Experience

Lighthouse

• United Kingdom
• Artists and Writers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Lighthouse is an arts and culture agency that connects new developments in art, technology and society. We produce commissions, exhibitions, events and education schemes that support radical new contemporary art, digital culture, music, film and much more. For over 30 years, the Lighthouse programme has revealed new ways of presenting artists and the creative industries, how artistic work and practice can cross boundaries and disciplines, and be used as a way of enhancing digital technology and its place within society. Key projects include Guiding Lights, the UK’s leading mentoring scheme for filmmakers, regular residencies that provide creative and professional development for a wide range of artists and creative practitioners, and Last Dance, a series of events, podcasts, films and blogs investigating the rapid changes affecting UK music and youth culture. Show less



Collaborate CIC

• United Kingdom
• Public Policy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Practice

  • May 2021 - Present

  Collaborate CIC is an innovative and growing social consultancy and think tank that supports services, systems and places to address complex social challenges through collaborative, cross-sector working in order to deliver better outcomes for the public. My current projects include:East Sussex County Council - Community Wellbeing: Connected People & PlacesCurrently working alongside local authorities, the NHS, the VCSE sector and residents on the Community Wellbeing: Connected people and places programme. This place-based partnership is exploring the future scope of Community Hubs in supporting community wellbeing across the county and how to develop a systems approach to tackling loneliness and social isolation in East Sussex. Activities include:- Engaging and mobilising people & organisations across the system to explore and answer key questions;- Collating & understanding insights, co-creating solutions & a vision for the future- Making recommendations that will form the basis for the business case for community hubs & a connection strategy to address loneliness;- Supporting and engaging with the partnership to build active and sustainable working relationships;- Reporting to and engaging with elected members through the Scrutiny process.Developing a Practical Learning Community for Local Authorities interested in adopting a Human Learning Systems approach to leading, funding and managing social change in complex environmentsAberlour, Dumfries and Galloway Council and HSCP (Children and Families Social Work and ADP):- Supporting the Partnership to test and embed whole-family support for local families experiencing substance misuse through prototyping and collaborative learning. Show less

• Associate

  • Feb 2021 - May 2021

  Community Assets Policy Development project for London Borough of Barking & Dagenham:Used a participative policy-making approach to help the Participation & Engagement team at Barking & Dagenham Council develop a new Community Assets Policy. Working with Community Asset transfer experts from across the UK, colleagues from within the Council and representatives from the local VCSE we developed a more joined-up, strategic approach to the identification, management and utilisation of Community Assets. Show less



Wired Sussex

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • Nov 2013 - Mar 2022

  Wired Sussex is a Brighton-based membership organisation supporting companies and freelancers in the digital, media and tech sectors in Sussex. As a board member I provide strategic guidance, insight into industry trends and a specialist interest in the role of hubs in developing the creative digital sector. I am passionate about promoting Brighton as the best place to be for innovative digital thinking, working and playing. Wired Sussex is a Brighton-based membership organisation supporting companies and freelancers in the digital, media and tech sectors in Sussex. As a board member I provide strategic guidance, insight into industry trends and a specialist interest in the role of hubs in developing the creative digital sector. I am passionate about promoting Brighton as the best place to be for innovative digital thinking, working and playing.



Nesta

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Programme Manager, Government Innovation

  • Oct 2017 - Nov 2020

  Nesta is the UK’s Innovation Foundation. My role was to design, develop and manage government innovation programmes that explored how citizens' needs can be better met through the state, market and community ecosystem. Achievements: • Designed & stewarded the Upstream Collaborative, a learning network of 20 pioneering local authorities and their partners; supported them to form action learning sets around topics of common interest; • Co-produced the New Operating Models Handbook, a set of six learning products informed by the experience of the Upstream Collaborative; • Used creative thinking & playfulness to develop Flourish!, a board game that acts as a tool for learning about community wealth building & new place-based economic models; • Engaged with leaders from local government & civil society to develop ShareTown, an exploration of a positive future for public service delivery; • Produced ‘Platform co-operatives - solving the capital conundrum’ a report, jointly published with Cooperatives UK, that looked at what platform cooperatives are, why we need them, and what is needed for them to grow and flourish in the future; • Led ShareLab, providing grant funding and business support to 19 early stage social enterprises using digital platforms to address social needs including homelessness, transport poverty and social care. I played an active role in developing Nesta's learning culture - designing and leading the GrantMakers Community of Practice and organising a programme of learning events to help programme makers develop their craft. Between February 2018 and Dec 2019 I was one of eight employee representatives on the new Employee Forum, helping define and establish the Forum's role and working practices, tackling workplace issues and exploring how Nesta can be an even better place to work. Show less



