Managing KinoGermanyNowUK on instagram and Facebook, to promote and build awareness of new German film and talent, working with distributors, exhibitors and film festivals to support and promote to UK audiences.

MA Film Making - Media & Comms Dept

2022 Big Screen Awards Highly Commended Diversity & Inclusion Initiative for Pink Palace Weekly Queer Film Club, Nominated: Brand Partnership of the Year - OREO Batman and Big Screen Events of the Year - Showgirls Live!2019 Screen Awards double WINNER for Cinema of the Year and Cinema Marketing Campaign of the YearCurator and host of Pink Palace Weekly Queer Film ClubCo author of the RIO Cinema Archive bookCoordinating a rolling schedule of education screenings and workshops for Hackney schools and colleges.Building membership and community audience.Fund raising and grant applications to build a second screen and restore the Grade 2 listed exterior.Building and managing social media and online marketingCreating events with film-makers, music industry, festival, location filming and film industry partners.

Consultant on film marketing, promotions, pr and event management. I also offer a consultancy service to film producers at the development and production stage, to make films more marketable in gaining distribution.Recent campaigns and productions include:Don't Knock Twice - Managing UK theatrical campaign, home ent hit and VR Game launch.The Time Of Their Lives - a road trip comedy starring Joan Collins, Pauline Collins, Franco Nero, Joely Richardson and Ronald Pickup, working as the producer of marketing and distribution, completed filming in August 2016 and was released in UK cinemas by Vertigo in summer 2017.Fire At Sea - Berlin award winning doc about the refugee crisis, grass roots campaign work to charity partnersB&B - a great British thriller, working as unit publicist and developing the international marketing and distribution strategy for the film which completed filming in February 2016, and will be released in UK cinemas by Peccadillo in Autumn 2017.A Caribbean Dream - associate producer, Winner of Best UK Feature at the London Independent Film Festival, developing the distribution, marketing strategy and international festival entry for the film which will be released in the UK in Autumn of 2017.The Choir - Starring Dustin Hoffman - managing the UK marketing campaign for Artificial Eye/CurzonCitizenFour - the Oscar and BAFTA winning documentary, managed the UK theatrical campaign working with Curzon/Artifical Eye and Brit DocThe Machine - Multi platform release focusing on DVD and VOD, resulting in an amazing PR, marketing and social media campaign getting to No2 on the ITunes Chart UK and No6 in the USWINNER Best Home Entertainment Campaign - SCREEN Marketing AwardsHello Carter - Multi-Platform release working with the producers and Signature Entertainment.This Aint California - managed DVD and VOD campaign with a talent Q&A and event tourSecret Sharer - managing the UK Theatrical.

Launched in 2014 the London Fields Free Film Festival is an annual film event celebrating the best of indie cinema, features and shorts and local East London film making talent. We screen in a variety of non cinema venues bringing free film to a very wide cross section of the local community.In 2014 we ran ten days of sold-out events, and will be back in 2015 (23rd to 31st October) with another great festival, we are also looking to hold one off outdoor screenings during the summer.Get in touch with us through our facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/londonfieldsfreefilmfestival

Overall Head of Marketing across three companies, Metrodome Distribution, Metrodome Production and Hollywood Classics, covering theatrical distribution, home ent/VOD/On-Demand, film production (4 feature titles per year) and Hollywood Classics (theatrical reissue of classic titles)Key titles: Frances Ha, Summer In February, Maniac, The Gatekeepers, Cleopatra (50th Anniversary reissue).Theatrical marketing strategy (20 titles per year), home ent strategy (48 DVD titles per year), creation of campaign artwork, trailer cutting, preparation and writing of quarterly retail presentations.Budgeting for all titles (up to £500K), campaign timelines and release strategy.Agency selection and control.Team management, recruitment, development and appraisal of marketing and design departments.Senior team communication at weekly meetings and running weekly company meetings.External funding applications (BFI and Media), developing research programmes for external industry publicationCover for Head Of Sales/Theatrical for three months, developing release strategy, exhibitor liaison, setting release dates, booking cinemas, EDI reporting and booking terms negotiation.

