Co Director of music education charity, alongside Liz Coomb, developing pathways into industry from education

Deputy Director supporting Phillip Flood and the team on the delivery of 2023-25 plan

We Are Impact (formerly Tileyard Impact) is providing a local entry point for those (primarily) from disadvantaged backgrounds from communities close to Tileyard Studios in Kings Cross and other City & Provincial Property sites; those studying (creative practice) in schools, youth clubs, colleges and/or University, who otherwise lack a means to access to the creative industries and it’s associated networks; who are predominately aged between 16-25.

From hundreds of applicants, we chose 10 potential MOBO Winners of the future to up skill and empower for a year of support and development.

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Establishing the community outreach and development programs to empower employability within the Entertainment and Creative Industries on behalf of Tileyard Education.Tileyard is the largest professional music community in Europe and is home to 82 professional recording studios and more than 120 music and entertainment businesses including Mark Ronson, Lily Allen, The Prodigy, John Newman, Chase and Status, Maverick, Notting Hill Music, Marathon Artists, Sound Advice, Spitfire Audio, Tileyard Music, PLATOON and many more. Tileyard Education is a post-graduate and professional training facility based at Tileyard Studios, housing a world class recording studio, tech lab, production songwriting rooms and a lecture space. Programmes include MA Commercial Songwriting and Production, MA Music Industry Entrepreneurship, short and online courses. “Studying at Tileyard you’ll be surrounded by dozens of real-world creative music projects and people. The campus is buzzing with more than 1200 professionals so if you want to connect to what’s really happening in the music industry you can’t find a better place!” Michael Harwood, Partner, Tileyard Music

Entertainment Management, Events and Consulting Business that I created to develop young talent, through artist management, booking, training and consultancy.Founding supporter of the East London Arts & Media School (ELAM) we were responsible for the recruitment 30% of the school intake of the first 2 years. We have developed the How 2 Make A Living training plan which we have delivered alongside partners like Tileyard Music, ELAM and the Royal Albert Hall and we have recently released our first book, How 2 Make A Living As An Artist in the Music Industry.Founding Partner of the BIG Music Project and it's predecessor PeaceMix working with all the partners to deliver this amazing national youth music and employment project alongside Global, Universal Music, UK Youth and The BIG Lottery Fund. I was also the keynote speaker at the BIG Music Project events in Glasgow, Belfast, London and Cardiff.

I am responsible for all of the Arts activities for the young people that the XLP charity work in secondary schools and the local community across 8 London Boroughs. I then create and provide access to creative development opportunities both in house and through partners including The Royal Albert hall, The RoundHouse, Spotlight, The Big Music Project, The Royal College of Music and ELAM.The heart of this development is the Opportunities Training platform to help young people make the most of opportunities that present themselves to them.I developed a structure using artistic talent development to help teens deal with difficult emotional challenges, which can been in Glitch and Cherry Stories as a means to build the confidence, self worth and employability skills. This resulted in an 85% employment success rate with 75% retention rate after 12 months!I plan and execute all of the youth showcase events across 8 London including the London wide finals at the Mermaid Theatre. I am also part of the events delivery team for the organisation delivering corporate events with Barclays, ICAP, Merchant Tailors, Audio Network. I also hosted, organised entertainment and performed for the Royal couple, HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and prepared 9 young people to talk to them about the difficulties of growing up in London, after which Prince William was quoted as saying "I have heard a lot about this Wizdom, he sounds like a bit of a legend!".

Founding member of MOBO Award nominated pioneering Tru-Skool Hip Hop group, that helped to establish urban Christian music in the UK, pioneered anti youth violence schools tours in London with the Gunz Down Tour which partnered with the Choice FM and XLP.I ran the groups record label Jade-Eye Knight records, executive producing 9 albums including 4 GreenJade and 2 ZionNoiz albums. I also directed 6 music videos, event managed 4 launch parties and a series of club nights.I performed with the band in opening celebrations of the 2004 Olympics in Athens and have opened for Jay-Z as well as touring in Europe and America.

I was employed to set up and establish the administration resources of this 6 weeks rolling drug rehabilitation and stabilisation unit. I created many of the forms, databases and filing systems required to establish the service. I took responsibility for the sourcing of food suppliers and the co-ordination of weekly food orders for our clients and managing budgets. I was also in charge of the petty cash boxes, client rent, banking and financial reporting between the project and head office.I liaised with clients and members of staff for all maintenance issues within the house and responsible for resolving them. In addition to this I regularly escorted clients and collected controlled medication of our clients behalf.My mandate was later expanded into compiling and sending the monthly statistical information for local authorities and government agencies. I also became responsible for the advertising, sourcing and vetting of all client referrals from community and drug agency and heath and safety reporting.

My role was that of a PA to 3 members of the Group Sourcing Management team at the London Head Office of Orange, the mobile phone network. My role included the arranging, booking and co-ordination of national and international travel for the entire team. I have also been involved in the booking of conferencing facilities including Web Ex and Conference & Video calls in London, Bristol and Paris.I provided administration support for the whole Business Support Team, including data filling, report analysis and uploading monthly reports onto the corporate shared websites.I ran a project to register all 200 members of the UK Sourcing team onto the company’s intranet, team mapping website and provided IT support for all registrants through the process. I also performed two corporate studies into the visibility of Group Sourcing on the Orange Intranet and Corporate Social Responsibility of Orange compared to other companies.