Experience

ScreenPLAY

• United States
• Media Production

• Co-founder

  • Nov 2012 - Present

  Video artist/filmmaker working with State of Play Arts on three WW1 productions - Tommy's Sisters (2016), The Gathering (2018) and Aftermath (2019) Co-creator of Voices from 1918 - a research/blog/podcast project running in real time through 2018. www.voicesfrom1918.co.uk Artist in residence at Westfield Arts College during 2018, delivering ScreenPLAY's Silver Arts Award course in Film and Digital Production to teenage students with learning disabilities. Director of photography for the documentary Sensing Helen (2018) https://vimeo.com/356197396 Joint developer of the app Rites of Way, an interactive journey through the lanes and meadows of Kingcombe in West Dorset. Rites of Way is available as a free download for iPhone and iPad on the App Store: https://appsto.re/i6Yw6qZ Artist in residence developing Jigsaw the Movie with young people at St John's Primary School during late 2015 with premiere in Jan 2016. The drama documentary about social and emotional learning is being used to train teachers across the UK and internationally. Artist in residence at the Portland Academy delivering Silver Arts Award in Film and Digital Production to the IPACA Alternative Learning Group January-June 2015. The ScreenPLAY course was described as "an excellent series of high quality arts experiences." The students had a range of special needs and were not able to be part of the mainstream classroom environment. Filmmaker/photographer for Inside Out 2014 - starting in January 2015 on film projects with schools in Portland, Weymouth and Dorchester and a Youth Club in rural Dorset. Developing digital art projects with ScreenPLAY. Co-ordinator of a series of award-winning animation projects with young people for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad - a total of five short films shown on big screens across the UK Production of the Legacy Trail, a short film for the Cultural Olympiad 2012 and other short, arts-related films.



Nisbet Media Ltd

• United Kingdom

• Filmmaker / marketing consultant / project manager / IT specialist

  • 1994 - 2016

  Developing print, video and new media solutions for a wide range of public and private sector clients. Working with companies and local authorities at director level on a range of marketing campaigns. Developing print, video and new media solutions for a wide range of public and private sector clients. Working with companies and local authorities at director level on a range of marketing campaigns.



Take Art

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services

• Digital/technical support

  • Jan 1999 - Mar 2014

  Supporting staff, maintaining and managing the company's digital data through a network of macs, servers and custom designed databases. Supporting staff, maintaining and managing the company's digital data through a network of macs, servers and custom designed databases.



Dorchester Arts

• United Kingdom
• Retail

• Chair of the board

  • Oct 2005 - Oct 2011

  Leading the organisation through a period of change - through the process of becoming an Arts Council National Portfolio organisation - one of few to receive a funding increase. Establishing a new business plan and priorities for the organisation in a major review of provision in Dorchester funded by the Arts Council and West Dorset District Council. Supporting the artistic director through a series of ground breaking international festivals in Dorchester, including hosting a week-long residency by Nofit State circus in 2010 for Inside Out, Dorset's alternate year festival of extraordinary events in extraordinary places. Leading a series of successful bids for major projects - including a two year Youth Music project and two First Light film projects.



Public Services Network

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications manager

  • Jan 1998 - Dec 2007

  Developing and delivering a communications strategy for the organisation including the editing and production of its journal Contract, news-based website and e-marketing. Liaising with local authority members and private sector partners at director level. Managing quarterly seminars and conferences UK-wide. Developing and delivering a communications strategy for the organisation including the editing and production of its journal Contract, news-based website and e-marketing. Liaising with local authority members and private sector partners at director level. Managing quarterly seminars and conferences UK-wide.