Nicola Smith Email & Phone Number

I have so far:Completed my initial Liberty Create Builder Essentials Level 1 training (which included assessments throughout the process, a final project to create a system from scratch based on a brief and a knowledge based hour long interview), passing with a Distinction.Completed my Liberty Create Citizen Hub trainingHave created my first digital form, which is in the testing stageI have started work on my next project, which is a set of digital forms for… Show more I have so far:Completed my initial Liberty Create Builder Essentials Level 1 training (which included assessments throughout the process, a final project to create a system from scratch based on a brief and a knowledge based hour long interview), passing with a Distinction.Completed my Liberty Create Citizen Hub trainingHave created my first digital form, which is in the testing stageI have started work on my next project, which is a set of digital forms for another department Show less

Sevenoaks, England, United Kingdom

Offered up my previous elections experience to this council for the snap general election and worked with the Elections Team for just under a monthThis role included: Helping with general processing; answering emails and calls; checking postal, proxy and VAC applications coming in through the portal; checking proxy details with other councils; updating relevant spreadsheets; proofing letters; contacting polling station key holders, polling staff, count staff etc to get them return… Show more Offered up my previous elections experience to this council for the snap general election and worked with the Elections Team for just under a monthThis role included: Helping with general processing; answering emails and calls; checking postal, proxy and VAC applications coming in through the portal; checking proxy details with other councils; updating relevant spreadsheets; proofing letters; contacting polling station key holders, polling staff, count staff etc to get them return documents or confirm details to us; checking PVs that have been processed; manually packing various confirmation letters and poll cards to go out in the post; alphabetising confirmation letters that were coming in, as well as sorting into the different duties; reminding general and overseas applicants of evidence they needed to provide by a certain date; putting together the registers for polling stations; checking proxy lists; emailing out count tickets, taking P.O.s to their ballot boxes to check stuff for their polling stations; checking ID for people collecting re-issued ballot papers. Show less

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Exam Invigilating for the University of Greenwich: May exams and July Resits in 2022 and January exams and July resits in 2023 and January and May exams, as well as just about to work July resits 2024.Presiding Officer of a Polling Station for Greenwich Council at the Local Elections in May 2022, GLA elections in May 2024 and for the General Election in July 2024.Breakout Producer (Zoom) for Eclipse Global: Oversaw three breakout sessions (over a day) as part of a bigger… Show more Exam Invigilating for the University of Greenwich: May exams and July Resits in 2022 and January exams and July resits in 2023 and January and May exams, as well as just about to work July resits 2024.Presiding Officer of a Polling Station for Greenwich Council at the Local Elections in May 2022, GLA elections in May 2024 and for the General Election in July 2024.Breakout Producer (Zoom) for Eclipse Global: Oversaw three breakout sessions (over a day) as part of a bigger International conference event for one of their clients.Stage/Production Assistant for Eclipse Global: Worked a live event being streamed Internationally from the Royal Lancaster Hotel, assisting with the smooth running of the sessions throughout the day.Welfare and Customer Service for TLC Welfare: Worked for 3 days at BST 2022 festival at Hyde Park at the Welfare and Customer Service hubs when Elton John, Adele and Pearl Jam were playing. Show less

Part of the team dealing with the thanking and banking of donations.In this role, I mainly dealt with Corporate, Groups, Associations, Schools and Coffee Morning Donations.The job entailed databases; problem solving; communication; numeracy; cross-team working and independent working. Having empathy and connecting with people on a personal level when you were writing thank you letters, was also very important.

