Managed the main venue and stage for a run a 3 festivals, in Dhermi Albania:* Hospitality on the Beach: https://www.hospitalityonthebeach.com/* Kala : https://www.kala.al/* Ajunadeep Explorations : https://anjunadeep.com/explorations/Also manage Stage 2 at Snowboxx Festival in Avoriaz and form part of the event management team in the lead up to the show.

Manage teams across all areas of artist provision, leading on all aspects of artist relations including advancing, logistics, hospitality and on site management. Provide high end production support for all music acts and stage management teams. Includes close coordination and liaison with distinghished contributors such as Russell Brand, Wim Hoff, Vandana Shiva and Bruce Parry.Now in it's 2nd year this holistic therapy and wellbeing event is a celebration of unity and community , wellness and positive social change. After a glorious inaugural year in 2022, we are expanding to a 3 day event In 2023, featuring 5 stages and an open programme of activities and features throughout this beautiful site alongside the Wye river.

Curate, produce and manage an area within this 12,000 capacity music festival that includes 2 venues, an outdoor area and a bar. - Recruit and manage a team of creatives including set builders, decor and technical production crew.- Oversee the creative design in keeping with the festival’s brief, source and commission bespoke installations, decor and functional structures. Devise additional production aspects to compliment individual acts, include specific lighting installs, dancers and decor.- Curate a varied and venue specific programme for the two music venues over three nights: Book acts, negotiate fees and maintain good relationships with agents and artist managers. Manage logistics such as artist travel, accommodation and ensure provision of technical requirements.Source and liaise with contractors including sound system providers, lighting and FX, marquee and drape providers, toilets, scaffolding, fencing, and Power. Negotiate prices and implement the technical installs into the production schedule. Manage overall budget to cover artist and crew fees, provisions, resources, materials, travel and logistics.Manage event team including productions crews, security and stewards, maintaining audience safety and responding to incidents and emergencies. Implement procedural and operational requests from the festival and adapting to concerns and issues throughout the event.

Manager the Music Office team at Glastonbury Festival. Artist coordination, logistics, hospitality and stage protocol for Arcadia's Spider installation.

Pre-production advancing & accreditation for up to 90 crew members and artists.Liaise with contractors: stage and set lighting, sound, pyro, flame and FX. Create production schedule and manage technical installs.Work closely with site office and crew to manage install of infrastructure and power.Overseeing final completion of 6 micro venues. Health & Safety sign- offs and fire safety regulations.Manage requirements between venues, area managers and festival productionProduction manager for circus shows , coordinating production teams and supporting the needs of a range of performers from aerial to fire to walkabout and actors. Work with other festival stage managers and artist liaisons to ensure tight running of schedules. Sourcing replacement acts and performance slots and amending live scheduling where required Managing the de-rig and break for the area ensuring a clean and safe get out.

Artist & Repertoire - created and developed a diverse and marketable roster of acts.Artist Management: identified opportunities & implemented strategies to build profile and drive publicity.Oversaw and advised on promotional material. Enlisting third party creatives such as photographers, graphic designers, video and media producers and sound and recording engineers. Sales: developed an an active client network. Built and maintained relationships with venues and promoters- evaluated aims, ethos and target audiences of specific venues and events and pitched acts accordingly.Negotiated artist fees to the optimum level while maintaining awareness of client needs. Assessed the sales potential of any particular show based on local markets and general trends.Demonstrated understanding of the various elements and contributing factors of each particular show to ensure clients’ needs were met. Worked together with promoters to calculate risk based on the various costs of each show. Approval of budgets, balance sheets and settlements. Negotiation and strategic decision making on spending towards publicity and national advertising .Managed logistical arrangements,routing national tours ,and accounted for travel and other costs. Managed support staff for the completion of admin, contracts, invoicing and booking of travel. Oversaw event promotion, ensuring that the promotional content is both effective and relevant.Conflict resolution: Engaging a high level of interpersonal skills with, tactful and effective communication.

Worked within a small team to people to promote and produce a wide variety of events from large capacity live music events to circus shows, community events, theatre and dance.Event production and management on 1300 capacity events in various roles overseeing teams of up to 40 people including technical & production, artist liaison, front of house, box office, stewards and security. Liaised with artists’ agents and managers on technical requirements, promotional content and show advancing. Oversaw ticketing through local outlets and online retailers, sales, allocations and remunerations.Responsible for Health & Safety sign-offs, sound-level monitoring & evacuation procedures. Also key holder for site and venues.Led on publicity campaign and promotion for venue and events. Website and online content, listings, online press & radio features. Liaised with national press and coordinated on-site visits and interviews. Recruited and co-ordinated promotional street teams for the distribution of print publicity. Worked on a small team to produce a 33 night circus festival featuring companies and performers from UK and Europe.

Project managed this album release as part of a fundraising and awareness campaign for the UK charity CALM (the campaign against living miserably). The album featured rare and exclusive tracks from acts such as Elbow and Noel Gallagher Everything Everything, The Durutti Column, I am Kloot, The Whip & Mr Scruff. Curated by Hacienda resident DJ Dave Haslam and art direction from Factory Records' Peter Saville, the project raised in excess of £30,000 for CALM's national Freephone suicide helpline. -------Managed and coordinated a national promotional and marketing campaign. Building mailing lists and members across social media platforms and nurturing a strong online presence.Responsible for generating sales online and liaised with national distributors to HMV & FOPP.Signed up 50+ independent retailers. Maintained relationships, monitored sales, stock and cash deposits. Set up and managed pop-ups at over 18 UK festivals, street events, gigs and club events. Initiated partnerships with event organisers, recruiting and managing a team of volunteers, logistical planning and management. Achieved personal face-to-face sales in excess of £10,000.Programmed and produced a ‘31’ festival stage as well as several other promotional gigs including: a high profile closing event at MCR Town Hall, a takeover day at The Trafford Centre, a string of live music events at Trafford Council’s Community Christmas Markets and a MCR Pride Secured national press coverage on BBC TV and radio coverage on XFM, 5Live and various local Stations.Established links with the city’s creative community and formed partnerships with large organisations and businesses such as Marketing Manchester, The Trafford Centre and Manchester City Football Club.Received the Vodaphone 'World Of Difference' Award.

Established this events brand to raise funds and awareness for the Nordoff - Robbins Music Therapy charity. Organised and managed over 60 events ranging from large all-day, multi-stage events to local live gigs and clubnights. Raised in excess of £3,500 for the charity and, through a sustained marketing campaign, engaged with Manchester’s live music scene and aligned many others within the arts sector to the cause. Last year the charity opened a Northwest Office in Manchester. -------Created and developed the brand: image, design, ethos.Produced all publicity & promotional copy for press releases; mailouts etc. Designed posters, flyers, advertising banners and webpages.Planned and implemented a marketing and promotional strategy/schedule for each event: Co-ordinated flyer/ poster distribution through contractors and street teams. Press & PR: Secured press features, interviews, reviews and event listings in publications such as the M.E.N and other local papers and student magazines.Built and maintained relationships with venues, technical staff, musicians and their management, press, charity representatives and attendees.Devised and implemented various fundraising strategies suited to occasion and clientele.Secured sponsorship contracts with companies and brands such as Diego, Jack Daniels and Manchester Confidential.Initiated collaborations with other promotions brands, businesses and organisations.

Programmed bands for the pre- match and half- time entertainment.Working on this new project for Phoenix Ice Hockey- booking bands for the pre- match and half- time entertainment.

Headed up press and promotional activities for Manchesters premier rare soul and funk night as well as managing new opportunities for the club and it's fine resident DJ's.