Dreamy Place

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment Providers

• Chair

  • Feb 2017 - Nov 2020

  In February 2017 I joined the great team behind the Brighton Digital Festival as the Chair of the board of directors, taking on responsibility for the governance and strategic direction of the newly established CIC. Achievements: • Led production of a manifesto setting out the vision for the festival • Clarified membership and board structure to enable better collective decision-making • Recruited more diverse board of directors • Managed and supported the festival director • Oversaw fundraising efforts • Led a strategic review that helped define a new organisational structure • Led closure of CIC and establishment of festival as a programme within Lighthouse, an arts charity specialising in connecting new developments in art, technology, science and society. BDF offers the opportunity to further raise the profile of Brighton & Hove as a creative city, one that marries the arts with emergent technology and innovative social ideas. It also provides a vehicle to draw together different communities within the city to develop a vision of the future we want to build for ourselves - one that is enhanced by technology and based on innovative, stimulating ideas. I look forward to seeing it flourish in its new home. Show less



PurposeLab.

• Brighton, United Kingdom

• Founder & Principal Consultant

  • Feb 2015 - Nov 2017

  PurposeLab was both a place-based social innovation consultancy, and an experiment to help me find the work I find most purposeful. I provided consultancy services to help ideas and people grow through collaboration, participation and innovation. And I ran community projects that brought people and ideas together to create change. The PurposeLab experiment is now at an end. Read about what is was for and what I learnt here: https://medium.com/@jennilloyd/purposelab-landing-the-experiment-1c18d0dca771 Fields of expertise: Purposeful strategy, engaging people & stimulating innovation Fields of experimentation: Reimagining the places we live to suit the new ways we work; how culture drives local economies; how spaces can support community cohesion; how to create serendipity engines; using social super colliders to drive innovation. Services: Strategy - how to build connected communities, inside or outside of organisations Innovation - events, workshops, training & prototyping support Groupwork - facilitation of groups of all kinds to reach a purposeful outcome Show less



The Royal Pavilion and Museums Foundation

• Brighton, United Kingdom

• Trustee

  • Jul 2012 - Oct 2017

  The Foundation raises funds to support the Royal Pavilion, Brighton Museum, Hove Museum, The Booth Museum of Natural History, and Preston Manor. The money raised helps: - purchase important works of art - conserve and protect the Royal Pavilion - support learning and education programmes - bring the very best art and culture to Brighton & Hove The Foundation raises funds to support the Royal Pavilion, Brighton Museum, Hove Museum, The Booth Museum of Natural History, and Preston Manor. The money raised helps: - purchase important works of art - conserve and protect the Royal Pavilion - support learning and education programmes - bring the very best art and culture to Brighton & Hove



Meaning conference

• United Kingdom
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Director & Curator

  • Mar 2012 - Jan 2016

  I developed the original idea for Meaning, NixonMcInnes’ flagship event in 2011. I then acted as Creative Director until 2015 when I curated and hosted that year's conference. I have now moved on from this role. Meaning is an annual gathering for people who believe business can and must be better in the 21st century. Our goal has been to inspire our community with stories, empower them with self-belief, arm them with practicalities and blow their minds with ideas. We want to learn from pioneers and build connections with like-minded peers so we can go out and change the world. Since we started the conference in 2012 we've been lucky enough to attract some brilliant, high-profile speakers, including UK Green MP Caroline Lucas, radical economist Umair Haque, leader of the Swedish Pirate Party Rick Falkvinge, Danish happiness expert Alexander Kjerulf, American social technologist Stowe Boyd, improv star Neil Mullarkey, representatives from the massive Spanish co-op Mondragon and innovation superstars W. L. Gore, and more. Our audience is 320 people who are a combination of business leaders, thinkers and people who care about using what is good about business to make a difference. You can get a flavour here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Meaningconf/videos http://live.storystream.it/meaning-2014/ Show less



