Experience

Community Arts by ZK

• United Kingdom
• Arts & Crafts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Artist

  • Nov 2022 - Present



Food Museum

• United Kingdom
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Collections management and digitisation

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  - Practical collections management experience in digitalising their collections catalogue. - Checking and updating records with varying degrees of information and accuracy, ensuring the record complies with GDPR regulations, is clear and readable, whilst allocating the most relevant tags to the object to help the public search and find records. - Trained in their cloud-based, collections management system, eHive. - Identify objects that I think are of particular relevance or interest as ‘star objects’ and these will go on to be researched further. Show less



Art Fund

• United Kingdom
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Assembly Volunteer

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  - A public-facing role where one has to engage and interact with the general public to advertise the festival, answer questions, and encourage audiences to join in. - Good teamwork skills were necessary to complete duties and work as a team to encourage members of the public to engage with the festival. - Ability to mix with a range of ages and demographics within the volunteer team and the general public. - Be aware of certain peoples' accessibility needs and help accordingly. - Helped bring to life youth programmes, interactive art displays, and general administrative tasks such as putting up artists’ exhibits around the city. Show less



The University of Manchester

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• President of Manchester University’s Vinyl Frontier Society.

  • Sep 2021 - Present

• Treasurer of Manchester University’s Film Society.

  • Sep 2020 - Present

• Social Secretary of Manchester University’s Magic Society.

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Lawrences Auctioneers Ltd

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Auctioneer's Assistant

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  - Researched art brought in by the general public and helped the team with valuations. - Took phone bids and thus engaged with customers in a professional manner under highly pressurised circumstances. - Part of the team handling post-auction delivery of objects to clients. This required one to pack delicate and valuable artworks, objects and furniture. Additionally one had to be incredibly diligent in logging information about the various lots being given to their buyers. - Researched art brought in by the general public and helped the team with valuations. - Took phone bids and thus engaged with customers in a professional manner under highly pressurised circumstances. - Part of the team handling post-auction delivery of objects to clients. This required one to pack delicate and valuable artworks, objects and furniture. Additionally one had to be incredibly diligent in logging information about the various lots being given to their buyers.



MouldernArt

• Researcher and Liaison Officer.

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  - Worked off my own initiative to contact artists' PAs and studios. Through contacting the direct source, confidently communicating and networking I saved Mouldernart £175k in commission costs. - Worked off my own initiative to contact artists' PAs and studios. Through contacting the direct source, confidently communicating and networking I saved Mouldernart £175k in commission costs.



Hollis Mead Organic Dairy Farm

• Farm assistant and sales representative.

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  - Working in a team to sell and promote dairy products after early morning shifts milking cows. - Working in a team to sell and promote dairy products after early morning shifts milking cows.



Kipling Camp

• Afforestation Course Coordinator

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  - Coordinated a course in afforestation by renowned speaker and activist, Shubhendu Sharma - Learnt about specific methods such as Miyawaki planting to create wild and biodiverse forests that attract local birds and insects and create carbon sinks. - Scheduled the week’s timetable, tools necessary for tasks, transport, food and water supplies. - Worked in a team with the camp staff, delegating various roles to chefs, housekeepers and transport staff. - Coordinated a course in afforestation by renowned speaker and activist, Shubhendu Sharma - Learnt about specific methods such as Miyawaki planting to create wild and biodiverse forests that attract local birds and insects and create carbon sinks. - Scheduled the week’s timetable, tools necessary for tasks, transport, food and water supplies. - Worked in a team with the camp staff, delegating various roles to chefs, housekeepers and transport staff.



Castlefield Gallery

• United Kingdom
• Retail Art Supplies
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing and Communications Placement.

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  - Within a creative environment, I developed my professional skills in communications and administration. - Improved Gallery’s audience profiling by updating website listings as well as finding new databases to advertise the event. - Used social media & email to contact art organisations to promote the Gallery & its exhibitions. Gained insight into Manchester’s art scene and cultural institution's network. Posted content on their social media and wrote up articles about their exhibition ‘Soft Bodies’. - Helped with the Gallery’s efforts to support local and disadvantaged artists. Show less



Barbican Centre

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Volunteer, Battle of Ideas

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  - Managing the general public. - Managing the general public.



Independent Talent Group Limited

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Agent's Assistant.

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  - Engaged with important and demanding actors and agents in the Film and Theatre Industry emailing and delivering them important contracts. - Rigorous daily stock-taking of the agency's stationary supplies, re-ordering when necessary. - Learnt to quickly read and form opinions on scripts in order to provide feedback for the Agents. - Engaged with important and demanding actors and agents in the Film and Theatre Industry emailing and delivering them important contracts. - Rigorous daily stock-taking of the agency's stationary supplies, re-ordering when necessary. - Learnt to quickly read and form opinions on scripts in order to provide feedback for the Agents.



Aspiga

• United Kingdom
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Multiple roles

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  - Assistant website manager using WordPress, social media researcher, photographer & data collator using Excel. - Assistant website manager using WordPress, social media researcher, photographer & data collator using Excel.



Multiple venues and organisations.

• Extensive experience in the hospitality industry.

  • May 2018 - Present

  - Developed organisation and time-management skills through working in these fast-paced environments including a wide range of bars, hotels, private functions, upmarket restaurants, and festivals. - Well accustomed to the general public and confident in my ability to ensure I deliver high standards of customer service and interaction. - Developed organisation and time-management skills through working in these fast-paced environments including a wide range of bars, hotels, private functions, upmarket restaurants, and festivals. - Well accustomed to the general public and confident in my ability to ensure I deliver high standards of customer service and interaction.



Chalke Valley History Festival

• Volunteer

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  - Volunteered for 4 years running as a steward and managing the general public. - Volunteered for 4 years running as a steward and managing the general public.