Simon Zimmerman Email & Phone Number

It’s my job to ensure Vicinity products deliver what our customers require, and evolve as their needs change. I am responsible for ensuring our systems and processes are geared towards capturing and implementing customer requirements in the most effective way. I am deeply involved in technical implementation, serving as both a scrum master and frontend engineer. In this capacity, I work extensively with JavaScript, TypeScript, and various frontend frameworks to ensure robust and scalable solutionsAs our industry data expert for Business Improvement Districts, I am responsible for onboarding BID customers and ensuring their data is migrated effectively.

Tadcaster, Yorkshire, Gb

Like our customers, we want UK towns and cities to be thriving, safe, clean and sustainable places to enjoy and invest in. Business Improvement District and other place management organisations are rising to the challenge of shrinking government resources, bringing new investment, services and opportunities that promise to transform places. Our goal is to support their work with simple software tools, to make their jobs easier and to keep their customers and stakeholders informed.We have spent recent years tailoring our software to the needs of Business Improvement Districts - big and small, new and old - and shopping centres, right across the UK.

Manchester , Greater Manchester , Gb

Helping to build a better connected, more cohesive visual arts sector in England, by coordinating the development of regional visual arts strategy, or Turning Point, groups.Responsible for::: establishing regional visual arts strategy groups across England:: facilitating knowledge sharing across the network of groups:: day-to-day monitoring and budget management:: overseeing a detailed evaluation of the three-year pilot phase

Manchester , Greater Manchester , Gb

Working across the entire organisation, and with a range of multi-agency project teams, I had day-to-day responsibility for this programme, which invested £3.5 million with the aim of improving professional conditions for artists across England. Responsible for::: day-to-day management of the programme:: management of £3.5 million investment portfolio:: facilitating knowledge sharing across teams:: building and sustaining key partnerships:: commissioning and managing a full evaluation

Manchester , Greater Manchester , Gb

Working in the South West office of Arts Council England I was responsible for a range of strategic projects across Diversity, Inclusion, Education and Skills & Learning teams.

Producer for a devised theatre company who tour internationally. I worked with the company to develop Delirium, an adaptation of The Brothers Karamazov, written in collaboration with Irish playwright Enda Walsh.A very special company, run by two incredible and committed Artistic Directors.