NixonMcInnes

• Strategy Director & Senior Consultant

  • May 2009 - Feb 2015

  I joined NixonMcInes when it was a small web design firm working primarily with local businesses and was a key member of the team that repositioned the company as one of the first social media agencies in the UK. I lead on new business pitches, managed our biggest client relationships and lead creatively to deliver outstanding work. I stepped up to the management team as a director and helped the company to grow into an award-winning consultancy with a strong reputation amongst peers and clients, famed for its democratic working practices.In that time we repositioned and upskilled the whole team and completely turned around our client base to focus on FTSE 350 companies. Our proposition moved from social media, to social business, through to radical transformation. With each iteration I expanded my own skillset and shepherded our consultants and clients along the journey.I took responsibility for developing our practices, then our products and services and ended my tenure as the host of the consultancy team - ensuring they had everything they needed to do the work of their lives.In December 2014 we radically transformed our business model, changing from a centralised company with employees, to a decentralised associate and partner-based model. Show less

• Experience Designer & Social Media Consultant

  • Nov 2006 - May 2009

  Strategist, designer and marketer with fifteen years digital experience working across entertainment, travel and financial sectors. A specialist in solutions for social spaces with the ability to deliver measurable results. Clients included Coca-Cola, T-Mobile and Co-Operative Financial Services.A key role within a growing Social Media Agency, I provided strategic consultancy to clients on all aspects of Social Media, Online Marketing and Website Performance Measurement. I worked closely with the Creative Director and design team to develop the user experience alongside the brand experience. I support business development activities and attended networking events, helping to grow and develop NixonMcInnes' reputation and offering. I helped hire and mentor junior team members to ensure consistency in output and develop individual skills. Show less



Designate

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interactive Producer

  • Oct 2004 - Nov 2006

  Created specialist digital role within full-service advertising agency. Re-organised online production processes to ensure efficient progress of projects, better management of client expectations and to facilitate development of advanced web solutions. Designed user experience of complex websites, defining and documenting information architecture through wireframes and sitemaps.Supported account handlers in overseeing projects from briefing to completion including management of resources, scheduling and costs. Show less

• Senior Account Manager

  • Mar 2004 - Oct 2004

  Responsible for direction and management of major client accounts for advertising agency. Oversaw the design, production and delivery of database driven web builds, bespoke content management solutions, online advertising, pay-per-click, search engine optimisation and email marketing campaigns. Also acted as internal consultant, running internal education programme on emerging technologies.



University of Brighton

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Lecturer

  • 2003 - 2004

  Taught a web development module to MA students on an Information Science course – consisted of practical sessions in which students were introduced to the technology and processes behind web site production. Also occasional lecturer to MSc in Digital TV Management & Production Taught a web development module to MA students on an Information Science course – consisted of practical sessions in which students were introduced to the technology and processes behind web site production. Also occasional lecturer to MSc in Digital TV Management & Production



National Geographic

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interactive Producer (contract)

  • Jul 2003 - Oct 2003

  Employed to oversee the launch of a HTML-based interactive TV service on the Telewest dTV platform. The finished product overcame the limitations of the platform to provide the user with an entertaining and informative experience that supports NGC’s business objectives and confirms their brand values. Employed to oversee the launch of a HTML-based interactive TV service on the Telewest dTV platform. The finished product overcame the limitations of the platform to provide the user with an entertaining and informative experience that supports NGC’s business objectives and confirms their brand values.



Agency.com: interactive TV

• Art Director

  • Jun 1999 - Jan 2002

  Client-facing creative lead for group offering creative, technical and strategic services to clients across the interactive TV spectrum. Client-facing creative lead for group offering creative, technical and strategic services to clients across the interactive TV spectrum.



BBC

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Designer

  • 1997 - 1999

  At the time beeb.com was the commercial arm of the BBC’s online activities. I was responsible for creating commercial web sites in support of BBC brands and developing the core beeb.com site as an umbrella for associated commercial activity. I also designed enhanced TV versions of popular programming for the Microsoft webTV UK trials and redeveloped beeb.com content for the ntl and Cable & Wireless walled gardens. As lead designer for ‘Top of the Pops’ I was proud of our nomination for best music business web site at the 1999 Creative & Design Awards. Show less



OneWorld

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Oneworld.net, Freelance Designer & Developer

  • Jun 1997 - Dec 1997



The Multimedia Corporation

• Designer

  • Apr 1995 - Jun 1997



Cognitive Applications

• Freelance designer

  • 1995 - 1995