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London, England, United Kingdom

London, Uk

Helping the AD Guild to liaise effectively wth Directors UK to promote safe working and best practice in the direction of film and TV.

London, England, United Kingdom

Researching freelance working practices in film, TV, theatre and live events. Developing an organisation-wise understanding of 'freelance' employment statuses and tax regulations. Also supporting negotiations on Bectu agreements and specialising in film & TV policy, copyright and licencing, and employment contracts in this sector.

London, United Kingdom

Combining collective bargaining with personal advocacy and mediation, helping to advise and represent BECTU members. Also, campaigning with production crew members in particular sectors (production sound, SFX, VFX, Art Dept etc) to improve rates, terms and conditions. Working to promote collective action among disparate freelance workers.

Clapham, London

Working as a job-share (half-time) conducting research on a range of entertainment industry related issues including copyright and freelance workers issues. Also helping to update and develop the Union's web-presence.

My own company. Working with a variety of organisations (governmental, non-gov & commercial) helping influential people understand what they can achieve with new collaborative tools.Clients have included the British Council for School Environments (BCSE), BECTU, the LGIU along with consultancy work for a number of individual MPs and campaign groups.Activities include policy research, event organisation, web-consultancy, training and campaigns work.

Managing the essay series and events associated with the Political Innovation project.

Belfast, United Kingdom

Working with Mick Fealty, helping to develop Slugger O'Toole - Northern Ireland's leading political weblog - into a sustainable business. This work included the establishment of The Slugger Awards - for a while, an annual fixture on Northern Ireland's political calendar.

Working with the General Secretaries and senior staff in the main entertainment unions (Equity, Musicians Union, BECTU, NUT, Writers Guild, Unite, PFA), this role includes the management of joint activities and events, research for campaigns and consultation responses, and the improvement of inter-union communications.

While working at Poptel Technology, I devised this project - designed to allow councillors to take their first steps online. At the time, it was a pioneering initiative, and I created a partnership with the UK Local Government Association to make it work. It became firmly established as part of the communication and elected member strategy of over 50 UK local authorities for a number of years generating six-figure annual revenues for the company. The project grew significantly in January 2008 when all 26 local authorities in Northern Ireland were funded to participate in the project by the Department for Finance and Personnel (NI).The project has consistently been both commercially sustainable and politically necessary. Upon leaving Fused Group in June 2008, I continued developing this project on a freelance basis and made at least one visit to almost every one of Northern Ireland's 26 local councils (and more than one in a number of cases).

Helping to build and develop powerful websites for membership bodies and other high-content non-profit organisations. We also promote a project that is designed to encourage elected representatives to become more active users of the internet.

Helping to set up the company following a Management Buy-Out from Poptel Ltd, I established the Councillor.info project and managed the sales.During this period, I was one of between two and three executive directors.Poptel Technology Ltd was sold to Telecomplete Ltd in March 2007 and became The Fused Group.

Seconded from Poptel Ltd towards the end of my time with the company to work on a subdivision. The .coop TLD involved travelling to a range of European countries to find and negotiate partnership arrangements with local suppliers.This involved negotiations in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, France, Italy and Spain, and the sale of a number of five and six-figure contracts.

Joined Poptel when it was purely an ISP. Initial work was to propose the establishment of a web-development arm to the company. This involved the development of a Business Case, finding the first customers, developing proposals and bringing the initial projects in.By 2002, Poptel was established as one of London's leading web development agencies, specialising in the voluntary and trade union sector. When Poptel was struggling in 2002, the web-development arm was the only remaining profitable sector of the business, and I helped to lead a management buy-out as the rest of the business was broken up.

Producing two conferences on Local Government and IT, and Local Government and democracy.

Working in the constituency office of a London Labour MEP, working on press and campaigns on general European issues, and specifically concentrating on EU cultural policy campaigns. Work included- Original research- Press monitoring- Speech writing- Writing articles for national newspapers- Event organisation- Attending European Parliament sessions in Brussels and Strasbourg

As a freelancer, I proposed that the New Statesman magazine should establish an annual award scheme that would reward democratic best-practice among civic society / governmental organisations.- Developed awards outline- Sold all sponsorship for first two years of the projectThe awards ran for a number of profitable years after having been launched.

Dealing with press campaigns during the 1997 general election.- Writing press releases- Developing and implementing issue-based campaigns- Responding to press enquiries- Implementing a press release distribution system- Accompanying senior Labour Party politicians on campaign visits around London.

At New Statesman and Society, I was advertising manager, and a staff-nominated Director of the holding company (Statesman and Nation Publishing Company - SNPC). During this period, I also promoted a number of conferences and developed The New Statesman Guide to Trade Unions, and The New Statesman Guide to Political Studies. Both of these titles are still published annually. Also, helped to launch the Unions 91 and Unions 92 projects (which eventually developed into the Unions 21 organisation).

Selling advertising on a title called 'Computer Talk' - a sister publication to Computer Weekly. Received a strong foundation Sales training.

Playing Irish pubs and clubs around London. A four / five peice band (depending on who turned up), featuring a flute and uilleann pipes. All the old favourites, but played twice as fast.

M.Sc, Politics And Administration

Studying Policy and Administration, Modern British Politics, European Governance and the politics of the European left.

Ba (Hons), English Literature

Activities and Societies: Editor of Kingston Polytechnic Student Magazine (The Crez) - an elected position.

Education record

Trained to be a teacher. Left at the end of the second year in order to transfer to Kingston Polytechnic. Teaching wasn't for me....