Malaika Dixon Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

As a Royal Academy of Arts Artist Educator, I provide secondary school students with unique, immersive experiences through guided visits to the RA. By engaging directly with world-class exhibitions and contemporary artworks, students are encouraged to think critically and creatively. I design tailored workshops and projects that not only develop their artistic skills but also inspire innovative thinking. With a focus on fostering both technical expertise and a deeper understanding of the creative process, I help bridge the gap between young learners and the professional art world, preparing them for further creative pursuits.

Chenjerai Design is a UK based Interior Design firm that works with residential, and commercial clients to deliver bespoke timeless designs. As the Owner/Designer, I worked out of London and the Home Counties with clients who sought immersive, bespoke interior design solutions.✔ Harmonised with interior design trends, client visions, budgets, and ambitions to develop sketch proposals, mood boards, and presentations to win projects ✔ Apply skills in CAD to 2D plan and 3D model interior design looks for customer approval ✔ Curate immersive interior design experiences that synergised with client requirements, and enhanced their customer experiences ✔ Oversee business management, budget, project, and freelance hire ✔ Negotiated and selected preferred trade provides for project fit-out processes ✔ Delivering a customer-centric service and high-quality designed solutions.

London, United Kingdom

Chenjerai is an art-inspired initiative that encourages individuals to flourish, open their minds and stimulate hearts through smart activities. As a social and community-based group, I am hands-on in developing workshops, events, and experiences that explore art inclusively. ✔ Creates stimulating sessions and experiences that advocate, encourage, and empower individuals to express their selves, and use art, holistic development, inclusion & diversity, and other educational topics to spark conversations ✔ Reinforces the impact of art as a therapeutic and expressive tool for diverse communities ✔ Works with SMEs to advocate art and creative workshops as team-building opportunities✔ Project manages a series of corporate, social, and community events and parties

London, United Kingdom

Raising the Game is a Lambeth Schools intervention initiative that aims to tackle the 7-10% academic attainment gap and disproportionally high exclusion rates that Black Caribbean pupils in the borough face. As a Learning Curator and Curriculum Developer, I am hands-on in developing Headteacher Coaching, Anti-Racist Improvement Plans, and curricula that represent children and encourage growth and attainment.✔ Partners with colleagues in schools across the borough from the Headteacher to KS2/KS3 Curriculum Leader and Teacher level to develop their skills, pedagogy, and approaches ✔ Applies personal expertise in Art, Design & Technology to develop targeted intervention strategies that connect Black Caribbean culture and values to curriculum topics ✔ Plans and delivers CPD-focused events and knowledge-sharing sessions across the borough✔ Creates curriculum proformas for implementation in schools focused on change✔ Contributes to the planning and delivery of ‘Aim High’ events and ‘Aim High Roadshows’ ✔ Hosts Train the Trainer sessions to improve school culture and climate ✔ Contributes to pan-London collaborations across London boroughs

London, United Kingdom

Warren Dixon LLP is a UK-based Interior Design firm that works with residential, commercial, and leisure clients to deliver bespoke designs. As the Owner/Designer, I worked out of London and the Home Counties with clients who sought immersive, bespoke interior design solutions.✔ Harmonised with interior design trends, client visions, budgets, and ambitions to develop sketch proposals, mood boards and presentations to win projects ✔ Applied skills in CAD to 2D plan and 3D model interior design looks for customer approval ✔ Curated immersive interior design experiences that synergized with client requirements, and enhanced their customer experiences ✔ Oversaw business management, budget, project, and freelance hire ✔ Negotiated and selected preferred trade provides for project fit-out processes ✔ Delivered customer-centric service and high-quality designed solutions

St Mark’s Church of England Academy is an all-inclusive mixed secondary school and sixth form built on the foundations of Love, Hope, and Trust. As Head of Design Technology, I challenged students of all ages to connect the dots between technology, art, and design, and unlock their creative potential. ✔ Coached, supported, and guided department teachers and support staff to deliver high-quality learning experiences to students, and encourage their skill growth and potential ✔ Drew on progressive pedagogies to create schemes of work, lesson plans, behaviour, and educational management strategies that empowered, motivated, and promoted learning✔ Delivered extracurricular activities from whole-school insets to year assemblies and DT clubs ✔ Created an inclusive learning and teaching environment where passion for DT drives forward, and where staff have a clear programme to inspire students to make good progress ✔ Connected with high education institutions to promote STEM in young people ✔ Introduced progressive approaches to DT to up-skill students and staff with new technologies

London, United Kingdom

St Martin-in-the-field High School is a girls-only school that guides students of all faiths and none to live, love and learn together. Holding a leadership role within the department, I was responsible for guiding teaching and support staff to deliver an immersive, inclusive learning experience to students.✔ Guided departmental staff through continuous professional development to enhance their personal impact on inspiring, empowering, and delivering quality teaching practices ✔ Generated schemes of work, lesson plans, and educational strategies that addressed art, design, and technology curriculums, including via a blended learning approach ✔ Delivered whole-school inset sessions, and invited partner schools to collaborate on cross-school projects and initiatives that holistically built student socio-emotional and academic skills ✔ Specialised in delivering the national curriculum to KS3 and KS4 students ✔ Oversaw the entire assessment, observation, appraisals, and goal-setting aspects of the department that ensured that Ofsted inspections resulted in positive outcomes ✔ Hosted year assemblies educating students on the brilliance and value of art, design and technology, and innovations within each subject

Diploma, Interior Design

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Ceramics And Glass, 2:1

Education record

Diploma In Interior Design, Interior Design