As head of Arcola Creative Engagement, I lead on the delivery of all our youth, community and participation projects, talent development frameworks and programming for younger audiences. Also produce and programme all work from our resident community performance companies and talent development programmes, including the PlayWROUGHT New Writing Festival. Arcola Creative Engagement works nationally and internationally alongside partners such as the Princes Foundation for Children and the Arts… Show more As head of Arcola Creative Engagement, I lead on the delivery of all our youth, community and participation projects, talent development frameworks and programming for younger audiences. Also produce and programme all work from our resident community performance companies and talent development programmes, including the PlayWROUGHT New Writing Festival. Arcola Creative Engagement works nationally and internationally alongside partners such as the Princes Foundation for Children and the Arts, IdeasTap, the British Council and Punchdrunk.Selected credits for Arcola: 'Once it's over the audience will cheer...' (Dec 2013 and Feb 2014, Arcola Youth Theatre, also streamed internationally on Hackney Live), 'BOY' with Avante Garde Dance (Summer 2014, Arcola and Wilderness Festival), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Jan and Dec 2015), The Gemeenschap (2015 Glastonbury Music and Arts Festival)... Show less

SSF work with 700 schools in 78 professional theatres across the UK, delivering professional development opportunities to teachers and arts education opportunities to over 17, 5000 young people from diverse backgrounds every year. I managed all our relationships with schools, theatres and partners in Scotland, Wales, North East England and Manchester

First Arts and Culture Editor for Music Feeds, an online magazine and street press based in Sydney, Australia. Lead a small team of freelance journalists covering Theatre, Film, Visual Arts, Culture, Trends and Events, providing reviews, interviews, features and online video content. Notable highlights include establishing working relationships with major theatres (Sydney Theatre Company, Griffin Theatre) and independent film distributors.

PNAN Youth Arts Festival is a NSW Health sponsored government harm minimisation initiative, using a short film, creative writing and graphic design competition to engage young people with the issues surrounding drug and alcohol consumption. I oversaw all elements of this festival including marketing, branding, event production and evaluation and key reporting.

Working with the On Air team providing content coordination and technical support for the broadcast and programming arms of The Movie Network Channels Australia and MTV Australia and New Zealand.