About me
Manchester based freelance creative with experience in project management, theatre production, directing, video editing, podcasting, social media and live and digital events.
Currently working as promoter and booker for Creatures Comedy Club in Manchester.
Looking to take on new remote creative projects as a producer and gain experience in radio and presenting. Open to work across video editing, social media and project management.
Projects
- Sam's Home Birth | The Sam and Billie ShowFull Video Edit of The Sam and Billie Show welcome back episode after Sam's maternity leave, (including colour grading) reaching number 18 in the podcast episode charts with 44,293 views on YouTube. 643.1K Impressions. Watch time 14.0K Hours. Edited in line with the audio edit from Senior Producer Kristina Hrywnak. Thumbnail designed in Canva. Full YouTube edits of the following 10 episodes completed on a freelance basis increasing YouTube subscriber count by 1.16K.
- Homelands - Part of HOME MCR's Homemakers SeriesHomelands was an interactive digital and physical project, created during the first lockdown, exploring what happens when everything you know has been turned upside down. Participants were thrown into the centre of an imagined world and asked to creatively respond to the upheaval they found themselves in. Each member of Plaster Cast created an original fictional world and recorded an audio feature to provide the participants with an introduction to the world they had selected. We then wrote 10
Work history
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Promoter and BookerCreatures Of The Night Comedy Club
Manchester, United KingdomFull Time
• Responsible for ensuring the show runs to time each night.
• Acting as point of contact for acts on the night.
• Aided the club through the transition from 3 nights a week to 7 nights a week, programming nightly shows and booking comics.
• Took sole responsibility for the club while the owner was away for a month.
• Launched Hatched a monthly New Act Night to provide opportunities for progression across the Manchester scene alongside a monthly New Material Night for pro and semi-pro acts.
• Track club finances nightly.
• Uploading social content to Instagram and responding to DMs.
• Assisted with set up for filming for Larry Dean's special.
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Tech Co-Ordinator and Social Media ManagerPlaster Cast Theatre
- Manchester, United KingdomFreelance
Runs at Offbeat Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Push Festival '20 (HOMEMCR) and Vault Festival.
Manchester/Edinburgh/Oxford/London
• Designed lighting and handled live tech operation.
• Managed all company logistics, communications, diary and socials.
• Wrote and edited marketing copy for shows to meet venue deadlines.
• Developed a short audio feature (original script and music) for HOMELANDS in conjunction with
HOMEMCR and provided editing notes and proofreading.
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Skills
- Project Management
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Project Administration
- Event Coordination
- Content Creation
- Copywriting
- Team Management
- Remote Work
Education
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2.1. BA (Hons) Drama and Screen StudiesUniversity of Manchester
- Manchester, United Kingdom
Awards
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Festival Spirit AwardVault Festival
As a tech co-ordinator, social media manager and company member of Plaster Cast Theatre we won the Vault Festival Spirit Award for our run at The Vaults in 2020