Kent, England, United Kingdom

I have a fair bit of previous work experience in marketing, so I threw myself into this side of the podcast planning.Having used Instagram for sometime, I knew there was a big eco audience on there, so this is where I tend to focus my time. I was connecting with companies and individuals, getting our podcast name out there, starting to get people to like, follow, review and share and basically building our audience. As this is a new arena for my marketing skills, it is a… Show more I have a fair bit of previous work experience in marketing, so I threw myself into this side of the podcast planning.Having used Instagram for sometime, I knew there was a big eco audience on there, so this is where I tend to focus my time. I was connecting with companies and individuals, getting our podcast name out there, starting to get people to like, follow, review and share and basically building our audience. As this is a new arena for my marketing skills, it is a learning curve but really interesting. Within our 6 episodes and intro, we had over 250 downloads and had some lovely people and companies connect with us.Unfortunately due to a change of circumstances, my co-host was unable to do the podcast and I decided not to take this project any further. Show less

Kent, England, United Kingdom

There were two of us that sound edited (we edited episodes alternately), as on top of everything else we do for the podcast, it would be too much for one person to do.I studied sound editing as an intensive course for one year at university and have always used these skills on and off since then (normally editing music though), so it's nice to use them again.For this project, we record on Zoom and both use Audacity to edit. It is not my favourite for sound editing, but it works… Show more There were two of us that sound edited (we edited episodes alternately), as on top of everything else we do for the podcast, it would be too much for one person to do.I studied sound editing as an intensive course for one year at university and have always used these skills on and off since then (normally editing music though), so it's nice to use them again.For this project, we record on Zoom and both use Audacity to edit. It is not my favourite for sound editing, but it works for the podcast and I have got more used to using it now. Show less

Kent, England, United Kingdom

I am one of two hosts that present the podcast Eco Chit Chat. The podcast came about because a friend decided she wanted to retrain and started studying Physics. After many coffees, lunches and discussions about what she was studying and the problems with the environment, I think we both started on more determined journeys to be more eco aware. At some point she suggested that maybe we could share the knowledge we were gaining with an audience and I loved the idea! The rest as they… Show more I am one of two hosts that present the podcast Eco Chit Chat. The podcast came about because a friend decided she wanted to retrain and started studying Physics. After many coffees, lunches and discussions about what she was studying and the problems with the environment, I think we both started on more determined journeys to be more eco aware. At some point she suggested that maybe we could share the knowledge we were gaining with an audience and I loved the idea! The rest as they say, is history.This role has been a massive learning curve, because besides neither of us coming from a broadcasting background, we have had to: Learn all kinds of new websites and software, get used to researching to tight deadlines, getting used to setting up sound equipment in our houses and much more. Show less

Kent, England, United Kingdom

Created the logo for my friend and I's new podcast Eco Chit Chat. This was a slow process, as we were also working on various other things to set up our podcast, so it was a stop/start journey.We wanted a logo that fit our new brand, as well as the type of happy go lucky people we are and I think I've managed that. The happy earth that makes up the main part of our logo, also has the letters E C and O within its shape, to spell ECO, which is part of our podcast title and the only word… Show more Created the logo for my friend and I's new podcast Eco Chit Chat. This was a slow process, as we were also working on various other things to set up our podcast, so it was a stop/start journey.We wanted a logo that fit our new brand, as well as the type of happy go lucky people we are and I think I've managed that. The happy earth that makes up the main part of our logo, also has the letters E C and O within its shape, to spell ECO, which is part of our podcast title and the only word not appearing in full in this image.This is not the first time I have designed a logo, so I loved the opportunity to go through this process again and to get out my design skills on Pixelmator. It meant a lot to me too because it is for a project that is close to my heart. Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

