Experience

GemArts

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

• Project Manager

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Creative producer for arts projects across the North East. Celebrating and profiling diverse art forms and artists who identify as People of The Global Majority. Creative producer for arts projects across the North East. Celebrating and profiling diverse art forms and artists who identify as People of The Global Majority.



THE NEWBRIDGE PROJECT

• Artists and Writers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Project Manager for Create/Disrupt; An innovative artist development programme for aspiring arts workers, producers and artists who have not been to University/have faced barriers to inclusion and are interested in pursing a career in the arts. The programme of activity is co-created by participants and addresses the need to amplify work and ideas created by communities that are currently under-represented within this sector and begin conversations that highlight the precarious nature of arts work.



Northumbria University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator

  • Mar 2022 - Jul 2022

  Responsible for effective coordination of all EDI structures and promoting the visibility and profile of the EDI team. Working collaboratively to embed intersectional practice and cross pollenate key equality principles throughout the University. Working closely with EDI faculty directors in Art, Design and Social Sciences and Health and Life Sciences to dismantle and address barriers to participation social injustice and celebrate examples of excellent EDI practice, research and culture. Responsible for effective coordination of all EDI structures and promoting the visibility and profile of the EDI team. Working collaboratively to embed intersectional practice and cross pollenate key equality principles throughout the University. Working closely with EDI faculty directors in Art, Design and Social Sciences and Health and Life Sciences to dismantle and address barriers to participation social injustice and celebrate examples of excellent EDI practice, research and culture.



Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Diversity & Belonging Facilitator & Consultant

  • Jan 2020 - Mar 2022

  Freelance consultant, trainer and facilitator specialising in equality, diversity, belonging and inclusion. Adopting an intersectional framework and co-creating a socially engaged approach for third and public sector organisations. Freelance consultant, trainer and facilitator specialising in equality, diversity, belonging and inclusion. Adopting an intersectional framework and co-creating a socially engaged approach for third and public sector organisations.



THE CUSTOMS HOUSE TRUST LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Learning and Participation Officer

  • Mar 2018 - Mar 2022

  Working with diverse communities to engage people in creative, artistic experiences. My role involved planning, fundraising, delivering and evaluating projects with under represented communities in South Tyneside. Creative producer for; Takeover (an annual youth arts and leadership festival), Arts in Libraries (an Arts Council England Initiative), Ours/Us/We (a queer led LGBTQ+ arts group), The Room of Small Things (visual arts story telling project for refugee and asylum seeker women) and One of the Lads (contemporary dance programme working with marginalised young men exploring concepts of masculinity, gender, misogyny and stigma).

• Project Musician

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2022

  Delivered intercultural music projects exploring concepts of home, identity and belonging including East by North East, working with Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme most recently collaborating with international artist Aaron Hughes exploring young people’s experiences of war as part of Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art exhibition entitled Poetry Despite, Music Despite (https:// poetrydespite.online/ ) Published artist blogs for Gemarts. Delivered intercultural music projects exploring concepts of home, identity and belonging including East by North East, working with Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme most recently collaborating with international artist Aaron Hughes exploring young people’s experiences of war as part of Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art exhibition entitled Poetry Despite, Music Despite (https:// poetrydespite.online/ ) Published artist blogs for Gemarts.



Carlisle Youth Zone

• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Music Coordinator

  • Mar 2016 - Mar 2017

  My role involved creating an inclusive environment for children and young people (aged 7-25) to express themselves creatively and fulfil their potential using music as a means to build confidence and self-esteem. Many of the young people we worked with were isolated, Looked After, living in precarious situations and under normal circumstances would not engage in arts based youth programmes. As the project coordinator for the year long Xpressions project, I managed a budget, built a recording studio, delivered weekly music/ recording sessions and recruited and deployed freelance artists and practitioners based on young peoples creative ambitions.



Annie Mawson’s Music Trust

• Project Musician

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Planned, delivered and evaluated music sessions for children with complex emotional and behavioural needs. This involved communicating with stakeholders, evaluating and planning projects with vulnerable young people and their parents and carers. Planned, delivered and evaluated music sessions for children with complex emotional and behavioural needs. This involved communicating with stakeholders, evaluating and planning projects with vulnerable young people and their parents and carers.