I’m Kai! 👨🏽🎨
I’m 23 years old, live in Leeds, and have a passion for art, music and digital media! I’m always open to broadening my skills and meeting fellow creatives.
Achievements and experience:
- Channel 4 Content Creative 2023 🎥
- Sunny Bank Mills ‘Ones to Watch’ 2023 🏅
- Against The Grain: Catalogue team, Curation & Hanging team 📖🖼️
- Curated exhibition ‘Over The Hump’ for Bowery Visual Arts 🎨
- Mornings Art & Music magazine co-creator ☀️
I excel at ideas generation and development, demonstrated in my time working as a trainee digital developer at Channel 4 where I generated ideas for digital media formats for both original in-house productions and partnered projects with big brand names. Working in large teams during my time training with Sharpfutures and working with 4studio has equipped me with a great set of social skills, often leading groups and amplifying the skills of my teammates.
My experience planning live art events has given me curatorial experience, practical technician skills and team coordination in groups as large as 80 people.
I have been a key team member for exhibitions in Truman Brewery (London) and Leeds Arts University.
Also co-creating and planning an exhibition and live music event at Old Red Bus Station in Leeds city centre.
Some of my digital skills include photography, editing, Adobe Creative Suite usage, video editing, great understanding of social media, professional use of Discord and Microsoft Teams.
Projects
- Against The GrainA Fine Art exhibition shown at Leeds Arts University and Truman Brewery in London. I was part of the planning and logistics team aiding curation and the physical installation of the show. I was also a key member of the exhibition catalogue team, where we produced 800 copies of a catalogue showcasing the work and artist statements of over 80 artists. I communicated with and co-ordinated information from all 80 artists within a tight deadline, resulting in a functional final product that also serv
- Good Morning!: A Mornings Artist ShowcaseAlongside my partner Harvey Critchley, we created, produced and released a local culture magazine, highlighting Leeds based art and music. The magazine featured reviews, interviews and articles. It was released alongside an exhibition and busy live music event at Old Red Bus Station in Leeds.
Work history
4Studio Digital DevelopmentChannel 4
- Leeds, United KingdomInternship
4Studio Digital DevelopmentChannel 4
- The Majestic, City Square, Leeds LS1 2HT, UKFull Time
I assisted the 4Studio development team in researching and developing new bespoke formats for Channel 4 digital content and preparing them to pitch:
- Researched and casted potential contributors for shortform partnered content
- Generated and developed ideas from brief to concept presented in pitch decks
- Analysed competitors and social trends
- Developed pitch decks using design and editing skills
Highlight: Understanding audience needs in order to create content that is fresh, fulfilling and engaging!
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Skills
- Adobe Create Suite
- Video Editing
- Graphic Design
- Idea Generation
- Ideas Development
- Pitching
- Team Collaboration
- Copywriting
- Project Management
- Curation
Education