Experience

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  Reelsolutions

  • Halifax, United Kingdom

  • Education Director

    • Oct 2010 - Present
    • Halifax, United Kingdom

    After leaving the Showroom CInema I have become Education Director working in partnership with a group of industry professionals to deliver education, marketing and programming skills and solutions to exhibitors and practitioners linked to film and media. Reelsolutions is based in Yorkshire but d...

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  Beta FilmWorks

  • Leeds and Hull

  • Project Manager- British Film Institute Film Academy

    • Jan 2013 - Jul 2014
    • Leeds and Hull

    I managed for the BFI Film Academy in Leeds for two years.There is a consortia of Reel Solution, Leeds Young FIlm, Rob Martin and Access Moving Image.We are working with gifted young people to enhance their film understanding and film making skills.

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  National Schools Partnership

  • Researcher

    • Oct 2013 - Feb 2014
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  National Media Museum

  • Bradford

  • Film Education Manager

    • Oct 2012 - Oct 2013
    • Bradford

    I covered a maternity leave and and helped to develop and deliver the film education for 14+ and adults.I developed new programmes for the new school year and identified and targeted new audiences for film and education.

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  CAPE UK

  • Yorkshire

  • Research and audit on film education provision in Yorkshire

    • Nov 2012 - Feb 2013
    • Yorkshire

    I worked with 2 colleagues to research, audit and report on the provision of film education across Yorkshire.The evidence formed part of a wider CAPE report on cultural provision and the specifics about film will be fed to the British Film Institute.

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  Leeds Young Film Festival

  • Leeds

  • Project Manager - Golden Owls Award

    • Sep 2011 - Mar 2012
    • Leeds

    Designed and delivered the first Golden Owl Awards as part of Leeds Young Film Festival.Schools were invited to send in films which would be judged and the finalists appeared at an Oscar Style Ceremony at the Festival.The project was successful and was repeated at the 2013 Festival.

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  Showroom Cinema

  • Education and Outreach Manager

    • 2002 - 2010

    Responsibilities included: Devising an education development strategy; assistant producer of Showcomotion, the film festival for children and young people; developing links with educational establishments across the city and South Yorkshire; organising events linked to the film programme; workin...

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  Sheffield Education Authority

  • Sheffield, United Kingdom

  • Class Teacher

    • Sep 1977 - Jul 1996
    • Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Primary school teacher inSheffield South Yorkshire Part of the Task Force which involved being sent into various primary schools to aid particular individuals or schools which were experiencing difficulties.A year travelling and working in the USA 1986-7