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United Kingdom

Producing The Old Vic's Community Strand in the Education & Community Team.Projects include:Matinee Idols, a programme for people over the age of 50 to discover more about The Old Vic, engage with our shows, learn new skills and interests and tackle the effects of loneliness in the local community. Offering 1000 £5 tickets across the Season and run two pre-show events before the selected matinee performance.Hosting and facilitating Q&A's with Associate Artists and visiting Creative Team including:John O'Farrell (Author/Playwright)Ingrid Mackinnon (Movement Director/ Choreographer/ Intimacy) Hugh Vanstone (Lighting Designer)Rob Howell (Set & Costume Designer)Lilac Yosiphon (Baylis Assistant Director)12 Choirs of Christmas supports mental health and wellbeing by partnering community groups for people aged 50+ with primary schools across London to create 12 intergenerational choirs with up to 600 participants. Each choir is supported by a musical director and Assistant Facilitator, with three rehearsals before performing their Christmas concert on stage at The Old Vic.Community Club offers 250 people through ten community groups in Lambeth and the surrounding area, who have experienced barriers to accessing the arts, the opportunity to build a relationship with The Old Vic and Streatham Space Project through a series of workshops and performances.

London/Home Studio

Voice Over Artist represented by:The Voice SquadLondon VoiceoverDeVine VoicesCredits include: Metro Radio, ITV Drama, Yamaha, Finimize & Citibank uk, White Stuff, Spotify Podcast Ads, Weinerberger UK

London, England, United Kingdom

Assistant Director across MY ENGLAND - Short film projectIncluding self shooting the behind the scenes footage.

Stratford Upon-Avon

Swan Season Assistant Director on:Duchess of Malfi by John Webster - Directed by Maria Aberg (Swan Theatre)Miss Littlewood by Sam Kenyon - Directed by Erica Wyman(Swan Theatre)Directing a full scale understudy production of both shows in the Swan Theatre.

London, United Kingdom

Producing and managing a Community of Creatives passionate about social change on a co-creation project for The Big Issue.

London, United Kingdom

Assisting the Head Shoot Producer in:Organising travel and accommodation for large teamsAttending stills and moving image shootsAssisting with styling, adhering to product and brand guidelinesOrganising and attending reckiesLiaising with Agents to book models and locations

Chichester

Assisted the director in all creative elements of the production including:Imputing in the creative discussions with the actors for character developmentSourcing and liaising with experts, inviting them into the rehearsal room including aClinical Lecturer and organising a guided tour of the V&ARunning one to one voice work sessionsLeading warm upsMonitoring the production during its runWriting additional content for sound effectsAnswering a Q&A for the marketing team

Chichester, United Kingdom

Assisted the director in all creative elements of the production including:Integrating the Supernumeraries into the companyWorking with the Video Designer to realise the Director’s vision for the projections aspart of the set designWorking with the fight director to stage the fight sceneCarrying out historical research throughout the rehearsal processMonitoring the production, closely watching the technical elements of the show andgiving the actors notes

Bristol, United Kingdom

Assisted the director in all creative elements of the production including:Carrying out pre-production researchContributing creative ideas for the staging of the playUndergoing close textual analysisRunning a parallel rehearsal room with the actorsWorking closely with the movement directorSupporting the director in his creative visionsDelivering post-show Q&A’s with Patrons of the theatreMarketing the show through a live interview on BBC Radio BristolDirecting three short plays commissioned in response to the production

London, United Kingdom

Producing FrontLine – The Old Vic’s employability programme for 16-20 year olds• Recruiting participants through outreach• Creating marketing material• Co-interviewing and selecting participants• Scheduling the programme including liaising with Box Office and Theatre Operations Team• Co-running the Induction and Debrief and CV Skills WorkshopManaging the Old Vic Bermondsey Workrooms• Managing the bookings calendar and weekly duty manager rota including hiring freelance staff• Maintaining the running of the facilities • Being a point of call for on-site issues, liaising with the building’s security teamRunning The Old Vic New Voices Social Media Profile and email account• Twitter and Facebook account• CRMS Management, updating the Old Vic New Voices webpage Assisting with administration for Young People and Community Projects • Creating schedules, forms and registers and managing databases• Liaising with artists and facilitators• Developing project marketing via online websites such as Wordfly and EventbriteAssistant facilitating projects with young people, namely:• Director Laura Keefe – Theatre Making Workshops for 6-11 year olds • Director Amy Draper – Storytelling workshops for 6-11 Year Olds • Director Tom Martin – OV Schools Club King Lear Pre-theatre Workshop Year 9s Finance• Raising Invoices for the department

London, United Kingdom

• Assisting in developing creative marketing and publicity ideas for the current production.• Handling the social media accounts across multiple platforms.• CMC website management including updating news stories.• Negotiating and liaising with venue staff, marketing, access teams and talent agents.• Managing the opening press night at Richmond Theatre for the current production.• Attending programming meetings.• Researching new writing and stories for potential commissioning.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Client Services & New Business:• Sitting in on meetings & briefings.•Conducting research for pitches.• Writing competitor reports.• Contributing to client-facing brand planning models.• Gathering information for competition entries.PR & Marketing:•Filing and cutting press clippings.•Creating an events calendar.• Writing a blog entry for the Fold7 website.• Updating the Fold7 social media accounts on Twitter and Instagram.Strategic Planning:•Researching strategic models.•Writing creative briefs.Creative:•Working on creative briefs including contributing to ideas for a Samsung viral video.•Assisting as a runner on several EAT photography shoots.

London

Temporary receptionist work for the following advertising & creative agencies: • Arena Media • Carat Media Agency • Ogilvy & Mather Advertising • Maxus Global• Beattie McGuiness Bungay- Advertising and PR Company

London, United Kingdom

• Administrative duties & Company Secretarial duties.• Managing Brand Protection on multiple platforms.• Contributing to the Company Newsletter.• Reviewing Data Protection Cases.• Managing the Domain Portfolio.• Carrying out Legal Research.• Reviewing contracts.• Writing Trademark Applications.• Ad hoc HR administrative duties.

London, United Kingdom

• Presenting a professional and friendly first impression of the agency to all visitors and clients.• Managing meeting room diary.• Managing incoming phone calls and mail.• Organising stationery orders and liaising with suppliers to meet business requests including taxi and airport bookings.

London, United Kingdom

• Providing a welcoming and efficient service for the general public on arrival. • Ensuring the comfort and safety of the general public before and after a performance. • Selling tickets and handling money in accordance with the theatre’s financial regulations.

Ma Acting For Screen, Film/Cinema/Video Studies, 1St Class Degree

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History And History Of Ideas, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Goldsmiths Lions Cheerleading Society

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Philosophy, Diploma Of Higher Education

Activities and Societies: UCL Drama Society Year group representative

200 Hours Yoga Teacher Training

Celta Qualification, Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor