Gillian Easson Email & Phone Number

Dundee

Co-founding Director of Creative Dundee, a network organisation which supports creative talent to base, grow and sustain their practice in and around Dundee, by connecting and amplifying the city’s creativity. Working locally and internationally, Creative Dundee has an active online platform, events programme and works closely in partnership with others to.

Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom

Trustee with Leisure and Culture Dundee, a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) responsible for the delivery of high quality leisure, sports, library, cultural and learning experiences within Dundee. LACD's diverse portfolio includes The McManus, Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum; Mills Observatory; fifteen Libraries; Olympia Leisure Centre.

Running projects and developing strategies for audience engagement, business model innovation and place-making. Collaborating with others to create innovative products and provide design, innovation and enterprise strategic support. Worked with organisations such as V&A Museum of Design Dundee; National Galleries of Scotland; Glasgow School of Art; and.

Managed projects supporting innovation and growth in the creative and cultural economies. Projects tested new methods of support, capturing learning and ensuring it was shared sector-wide:- Creative Enterprise Toolkit and Train the Trainer programme, UK/International: Developed concept and directed production of the toolkit, a collection of tried and.

North East Scotland

Responsible for supporting 29 secondary schools in Scotland with the design, start up, delivery and sustainability of the xl programme - xl supported 14-16 year olds, not yet achieving their full potential to give increased confidence, self awareness, communication and enterprise skills.

North East Scotland

Training and assessing work-based NVQ qualifications with young 16-25 year old learners. Worked with a number of young employees and a range of employers, from SMEs to large national companies, to design and tailor training packages to meet individual needs of the young learner employees.

Cabramatta, Sydney

Employment during one year period spent travelling throughout South East Asia, New Zealand and working in Australia. Based in Cabramatta, Sydney at AMES (Adult Multicultural Education Services), role involved assessing client's experience, skills and barriers to work; and identified employment opportunities and work based placements to meet Australian Govt.

Part of a small team responsible for design and delivery of new large-scale employment training initiatives including New Deal Gateway to Work aimed at 18–24 year olds, New Deal 25+ and New Deal 50+. Co-ordinated learning resources; designed and delivered training to large groups of up to 30 people. Promoted to Employment Officer to work on one-to-one.