Children's book writer for Guppy Books, Oxford University Press, Disney, Macmillan, HarperCollins, BBC, Parragon, CiTV, KA Associates

Working with hundreds of authors/illustrators to run fun, educational children's workshops at the Book Festival. Managing venue, safeguarding children, hosting, presenting, social media and marketing, planning workshops.

Writing and managing creative projects, delivering strategic consultancy and developing businesses and audiences for products.

Managing community development art/education project, creating, commissioning and delivering project strands to enhance people’s motivation, skills, wellbeing and qualifications via different types of maritime history-themed topics around Bideford bay, estuary and wharves. Project included: leading organisation towards its goals, managing volunteers and their training, designer liaison, using technology to record historical provenance records, budget management and bid writing, promotion of scheme across community, working with young people on education programmes (in partnership with East-the-Water Primary School), fundraising, liaison with councils, research and development in partnership with other Bideford agencies, events/activities delivery, writing/editing literature/press releases and Bideford Library resource, project evaluation, updating Heritage Lottery Funders with reports, strategic overview of agreed goals, project administration and – also – volunteering on event/workshop days.

Promoting, organising, preparing & delivering STEM-supported (Science Technology, Engineering & Maths) science workshops for young children.

Strategic marcomms of all gallery/museum functions, creating and managing workshops programmes for adults/children, website content and manager, liaison with volunteers, FoH work, key holder, partnership working.

Reading entries of children’s and adult writing competitions, writing reports, judging shortlist, promoting on social media. For one of the UK's most prestigious literary awards.

Writing TV scripts (comedy), liaison with producers, script meetings, writing digital content, commissioning writers, series bible production, creative consultancy, studio/set/crew work.

Working with young people, young carers and those with special needs to deliver weekly inclusive film-making sessions, budgets, lesson plans, technical equipment use.

Managed county-wide inclusion project to help young offenders and those with special needs to get training/education and employment, commissioned local business apprenticeships, bespoke courses, delivered mentoring 1-2-1, managerial reports/stats, recruiting, HR, budget management, payroll.

Scriptwriting, liaison with producers, script meetings, writing content, commissioning writers, series bible.

Managing 25 staff, venue facilities management, admin, accounts, payroll, gift shop targets, customer service, presenting to public, handling money, reports.

Creating and delivering bespoke staff training, liaison with venue managers, reporting on attendees progress for HR purposes, time management, targets, safeguarding. Writing reports, creative consltancy on visitor experiences.

Liaison with movie studios, location scouting, website management, dealing with client enquiries, photography, management reports, literature writing, marketing, tradeshow PR.

PR, comms, marketing, press releases, web management, book editing, journalism, client management for brands including Volvo, Disney, Harpercollins, Macmillan, London Zoo, Nickelodeon and Dreamworks.

Media liaison, writing press releases, logging queries online, senior manager, teamwork, marketing/PR, client support, multi-media, work with and interview high-profile politicians.

Community projects, media liaison, writing/editing, Superintendent’s adviser, crisis management, PR, marketing.

Writing, interviews, research, weekly deadlines, deputising for News Editor, education specialist.

Regional marketing, senior manager, youth and education service promotion, writing, website manager, strategic planning, event organising, media liaison.

Mentoring young people on careers/lifestyle, counselling, child protection, info management, supporting young carers.

Helping young people with learning/physical disabilities, in-class support, GCSE English/IT teacher.

Various temping roles, admin and office management for clients such as the Psychology Dept, Uni of Portsmouth, Zurich, and Portsmouth College.