Projects
- Brainchild Festival 2017I am a music programmer and creative producer for Brainchild Festival. In the 2017 edition, I co-created 18 "special projects" for the festival, including escpecially commissioned dance-music collaborations; sustainability workshops; visual art and poetry collaborations. I work for Brainchild alongside my full-time work with Artichoke Trust, meaning I have developed efficient and creative skills including time management and effective communication.
- Lumiere DurhamMy role for Lumiere Durham with UK's leading arts event producers, Artichoke Trust, was Artist Coordinator and Conference Coordinator. The internationally recognised conference was a platform for creative and intellectual discussion, under the title "Who Are We And Where Are We Headed". The conference was held alongside lights festival Lumiere Durham 2017. I was port of call to the 12 speakers invited from all over the world to participate in the conference, organising their travel, accomodation and welfare over the three nights.
Projects credited in
- Lumiere Light Festival - DurhamLumiere is produced by Artichoke. Artichoke is a leading arts charity that works with artists to invade public spaces and put on extraordinary and ambitious events that live in the memory forever.13
Work history
AdministratorArtichoke
London, United KingdomFull Time
I am the Front of House for Artichoke Trust: I therefore have an excellent telephone and email manner. I am first point of contact with everyone who contacts our office, from the public to artists to potential sponsors. I conduct the day to day administration of the office, which includes but is not limited to: including taking care of budgets spreadsheets; the HR and recruitment processes; contract and agreement writing. I also undertake some production coordination responsibilities.
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Producer and Music ProgrammerBrainchild
London, United KingdomFreelance
I am a Creative Producer and Programmer for Brainchild Festival (winner of Best Independent Festival Award). Working as part of the programming team, I am involved with the production of the festival from conception to finish. My role specialises in ensuring that collaboration between artists are executed effectively, commissioning and developing performances with artists, as well as making sure that the correct equipment, space and time is provided for the collaboration to take place. Other aspects of my role have included; extensive research into potential artists and musicians to perform; creating content for blog posts and social media; attending collective meetings with different members of the Brainchild team in order to produce a symbiotic creative vision for the festival; responding to emails and other admin tasks, including use of Trello and Slack. Responsible for over 40 hours of programming, I manage to balance many different projects simultaneously at once. I carry out this role alongside my other full-time work.
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Skills
- Networking
- Creative Arts
- Project Managing