Working with the Acting Head of Film Promotion and the Communications Officer to manage Film London’s and the British Film Commission’s marketing and communications strategy to ensure the successful delivery of Film London’s strategic objectives and support of Film London’s funded activities. To co-ordinate the delivery of screenings and events championing London as a film cultural city, and to support the commercial strategy, including the British Film Commission, Film London membership schemes and commercially-led events, in addition to exploring additional corporate sponsorship opportunities.

Heading up the theatrical marketing team, releasing around 16 titles a year, from mainstream genre titles to arthouse and documentary, including multi-platform theatrical/DVD/VOD releases.Key titles: The Imposter, Ill Manors, Anuvahood, Fire In Babylon, Sin Nombre, The Infidel, Heartbreaker, and Exit Through The Gift Shop.Creation and management of the entire P&A budget covering operations, pr, promotions, production and media.Write the marketing plan, working with the PR team to form a publicity strategy, brief the creative and media agencies and online PR and social networking specialists, work with the producers and sales agents, and prepare status documents.Brief the design team and agencies on the creation of campaign artwork, trailer cutting, creation of TV spots, advertising, outdoor creative, DVD sleeves, soundtrack artwork, website design, social networking plans, facebook and iphone/andriod app’s.Initiate third party promotions with brand and media partners.Event management of red carpet premieres in Leicester Square, and after-parties, special screenings, festivals, and co-ordinate with the PR department and media agencies on press and talent management.Working on films from the development stage, focus groups to shape the script and casting, to working with the producers to develop the marketing materials during filming, arranging special photo shoots, filming EPK material, online assets and potential DVD extras.Development of online film assets, from interactive websites, to social media campaigns and phone apps.Winner of two Screen International Marketing awards in 2010, for Premiere of the Year for The Infidel (beating Avatar and Inception) and for Foreign Language Film Campaign of the Year for Heartbreaker.Nominated for nine Screen International Marketing Awards in 2011.Associate Producer on Sket.Occasional lecturer to film and media students, for the FDA, Film Education, Film London and at the London College of the Arts.

Responsible for the specialised film arm of Lionsgate UK, releasing around 12 titles a year in the UK and Ireland across a broad range from mainstream to arthouse features to Oscar winning documentaries and BAFTA winning foreign language titles.Key titles: The Lives Of Others, I’ve Loved You So Long, The Edge Of Love, Enron, Wah-Wah, Flood, and Two Lovers.I was responsible for production of the strategic marketing plan, print & advertising budget and worked closely with sales, PR and exhibitors to implementation the release strategy. Managed production of all promotional materials – creating the trailer, poster, TV spots, radio ads etc.Liaised with exhibitors and independent cinemas on local marketing.Worked closely with PR, talent, producers, charities etc to organise premieres and festival screeningsManaged budget and tracked expenditure across all aspects of the release throughout the films theatrical period.Created online marketing strategies, design websites, source content, placement of online assets, maintained the Lionsgate UK corporate website and updated and edited the Lionsgate Youtube channel.Created BAFTA campaign materials, DVD sleeves and screeners and coordinated mailshot campaign to 6500 members.

As Marketing Director I had overall responsibility for creating City Screen’s marketing strategy and new initiatives to deliver attendance and revenue targets, turning a cost centre into a revenue driver.Worked to develop audiences for the diverse range of film product and events, including initiatives like the World Cinema Passport a programme to encourage school children and teenagers to watch foreign language films.I managed the on-screen advertising contracts and sought sponsorship, and third party initiatives, delivering approx £400k to the bottom line per annum, with brands including VW, Carte Noir, Barclays, HSBC, Lovefilm, Stella Artois.Developed and implemented a long-term strategic marketing plan to create a national brand identity for the company and a local identity for each of the cinemas.I designed and developed a new media strategy. A key part of this was the building a new company website and weekly listings/events email, as well as driving the subscriber database from 30k to 70k.I recruited and developed a strong marketing team, in-house design team and designed training packages to develop marketing skills at the cinemasI initiated relationships with national media partners including The Times and The Guardian driving footfall at the cinemas to broaden the customer base.I established research programmes into customer’s film-going habits to use as the basis of future marketing initiatives.The department ran an ongoing calendar of events, Q&A’s and preview screenings to service the member database and drive awareness on specific specialised film titles.

Film Marketing for the UCI Cinema Group in the UK and Ireland, working with film distributors and promotional initiatives with third party brands to drive cinema attendance and gain market share