David Ridings

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Freelance Event Programmer & Producer
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London, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About David Ridings

David Ridings is a Freelance Event Programmer & Producer. He is proficient in French and Italian.

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Freelance Event Programmer & Producer
David Ridings Work Experience Details
  • Redmint Communications
    Account Manager, Redmint Communciations
    Redmint Communications Mar 2024 - Dec 2024
    London Area, United Kingdom
    Working with the great Anglo-Turkish specialists at RedMint on the launch media, membership and partnership plans for an incredible new venture named Ahāma Living set in a shoreline the beautiful region of Göcek, Turkey - now due to open in early 2025. https://www.ahamaliving.com/
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  • Freelance
    Freelance Event Programmer & Producer
    Freelance Jan 2017 - Dec 2024
    London, England, United Kingdom
    Working in the events sector from event concept and ideation to scheduling and delivery; programming cultural events for members' clubs, workspaces and institutions, as well as providing strategic consultancy on infrastructure and team requirements for pre-launch businesses. Clients include 100 Shoreditch Hotel,and previously Annabel's Nightclub (London), Ministry of Sound's workspace in London, Carlyle & Co (Hong Kong), The Pantechnicon (London), and a one-off event for the Create not Hate campaign as art of the Black Lives Matter intiative
  • Pretty Green / The Producers
    Creative Event Producer
    Pretty Green / The Producers Jun 2023 - Oct 2023
    Short term freelance position sculpting a habitual conference format into a more festival oriented experience for a corporate client for 1,500 global employees. The role required a full scoping exercise on the overall event concept, from venue sourcing, through to creative programming to deviate from the client's normal conference format in the UK.
  • Bbd Perfect Storm | A B-Corporation
    Event Producer
    Bbd Perfect Storm | A B-Corporation Feb 2023 - May 2023
    London
    Engaged as a freelancer to help deliver a 3-day conference in Parma, Italy for a major Pharmacaeutical company. Acting as liaison with the Italian Production team and UK Creative Agency to deliver a 3-day conference for 800 of the company's global employees, across three days and two evening events.Key elements:- Conference production and synchronisation- Keynote presentation configuration and management- Keynote speaker liaison and management
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  • Fieldfest
    Director Of Development
    Fieldfest May 2021 - Oct 2021
    London
    A pioneering 3-day festival held a the White Building in Hackney Wick, around crate Brewery and the pioneering zero-waste restaurant, Silo. Delving into the ways we can all help mitigate the looming climate crisis, offering a series of industry leading panels, kids' workshops, DJ sets, and onsite bookstore for further reading.
  • Annabel'S (Birley Group)
    Event Programming Consultant
    Annabel'S (Birley Group) Feb 2018 - Jun 2019
    External consultant role to help relaunch the events programme at Annabel's following the club's own re-launch. Working closely with the existing events team to expand the programming offering, diversifying into events ranging from neuroscience talks through to political panel discussions as well as live music and DJ bookings.Notable highlights:Talks by Dr Tara Swart, Nir Eyal, Mo Gawdat, Alastair Campbell, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Roalnd Mouret, Val Garland, Hussein Chalayan, Sir John Sorrell, Enrique Olvera (guest chef dinner), amongst others.Partnerships with Panerai Watches (series of talks from London Design Festival Gold Medal Winners) , London Design Festival, Photo London, Phaidon, Patron, V&ACahrity events for Teenage Cancer Trust and Helium Foundation
  • Jackpot Peanut Butter
    Brand Director, Co-Founder
    Jackpot Peanut Butter Jan 2017 - Mar 2019
    London, United Kingdom
    Developing a brand from ideation through to launching into the FMCG world, via the many perils, pitfalls and adventures it brought with it...a maverick peanut butter start-up, and indeed upstart which we championed through independent coffee shops, into Harvey Nichols and eventually...eventually Ocado.
  • Soho House Group
    Event Programming Director, Europe
    Soho House Group Aug 2013 - Dec 2016
    London, United Kingdom
    Brought in to develop the cultural programming team, growing it from a core of 3 to over 10, together with developing the events schedule from approximately 80 events per month to over 200. The events covered everything from large scale parties at Halloween, New Year's Eve and summer pool parties, through to neuroscientist talks and panels on gut health. A core element of the role was developing strategic partnerships with companies for the event schedule and working closely with the brand partnerships team to deliver an enviable events schedule. The role was a pan-European one, with responsibility for events at Soho House Berlin, and the creation of departments for Soho House Istanbul, Soho House Barcelona, and Farm House (Oxfordshire)
