Strategic Developing new partnerships locally, nationally and internationally.Working with the Artistic Director to agree and develop strategy and plans for all areas of the company’s activity.Creation and delivery of 5 year business plan, associated policy and plans.Leading the team on project development, including areas of investment, improvement, partnership and international links.
Advocacy An ambassador for the company, in local, national and international arts arenas.Managing the relationship with key funders and stakeholders. Fundraising Delivery of the fundraising programme for the company.Capitalising on the company Charitable status, particularly in respect of trusts and foundations. Implementing innovative approaches to fundraising for the company, including new opportunities such as sponsorship and individual giving. HRSupporting team to work effectively through regular 1-1 meetings and training/development. Finance Responsibity for overall financial management of the company, including setting company wide budgets, producing management accounts and the day to day finances.Ensuring that financial protocols are understood and adhered to across the team. Working closely with the company accountants to prepare annual charity accounts and report to OSCR timeously.Prepare financial reports for the Board as well as ensuring regular meetings with budget holders across the team.Governance Ensuring that the Company conforms to all legal and statutory requirements. Preparing Board Agenda and ensure all board documents are shared in good time.Programme Oversee the whole of the programme with specific responsibility for logistics including:Negotiating co-production agreements;Support visa applications and manage Certificate of Sponsorships; Evaluation and measuring against set outcomes; Supporting negotiations process and issue artists’, venue contracts; Ensuring appropriate resources and teams are in place across the programme;

Working with the Board during a year of research and development, particularly investigating organisational sustainability. This was a temporary year-long contract which I was asked to take up, acting as caretaker Director whilst the Board recruited a permanent Director.Key Responsibilities:• Accountable officer reporting the Board of Directors.• Organisational staffing review, leading to revised structure, including revised remit ofpermanent Director role.• Review of fundraising portfolio and opportunities, and development of long-term fundraisingstrategy.• Management of staff and programme.

International Projects Manager will deliver the International strategy which supports Festivals Edinburgh’s programme development, investment, internationalism and profile building of Edinburgh’s Festivals, informed by the Festivals’ individual and collective creative visions.

I was the organisation’s first Chief Executive and was responsible, and accountable to the Board, for the effective strategic management, development, promotion and operation of Comar.

Sitting on the HR committee, writing job descriptions.

Responsible for the overall strategic development of the company reporting to and implementing the policyand artistic vision of the board. Key responsibilities included:• Leading the strategic development of the ensemble, including business planning and implementingeffective strategies across all areas of company activity (marketing, international, digital, educationand audience development);• Securing financial sustainability and fundraising for growth and resilience, including core fundingfrom Creative Scotland and broadening sources of income for the organisation across trusts,commercial sponsorship and individual giving;• Project planning and scheduling to ensure the ensemble performs throughout Scotland, the UK andinternationally;• Ensuring administrational and operational effectiveness, recruiting and managing consultants,freelance and casual staff;• Representing the company and developing relationships and profile for the ensemble at home andabroad.

During a period of the merger between SAC and Scottish Screen, I was responsible for funds totalling£0.5million, many of which were ambitious and new with a key view to creating an improved infrastructurefor music making for young people in Scotland. My position interacted with a range of different clients; frompromoters, local authorities, ensembles, youth organisations, civil servants, to young people themselvesand many more. Key roles included:• Creating from scratch a suite of interrelated funds to support emerging talented young musicians;• Building up relationships within the wider music sector and creating links between music industryand education;• Developing and implementing a strategies to create an improved infrastructure of support for youngmusicians and models of working for collaborative approaches;• Managing fund for training and continuing professional development;• Lead officer for core funded music organisations

Working rapidly up from administrator I left Soma Recordings, a cutting edge electronic dance label, asproject manager and subordinate only to General Manager with several key responsibilities including:• Coordinating sales strategies and forecasts and liaising with worldwide distributors;• Managing budgets and preparing sales reports;• Devising release scheduling and product management (including managing contracts for designers,licensers etc.);2• Project management of Soma's educational event ‘Soma Skool': organising content, partners,technical, funding/sponsorship and co-ordinating marketing strategies;• Representing the company at music industry events such as Midem, Sonar, and XP Group forContemporary Music;• Responsible for funding applications from both public and private sources;• Responsible for all logistics and manufacturing of all releases;• Formulating strategy for digital distribution and viral marketing;• Building up contacts of industry contacts and arts and media correspondents across the musicbusiness.