I looked after the Theatre Professionals UK and Kids UK site for The Mandy Network.My main focuses were: Employer connections; company partnerships, schools talks and being aware of what was currently happening in my sectors.Some highlights whilst I was there:- I did Student talks for 11 universities and young peoples establishments including Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Rose Bruford, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.- Organised and ran a Kids CV… Show more I looked after the Theatre Professionals UK and Kids UK site for The Mandy Network.My main focuses were: Employer connections; company partnerships, schools talks and being aware of what was currently happening in my sectors.Some highlights whilst I was there:- I did Student talks for 11 universities and young peoples establishments including Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Rose Bruford, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.- Organised and ran a Kids CV surgery with Casting Director Jo Hawes and supported another one with Casting Director Ben Hogan.- Organised 3 FB Lives (2 for Kids Casting with Casting Directors and 1 for Theatre about Mental Health) with combined viewing figures of 16.5k views by the time I left- Found relevant articles and information for theatre to be used in 4 theatre newsletters for our members- Made 56 new employer connections for the Theatre site and 19 for the Kids UK site.- Built up 4 new partnerships with new and old connections to Mandy, as well as started up new conversations for other potential partnerships/relationships, which I passed onto my colleaguesIn this role I used: Google Docs/Drives/Hangouts, Slack, Trello, Zoom and learnt the backend system of a members based entertainment platform. Show less

I was headhunted via an agency to work at Hammersmith and Fulham for the General Election, due to my previous elections experience. I worked with them for about 5 1/2 weeks and they were fully in elections mode when I started.Duties and things I assisted on included:- Learnt basics of Eros Elections system (Old and New)and a new Postal Vote Checking - Processed duplicates, movers, evidence, deleting and amending accounts- Checking postal vote forms and adding… Show more I was headhunted via an agency to work at Hammersmith and Fulham for the General Election, due to my previous elections experience. I worked with them for about 5 1/2 weeks and they were fully in elections mode when I started.Duties and things I assisted on included:- Learnt basics of Eros Elections system (Old and New)and a new Postal Vote Checking - Processed duplicates, movers, evidence, deleting and amending accounts- Checking postal vote forms and adding barcodes- Processing postal vote forms - checking signatures and DOBs against system- Checking proxy forms and contacting other boroughs or elector as necessary- Separated out canvass refusal forms and FIO into HEFs and ITRs and put them in ward order- Answering emails and calls and solving elector issues- Making up polling station packs and other mail outs to be sent out to staff or electors- Re-issuing ballot papers and checking emergency proxies- Sorting out post election paperwork from polling stations/count- Separating out equipment from Inspector wallets- Inputting data or contacting relevant people regarding query notes written in polling station logbooks Show less

Kensington, London

I started off as an Assistant on a fix-term contract, at the end of which, I was offered a permanent contract. Whilst being an officer, I have also stood in as a Senior whilst my colleague was away for 3 months, which allowed me to gain more experience in engagement, organising work, taking on added tasks within the team, whilst managing other colleagues. After standing in as Senior, I have continued supporting our engagement work in the community and have helped at many different types of… Show more I started off as an Assistant on a fix-term contract, at the end of which, I was offered a permanent contract. Whilst being an officer, I have also stood in as a Senior whilst my colleague was away for 3 months, which allowed me to gain more experience in engagement, organising work, taking on added tasks within the team, whilst managing other colleagues. After standing in as Senior, I have continued supporting our engagement work in the community and have helped at many different types of events.I have assisted with the pre-organisation and working on of the Local and European Elections in 2014, General Election and By Election in 2015, a Neighbourhood Planning Referendum,Greater London Authority/Mayoral Election and the EU Referendum in 2016, General Election in 2017, Local Elections in 2018 and European Election 2019. My roles within election periods and canvass time have included: Being a Canvass Supervisor twice; working on counts as a Front Desk Assistant, Count Assistant, Postal Vote Counter and Count Supervisor; training customer service staff on our WebReg system; liaising with all of our Polling Stations for three years running to make sure that everything is sorted on the lead up to and including election day.My role involves: organisation; team work; problem solving; customer service; event management; numeracy; administration; database work; engagement; marketing.For my role I have been using: Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Office 365; the Internet; Atlas and Atlas +, Citrix for checking Council Tax information; IDox database (2 versions for before and after Individual Electoral Registration came in) and Xpress. Show less

Started writing blog posts for recruitment site Red WigWam, which has allowed me to get back into my writing. The posts were based around subject areas that revolved around job seeking and work and I drew my posts from personal experiences or things I noticed.

