About me
Freelance Audio Producer and Content Creator with Experience in the Music Industry and Event Promotions
A dynamic and determined individual, who excels at critical assessment and problem solving. I am able to remain calm and collected under challenging situations, working at my best under short deadlines and particularly stressful environments.
My strengths are being able to work well with others as well as having good communication skills. I am able to manage time effectively and possess good inter-personal skills.
I have a wide and deep knowledge of the music scene in London and the wider UK and have helped facilitate the delivery of high-quality radio shows and music events; tackling organisational challenges with an analytical mindset and exceeding expectations set by peers.
Work history
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Community OrganiserJustice for Black Lives
London, United KingdomPart Time
Community Organiser for Justice for Black Lives (JFBL), a youth-led activist group seeking intersectional, abolitionist justice for all Black lives through protest, political projects and outreach programmes.
We were responsible for some of the larger BLM protests during the summer and helped facilitate other smaller protests by giving access to legal observers, medics and PPE.
Through JFBL I have organised large scale protests in South London, co-ordinating large teams of volunteers, legal observers, medics and speakers. I have also sat on panels representing JFBL, discussing topics around Reparatory Justice, Anti-Racism, Ethics in Creative Industries and Black Masculinity in relation to Mental Health.
I have also been responsible for liaising with other, similar Anti-Capitalist and Anti Racist organisations for joint efforts in creating mass direct action.
Through this organisation, I also curate outreach schemes for youth centres, including Lives Not Knives in Croydon. I am responsible for the co-ordination of our volunteers and mentors as well as the creation of new and engaging educational games and activities that teach youth about Pre and Post-Colonial History and Local Level Politics.
I also create educational infographics for social media and host IGTV discussion panels.
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Intern/Content Assistant (paid)BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra
- London, United KingdomFull Time
• Completed a highly competitive training and work scheme with BBC Radio 1xtra working along several in-house and indie specialist shows. These shows included Tiffany Calver’s Rap Show, Sir Spyro’s Grime Show, Jamz Supernova and Benji B, Sian Anderson and Jeremiah Asiamah’s Friday Shows. I have also worked on both Trevor Nelson and David Rodigan’s Old Skool Sunday Shows.
• My role included complying music to the BBC’s standards and regulations of output, working closely with talent, creating beds and trails for shows, writing scripts and notes for shows and interviews, organising and reporting on music for PRS, creating content for games and features and co-presenting them on air and developing new features as part of a team.
• Worked on the Social Media team for 1xtra, writing appropriate copy for target audiences, creating content for Instagram and Twitter; including short clips from interviews, rap freestyles and DJ sets, templated promotional content for weekly playlist announcements (both for artists’ and the network’s socials) and bespoke videos to celebrate important birthdays and anniversaries.
• Also worked on the music team and playlist committee, contributing to and discussing how to improve the A, B and C playlists every week for 1xtra. Role also involved scheduling and programming music for daytime radio shows across several days, liaising with artist pluggers and agents and curating playlists for emergency broadcasts and specialist shows.
• Competent with the majority of the BBC’s Dira production software, including; VCS, Scheduler, StarTrack, Proteus.
• Also, very capable with Raven camera systems and Davinci Social platform, Power Gold music scheduler, Adobe Premier, Audition and Photoshop software (able access to Adobe softwares from home).
• I am currently part of the BBC Radio’s Casual Pool of freelancers and occasionally cover shifts for TBI Media.
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Skills
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Audition
- Online Content
- Radio Production
- Podcast Production
- Copywriting
- Music Programming
- Critical Analysis
- Development Producer
- Content Production