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  • Freelance
    Marketing Consultant
    Freelance 2009 - Jul 2014
    London
    Freelance consultant for marketing across youth, fashion, media, broadcast and musicCurrent work includes commercial and creative strategy consultancy for innovision - one of London's leading events companies. Clients include WingsforLife (RedBull's charity arm), the GLA, as well as pitch work with the creative team.Previous work has included creative and media strategy consultancy for The Grid creative agency winning the pitch for Clarks infant range
  • Muri Records
    Owner
    Muri Records 2010 - Dec 2013
    London
    Muri's a label we set up to put out releases which went unnoticed or were criminally neglected (in our humble opinion), as well as trying to undercover amazing new talent. The label doesn't have a sound as such, given our tastes range from Slayer to Sigur Ros to Simone (be it Nina or Au Revoir~)Releases so far include the haunting elecronic pop of Hundreds, with our next release the beautiful, filmic electronica of L.A. based LogreybeamCurrently on hiatus
  • Inn London Limited
    Co-Founder, Md, Fd And Cultural Director
    Inn London Limited Sep 2009 - Jul 2013
    London, United Kingdom
    INN - A new cultural concept for London launching its inaugural BRICT nations city showcase event in 2013INN London was set up to showcase the best of a foreign city’s contemporary culture online, and at a large-scale physical event in London. The company is predicated on a public / private financing model, with funds sourced from the UK and Istanbul. Current proposed sponsors include Vodafone, Pegasus Airlines, Le Meridien hotel group, Borusan Holdings, Koç Holdings.Key roles and responsibilitiesCultural direction and insight, researching and curating creative talent from IstanbulFinancial modeling, P&L, monetary valuation of company in preparation for equity saleOverall business strategy, liaising with government and councils Marketing strategy including media, retail and brand partnerships Creative direction of event production, website, TV formats and publishing opportunities
  • Innovision
    Freelance Strategy Consultant
    Innovision Feb 2012 - Dec 2012
    Innovision
    Freelance creative and commercial strategy work on pitches for Wings for Life (Red Bull's charity arm); GLA Lord Mayor's Fireworks; ICC 20/20.Both the Wings for Life and GLA were winning pitches, with the ICC work a shortlisted finalist.
  • Howling Monkey
    Creative Director
    Howling Monkey May 2010 - Jan 2012
    London
    Howling Monkey is a music and media consultancy curating and creating in the music space
  • Current Tv
    Director Of Marketing
    Current Tv Aug 2006 - Apr 2009
    As UK director of marketing, I looked after a core team of 6 people: marketing manager and co-ordinator, 4 promo staff, with 5 further staff in the team San Francisco office.My direct reports were the President of Marketing and COO.core responsibilities creative direction of promo departmentcommercial direction of Sky Sales teammanaging the VCAM initiative (Current’s UGC/viewer created advertising arm)consumer marketing trade marketingaffiliate relationships (Sky and Virgin)PR strategyeventsbenchmarksgrowth of channel from 100k to 1million+ viewers within 18 monthscreative direction of on and off-air promos to provide viewer and sponsorship opportunitydelivery of £350k+ revenue from zero base within 12 months with clients including Sony PlayStation, O2, Channel FiveAssisted in the negotiation of Italian ad-sales deal with Sky PublicitàUK launch of Vanguard long-form documentary strandAdvertising summit for UK advertisers with Al Gore keynote speech
  • Mtv
    Senior Brand Manager
    Mtv Aug 2002 - 2006
    Worked across the '9-pack' of UK Channels, responsible for a specially created brand team within the Marketing Department, who liaised on Strategy with different departments across the company (Production, Sponsorship, Digital, Research, Events).
  • Rocket/Phd
    Planner
    Rocket/Phd 2000 - 2002
    Worked as a planner and creative strategist across a number of youth and lifestyle clients including Emap (Kiss100, Q, Mojo); the launch of Fabric Records and Fabric Club's media strategy, the launch of ShazamFinalist for Campaign Media and Mediaweek awards for work on EmapMediaweek award for Shazam launch
  • Boxfresh
    European Marketing Manager
    Boxfresh 2000 - 2001

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Digital Media Digital Strategy Content Strategy Television Digital Marketing Integrated Marketing New Media Entertainment Creative Direction Advertising Broadcast Sponsorship Social Media Media Planning Online Advertising Marketing Strategy Branded Content Video

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