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Cambridge, Gb

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• Budgeting: planned and tracked expenses within a £17,000 budget, successfully avoiding over-spending, raised invoices, submitted expense reports.• Recruitment: filtered through 290+ applications, planned 170+ interviews, personally interviewing candidates for 9 hours, and hired 120 workers. Updated work contracts.• Scheduling: assigned tasks to 120 workers and scheduled their shifts over 15 hours. Coordinated with multiple stakeholders (music, catering, entertainment, security) to meet all personnel demands and ensure the smooth running of the Ball.• Logistics: organised on-site parking and planned the arrival and departure of 25 contractors and 69 performers. Hired a security company to secure the site, redesigning the security site plan to counter failings from previous years.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• Market research: independently researched and contacted 36 companies for in-kind sponsorship of award prizes.• Sales: drafted sales presentations, conducted calls, and negotiated six prizes valued £85-£700 with interested parties.• Contracts: wrote Memorandums of Understanding for concluded partnerships.

Paris, Île-De-France, France

• Logistics: handled transfers of digital and physical film copies and shipments of promotional material to cinemas across France for six film releases. Independently managed multiple databases and spreadsheets to keep track of logistical operations.• Marketing: successfully managed the partnership research for the second-highest grossing release for UFO in 2023. Cold-emailed and cold-called 40-50 potential partners to advertise the release.• Administrative support: updated the company website, proofread promotional material, and maintained digital and physical company records.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Talent management: submitted client applications to 30-70 casting adverts a day. Ensured client CVs were up to date, managed their diaries. Scouted potential clients in showcases and plays.• Communications (both written and verbal): acted as the primary point of contact for enquiries from clients and casting agencies. Handled sensitive communications on a daily basis, monitored three inboxes and two phone lines.• Accounting: registered incoming checks, calculated tax and commissions, and wired clients their dues.• Social media management: posted about new agency developments via Meta for Business.• Team management: supervised and instructed 2-4 interns, prioritising workload and delegating tasks as needed to meet tight deadlines.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Coverage: reviewed 20-25 film submissions on FilmFreeway, providing detailed feedback.• Market research: researched 10-12 potential new films fulfilling the festival’s selection criteria, and contacted their production teams to negotiate their submission.

New York, United States

• Coverage: read 30-40 scripts and books as assigned and provided breakdowns, evaluating works according to Killer’s brand.• Market research: tracked films selected at one festival, gathering data on their production teams. Researched current trends in film production to help crew hiring efforts

Middletown, Connecticut, United States

Tutoring: helped students with their essays in Prof. Andrew Curran's class entitled "Histories of Race: Science and Slavery in an Age of Enlightenment," taught in French.

Middletown, Connecticut, United States

Tutored intermediate or advanced students in French.

Paris, France

• Research: independently researched and wrote a guided tour in English and French.• Public speaking: provided 2-5 tours a day to visitors at the Delacroix Museum.

Master Of Philosophy - Mphil, Film And Screen Studies

Graduated with distinction.

Certificate In Digital Filmmaking

Exchange Year

Bachelor'S Degree, Sociology And Economics