About me
Currently at Shakespeare North Playhouse where I design and deliver strategic University partnerships, bringing in the funding that enables us to offer unique and inspired opportunity to students across disciplines.
I have an extensive background in communications as a researcher, writer and creative media director within the field of arts and culture; I have experience across a wide scale, from international festivals and major venues to independent companies and individual practitioners.
I love to broker connections between people, projects and places. I specialise in creating and building relationships, in exploring pathways and possibilities and in the thorough research that helps bring ideas and vision to being.
I have a passion for storytelling in its multiple forms and have worked extensively with creative media, acting as Creative Director for multimedia projects across platforms including digital, print and traditional media.
My other great love is yoga and I share my work within the practice as a teacher (British Wheel of Yoga), and writer.
‘Rachel is an extremely bright, positive and warm personality. Great energy, and a strong ability to harness it and use it to productive ends. Strong ability to think outside the box. Great sense of humour. Calm under pressure. A very strong communicator, motivator and facilitator.”
Gabrielle Dawes
Associate, Chichester Festival Theatre.
Work history
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Higher Education Partnerships Coordinatorshakespeare north playhouse
Liverpool, United KingdomPart Time
Shakespeare North is a ground-breaking new venue, innovating how culture and creativity are utilised. I design and deliver strategic University partnerships bringing in the funding that enables us to offer unique and inspired opportunity; I have secured 3 new 5 figure partnerships in my first year. I have also, to date, established a unique professional Assistant Directorship placement, a structure for students to work with our Associate Artists and Practitioners and am part of the Digital Strategy Group investigating possibilities in site animation and immersive environment.
Research and Design Project ManagerManchester Metropolitan University
- Manchester, United KingdomFull Time
Manchester Metropolitan is one of the top modern universities for research quality and its library has a specific online portal for the research community. After consultation with multiple stakeholders, I re-designed the portal for researchers, creating a more intuitive, and effective resource which received positive user feedback and significantly increased engagement.
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Skills
- Writing
- Relationship Management
- Project Management
- Digital Transformation
- Communication
- Event Delivery
- IT
- Marketing
- Editing
- Research
Education
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PGCE in Further EducationEdge Hill University
- Ormskirk, United Kingdom
Postgraduate Certificate in Further Education: English
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Executive Certificate in Event and Festival ManagementAustralian Centre for Event Management, University of Sydney at University of Westminster
- London, United Kingdom
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