Experience

Answer In Progress

• Canada
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and Executive Director

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Answer In Progress is a digital media project that believes in education should be honest, accessible, and entertaining. We arm young people with the tools they need to navigate our world by using rigorous and engaging multi-platform content. We want to reignite a love of learning by bringing viewers along the discovery journey rather than presenting canned information.www.answerinprogress.com Answer In Progress is a digital media project that believes in education should be honest, accessible, and entertaining. We arm young people with the tools they need to navigate our world by using rigorous and engaging multi-platform content. We want to reignite a love of learning by bringing viewers along the discovery journey rather than presenting canned information.www.answerinprogress.com



Ali Abdaal Ltd

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations and Strategy Consultant

  • Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

  Working directly with the leadership team to transition the business from a small informal operation to an efficient 7 figure business.• Identified key growth areas, scaling the team from 8 to 22 people.• Executed on an agile hiring strategy for fast growth• Designed a bespoke content production system & standard operating procedures to increase production capacity by over 400%• Advised on key operational & strategy decisions Working directly with the leadership team to transition the business from a small informal operation to an efficient 7 figure business.• Identified key growth areas, scaling the team from 8 to 22 people.• Executed on an agile hiring strategy for fast growth• Designed a bespoke content production system & standard operating procedures to increase production capacity by over 400%• Advised on key operational & strategy decisions



Buffer Festival

• Canada
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creator Board of Advisors

  • Mar 2019 - Oct 2020



Cavetown

• Creative Director & Content Creator

  • May 2018 - Sep 2019

  Cavetown is the indie pop project of Robin Skinner, a Cambridge-based musician who first rose to success as a teenager in the mid-2010s with his popular Cavetown YouTube channel, where he covered popular songs on ukulele and uploaded his own material. By 2018, Skinner had established himself as a popular D.I.Y. singer/songwriter with several independently released albums to his credit, including the breakout hit Lemon Boy.The role of creative producer entails developing the visual world around Skinner's music. Largely consisting of producing for music videos, visual imagery and YouTube content.



Flying Object

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative and Production Intern

  • Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

  Flying Object is a creative agency focused on social and digital video, and particularly on YouTube, who are their biggest client. They were responsible for projects such as YouTube’s #MoreThanARefugee, A-Z of YouTube and the British Council’s Mix the City.The role of Creative and Production Intern entails developing messaging and strategy for 2018’s YouTube component of the Stand Up To Cancer livestream to accompany the Channel 4 show in addition to working on other projects for clients such as Google, DCM and the British Council.



Vlogger Events

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Panels Coordinator

  • Jun 2016 - 2018

  Summer in the City is the UK’s largest YouTube and online video festival, with over 200 featured creators and over 11,000 attendees.The role of Panels Coordinator entails assembling panel line-ups for a variety of topics. Requiring an understanding of not only the industry, but how to configure panellists to create interesting conversations. Additionally responsibilities include handling invitations, registration, and communications with panellists. Summer in the City is the UK’s largest YouTube and online video festival, with over 200 featured creators and over 11,000 attendees.The role of Panels Coordinator entails assembling panel line-ups for a variety of topics. Requiring an understanding of not only the industry, but how to configure panellists to create interesting conversations. Additionally responsibilities include handling invitations, registration, and communications with panellists.



Coca-Cola CCI

• Türkiye
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Jul 2015