About me
Assistant film publicist with experience working on awards campaigns. Formerly the head writer for an e-commerce platform. Graduate of the University of Warwick with a First Class degree in Film Studies. Lover of cinema, in all shapes and sizes.
Work history
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Assistant PublicistPremier
Bucknall St, West End, London, UKFull Time
I have assisted on the UK campaigns for a variety of releases, covering titles as diverse as Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ to Irish drama ‘Calm With Horses’. This includes drafting and sending press releases, creating email pitches and placing talent pieces, sourcing and circulating relevant materials, ensuring key reviewers have seen the film and helping run press junkets. Extensive communication is crucial in managing the workload within the team and sharing information with the relevant external parties. Assistant publicists are also responsible for crucial administrative roles, such as ensuring that: our database is up to date, the department’s slate is accurate and the necessary coverage is monitored. Aptitude in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel and Outlook), as well as Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, is crucial to the job.
For two seasons, I have joined the department’s industry-leading awards team, which entails running the BAFTA and AMPAS campaigns for a wide slate of titles from clients including Netflix, Disney and Universal. This necessitates an ability to manage competing deadlines, maintain a key eye for detail and, crucially, remain calm under extreme pressure. The first year saw me collating and managing guest-lists, signing-in events and compiling reports to send back to the studios, as well as providing general on-the-ground support.
I sought out more responsibility for the second year, getting much more involved in the organisation of the events. This meant liaising with venues, caterers, furniture suppliers and tech teams, as well as studio execs and talent reps, to ensure that every base was covered and all was signed-off in a timely manner. I took the lead in creating ‘event documents’, which acted as bibles for all parties present during the event and included extensive breakdowns on logistics, timings and contact information. It was also my job to ensure that the events were sufficiently staffed, manage the sign-in process and frequently take the lead as the on-site point-person.
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Head of National ContentWowcher & Living Social
- Swan Yard, London, UKFull Time
I was promoted to head of the National content team when the company was split into three independent business units, helping to guide my team through the various changes to the nature of the job, as well as extensively liaising with other departments to make sure that there was no disruption to the essential processes. Further achievements include:
- Setting quarterly targets for my team based on qualitative aspects of our performance
- Establishing each of the nine writers as specialists in key areas of the National business unit
- Chairing monthly blog meetings and ensuring a steady, consistent output of entertaining content
- Helping spearhead several new SEO initiatives alongside the Head of SEO
- Revamping quarterly business reports by creating funny and informative short films with my team
- Interviewing, hiring and training new members of staff to maintain quality output
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Skills
- Writing
- Communication
- Analytical
- Diligent
- Detail Oriented
- Team Coordination
- Problem Solving
- Creativity
Education
CertificateLondon Film Academy
- London, United Kingdom
The comprehensive one-day course, conducted by Thembesa Cochrane, gave me a grounding in: script development, financing, casting, dealing with agents, relationships with heads of department, handling the film upon completion, finding a sales agent, distribution, securing cinema and home releases, festivals and figure analysis.
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) in Film Studies, First ClassUniversity of Warwick
- Coventry, United Kingdom
I undertook a three-year course in the academic study of film, at a university that was then the top in the country for the subject. During this time I explored the many facets of film art, history and theory, as well as immersing myself in national cinemas (particularly Italian and Japanese). I achieved consistently high grades in the various essays I completed throughout, in particular:
- An examination of the representation of feminism in '10 Things I Hate About You'
- The relative historical accuracies of 'Control' and '24-Hour Party People'
- Comparative readings of the 'Matrix' trilogy in relation to Nietzsche and Baudrillard
The Film department selected me as the spokesperson for my year, requiring me to write a testimony for the prospectus and film a talking head for the website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux7GyvRQ2gU.
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