New Wimbledon Theatre

Worked for this company two years in a row between November 2011 - January 2012 and November 2012 - January 2013.Assistant to the Wardrobe Mistress. Role included: Working on rehearsal weeks, fixing costumes and accessories (sewing, glueing, painting, spraying), doing Quick Changes, writing all the dressing notes during the final rehearsal, supporting the dressers in our team, laundry after the show. Skills: Management, problem solving, organisation, communication.

Farringdon, London

Working with Diageo as a Content Manager for 8 Facebook pages. Role also included: Working on competitor reviews; direct contact with Diageo staff via mail and phone on a daily basis; research for future ideas and pitches; some analysis work using Social Baker and other websites/software. Also worked as part of the Social Media Team for Peugeot on the lead up to and at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013.

London

Ka Zimba Theatre (2 months from May 2011) as ASM: Worked on the premiere of Where the Flowers Grow at Warehouse Theatre, Croydon.Theatre 503 (just under a month in July 2012) at Latitude Music Festival as SM: Worked on the premiere of Billy Chicken's is a Psychopath Superstar.Made from Scratch (about 3 weeks in March 2013) at Theatre 503 as SM: Worked on the premiere of Potholes.Theatre 503 (for 1 week in May 2013) as SM: Worked on young people's event Five O' Fresh… Show more Ka Zimba Theatre (2 months from May 2011) as ASM: Worked on the premiere of Where the Flowers Grow at Warehouse Theatre, Croydon.Theatre 503 (just under a month in July 2012) at Latitude Music Festival as SM: Worked on the premiere of Billy Chicken's is a Psychopath Superstar.Made from Scratch (about 3 weeks in March 2013) at Theatre 503 as SM: Worked on the premiere of Potholes.Theatre 503 (for 1 week in May 2013) as SM: Worked on young people's event Five O' Fresh (6 short plays performed each night). Show less

Churchill Theatre / New Wimbledon Theatre Mainly And A Few Other Venues

Worked on tons of shows across this period, but some of the highlights:- Male Dresser on Joseph's Technicolored Dream Coat about 6-7 times.- Did various dressing plots on several tours of Matthew Bourne's The Nutcracker (Wimbledon and Bromley)- Boys Dresser for Sound of Music- Sarah the Cook's Dresser for New Wimbledon Theatre's Dick Whittington- Girls Dresser for South Pacific- Dresser for Lord of the Dance- Dresser for Starlight Express (Girls Plot)- One of… Show more Worked on tons of shows across this period, but some of the highlights:- Male Dresser on Joseph's Technicolored Dream Coat about 6-7 times.- Did various dressing plots on several tours of Matthew Bourne's The Nutcracker (Wimbledon and Bromley)- Boys Dresser for Sound of Music- Sarah the Cook's Dresser for New Wimbledon Theatre's Dick Whittington- Girls Dresser for South Pacific- Dresser for Lord of the Dance- Dresser for Starlight Express (Girls Plot)- One of two Chorus Girl dressers for Sister Act- Sandy's Dresser on Grease- Male Ensemble Dresser on Priscilla Queen of the Desert- Worked on production week and then the start of the UK Tour for Jekyll and Hyde starring Marti Pellow at Churchill Theatre and New Wimbledon Theatre- Maintenance calls for Hairspray at New Wimbledon Theatre.- Worked on Our House and High School Musical- Head Dresser for Angels in America at the Lyric Hammersmith- Plot 1 for Jerry Springer the Musical at Fairfield Halls- Worked on Rocky Horror at Churchill Theatre, New Wimbledon and Playhouse Theatre in London Show less

