About me
Passionate and hard-working events professional driven to giving people experiences they will never forget.
With a great love for both the events and the music industry, I am keen to develop my knowledge and experience in the industries. With a diverse skillset I am able to adapt to a variety of tasks within any role I've had.
Having worked for 4 years in the charity and higher education sectors I have been able to deliver great events at a low resource level. Utilising relationships with partners and companies, I have been able to offer well-produced events at an affordable value to students.
I am currently looking at opportunities both UK and Internationally in order to grow as an employee and diversify my knowledge and experience. Please do feel free to get in touch, this industries is all about connections and you can never have too many!
Projects
- One World WeekA programme of events over a week aimed at delivering a diverse range of events including social, informative and live music events, created to engage all students in cultural and engagement activities around campus. Working with both external and University departments in order to widen engagement and participation alongside allowing all appropriate schools and organisations to deliver content within the programme. This project was run annually over 3 years and great interaction was made wit
- Atmosfear: Secret Location PartyIn 2015 I conceptualised an idea for a annual student event, which would go further in engaging the student population than a regular event. The concept is a 'secret location party' in which students would purchase a ticket for the event without any indication of where the event will be held. Running this style of event for Halloween was a perfect combinatio as it allowed us to create a spooky Atmosphere for the event. Students would meet at the SU commcercial venue awaiting organised coaches
- Welcome Wristband5 Night Clubnight offered to the Student Demographic as part of the Welcome activities at the Students' Union. Collaborating with external venues and promoters in Manchester such as Factory, Ark, Viva, Voodoo Events and o2 Ritz, a programme of themed events was created and successfully delivered. This was delivered for 3 consecutive years to great success. Our finale event at o2 Ritz was designed to deliver a last hoorah with emphasis on artist bookings, incredible production and a lineup to a
Work history
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Music ProducerSelf Employed
Salford, United KingdomFull Time
Currently self-producing own music for promotion
Experience includes:
- Music Composition
- Electronic Production (Logic Pro, Plug ins & Theory)
- Studio Techniques
- Performance (vocals, keyboard and drums)
- Mastering Techniques
- Popular Music Trends
- Music Theory
- Notation Software (Sibelius)
- Djing and Music Curation
Genres of Production/Compositions:
- Dance Music
- Urban Music
- Popular Music and Ballads
- Classical (Orchestral and Symphonic Compositions)
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Event ManagerUniversity of Salford Students' Union
- Salford, United KingdomFull Time
Responsible for the full delivery of the Events calendar produced by the Students' Union. Working under the director of engagement , the roles main focus is to provide a well-rounded, inclusive timetable to enhance the student experience.
Main duties and responsibilities include:
- Managing and producing the events programme in the Students' Union and external venues in line with strategic objectives
- Managing full-time and student staff
- Delivering marketing and promotion strategies
- Planning and managing finances & budgets
- Developing events provision and ensuring growth through consistency and quality enhancement
- Managing external relationships to create collaborative working relationships and raise awareness of events
- Creating and delivering event management plans in line with health and safety guidelines
- Managing Students' Union technical facilities
- Delivering service level training to new staff
- Create University working groups to increase collaboration and inclusivity of events
- Coordinating booking enquiries and ensuring a quality delivery of service through the Union's commercial venues
- Maximise income opportunities through working partnerships, marketing opportunities and media sales
- Providing working and performance opportunities through partner events and our own
- Support the delivery of student led events
- Delivery of Union initiatives including cultural/wellbeing campaigns, awards balls and large scale sports events
- Monitor and report post-event attendances and feedback for Union KPI's
- Artist liaison and relationship management
- Contract management and negotiations
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Skills
- Music Events
- Event Management
- Staff Management
- Production Management
- Production Planning
- Technical Production
- Budget Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Artist Liaison
- Music Curation
Education
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MA in Music CompositionUniversity of Salford
- Salford, United Kingdom
Grade Achieved - Merit
MA Music Composition - Merit
Main areas of study:
Collaboration with other Media
Compositional Techniques
Advanced Theory
Electronic Composition
Classical Composition
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BA(Hons) MusicUniversity of Salford
- Salford, United Kingdom
Grade achieved: 2:1
Main areas of study:
Ensemble Performance
Solo Performance
Studio Recording
Composition
Music Theory
Music History
Music Technology