbella International Film Festival’s ‘Grounded’ category.