Oxford, United Kingdom

Worked with BADA's Midsummer Conservatory Programme two years in a row for August 2011 and July-August 2012, working as a On Site Chaperone with American and Mexican teens aged 16-19.My role included:- Collecting some of them from Heathrow Airport and taking them to Oxford- Meeting and greeting guest speakers and helping with anything they needed- Sitting in on Q and A's, certain sessions and sometimes getting involved (if there were odd numbers) with workshops- Working… Show more Worked with BADA's Midsummer Conservatory Programme two years in a row for August 2011 and July-August 2012, working as a On Site Chaperone with American and Mexican teens aged 16-19.My role included:- Collecting some of them from Heathrow Airport and taking them to Oxford- Meeting and greeting guest speakers and helping with anything they needed- Sitting in on Q and A's, certain sessions and sometimes getting involved (if there were odd numbers) with workshops- Working with the other Chaperone and the pupils to create an entertainment evening night for their teachers and other invited guests- Doing general administration in the office including sending emails, running errands, typing up writing etc.- Designed and made the newsletters for MCP this year using Picasa and Serif publishing package Show less

Temporary role involving general administration and creative/digital tasks originally supporting the Director's Assistant but also then the Deputy Director. (Was off for about 6-7 weeks over summer/just after).Whilst at Shooters Hill:- I selected a couple of 100 photos from 1,300 images and added music to create a video using Movie Maker (to be shown at several Shooters Hill events)- Designed the new Shooters Hill Post First Newsletter on Publisher which was sent out and… Show more Temporary role involving general administration and creative/digital tasks originally supporting the Director's Assistant but also then the Deputy Director. (Was off for about 6-7 weeks over summer/just after).Whilst at Shooters Hill:- I selected a couple of 100 photos from 1,300 images and added music to create a video using Movie Maker (to be shown at several Shooters Hill events)- Designed the new Shooters Hill Post First Newsletter on Publisher which was sent out and printed for the college- Created Data for USB sticks for lecturers to support reference sheets for UCAS and I am now working on the 2nd phase of the process.- Oversaw the UCAS workshops for two days, when a member of staff was off (checked in on sessions, made sure lecturers were ok etc).- Helped with the pre-setup and worked on their Awards Ceremony for last academic year- Created databases on Excel and used a programme called Helius to support the other work I was doing- Adapted an advert on Illustrator to go in a local paper.- Research for some future in-house projects.- Updating the styles of some old documents and processes- Created a excel spreadsheet for work that was going on in the college.- Worked on a few days of Enrollment 2011- Used Visio to create an important flow chart from scratch for the Heads of Pastoral- Various other tasks. Show less

Battersea

Pre-setting studio sets for live broadcasts - moving furniture, setting props and making the sets tidy/stylishGoing to daily meetings at the start of a shift about the filming for the day.Speaking to Floor Managers/Producers regarding any changes that you feel would help the team for the days live filmingMaking note of any health and safety issues and letting the right people know so the issues can be reconciledMaking and creating items/props for QVC’s Christmas… Show more Pre-setting studio sets for live broadcasts - moving furniture, setting props and making the sets tidy/stylishGoing to daily meetings at the start of a shift about the filming for the day.Speaking to Floor Managers/Producers regarding any changes that you feel would help the team for the days live filmingMaking note of any health and safety issues and letting the right people know so the issues can be reconciledMaking and creating items/props for QVC’s Christmas season.Researching new props/ items and display findings using Power Point/Word for members of team to look atUpdating old items (i.e. making new covers for prop books, putting new ironing board covers on) and going on buying errandsAssisting guests with any needs for their showsVisited interior design exhibition and wrote up notes of any ideas/suggestions/trends that may be handy for future changes Show less

Updated the HSC section on the Hoxton Hall website, recreated the look of the Hoxton Street Casting website (on wix.com), adapted the MySpace and Facebook pages Helped with setting up the original office space for HSC and re-vamped the setup before I left Dealt with the general administration for my office Did regular research for the agency, marketing research and created excel databases showing the details of my findings Dealt with Petty Cash/Invoices/trips/project money and… Show more Updated the HSC section on the Hoxton Hall website, recreated the look of the Hoxton Street Casting website (on wix.com), adapted the MySpace and Facebook pages Helped with setting up the original office space for HSC and re-vamped the setup before I left Dealt with the general administration for my office Did regular research for the agency, marketing research and created excel databases showing the details of my findings Dealt with Petty Cash/Invoices/trips/project money and some other financial duties Liaised with various theatres/organisations/casting directors on the phone or in person Booked meetings for myself and my manager Helped my manager to contact young people when they had auditions and sent them the details via email Used Microsoft Publisher and Word to create documents/paperwork for office Helped assist the Arts Award classes for our students and arrange parts of the project. Created advertisements for intern jobs, interviewed them and assisted with training them up Helped with the arrangement of our departmental Youth Arts Meetings Dealt with paperwork and general figures for our funders Arranged rooms for our workshops and organised our in-house auditions (recently organised a session for BBC Directors in our building, which included arranging the catering for the day) Chaperoned young people for in-house and out of house auditions when needed Did photo adapting for our clients head shots and liaised with a professional print shop. Edited the showreels for the 2nd Intake using Final Cut Pro Show less

Croydon, Surrey

Worked on a contract, where I learnt how to vet files (checking ID, reference details, documents etc) and worked on a cleaner's vetting job with over 1,000 employee files to vet.The role included: liaising mainly with managers from the Scottish region and sometimes other areas of the UK; gaining work and character references for employees; checking ID for fraudulent copies; working on several detailed Excel spreadsheets that needed to be updated in a certain way; arranging client files… Show more Worked on a contract, where I learnt how to vet files (checking ID, reference details, documents etc) and worked on a cleaner's vetting job with over 1,000 employee files to vet.The role included: liaising mainly with managers from the Scottish region and sometimes other areas of the UK; gaining work and character references for employees; checking ID for fraudulent copies; working on several detailed Excel spreadsheets that needed to be updated in a certain way; arranging client files in shelving units so they were easy to access; working on tough deadlines and making the most out of the hours we had each week; working alongside other colleagues on our team and supporting them as much as we could with their work. Show less

Croydon, United Kingdom

Created and managed the Fairfield Classical website with the guidance of my manager using tripod.co.uk; wrote content for our event brochures; updated a database with all the show figures weekly; started to look at forecasts for shows that had come to us previously; ordered stationery for my office; dealt with cash for regular raffles; arranged complementary tickets for school/charity/organisation prizes; worked with Orchestras and writers to create show programmes for Fairfield’s various… Show more Created and managed the Fairfield Classical website with the guidance of my manager using tripod.co.uk; wrote content for our event brochures; updated a database with all the show figures weekly; started to look at forecasts for shows that had come to us previously; ordered stationery for my office; dealt with cash for regular raffles; arranged complementary tickets for school/charity/organisation prizes; worked with Orchestras and writers to create show programmes for Fairfield’s various classical concerts (included proof reading, editing and layout work); co-worked with Arena disks to create bi-monthly advert disks for the main foyer Plasma screens; made an advertisement DVD for plasma screens for future wedding events; arranged agreements with local schools and community groups to offer special ticket prices; dealt with new print and re-arrangement of marketing’s personal stock room; started writing direct mail letters before I left. Show less

Churchill Theatre / Greenwich Theatre / New Wimbledon Theatre

Worked as a Box Office Assistant which included dealing with ticket purchases in person, by phone, by email, sometimes admin and marketing support tasks.Churchill Theatre: October 2001 - August 2002Greenwich Theatre: January 2004 - August 2005New Wimbledon Theatre: January - August 2007

Ba (Hons), Creative Industries, 2:1

Studied: History of the Arts; Media, Communication and Commerce; 3 years of Scriptwriting, 2 years of Event and Project Management.

Btec Nd Performing Arts

Studied Acting and Acting Techniques, Singing, Dancing, Marketing, Project Planning, Lighting and Sound, Voice Training.