Experience

Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Projects Director

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Leading on projects within CBRL’s strategic aims under the direction of the CBRL Director: forging partnerships with UK HEIs, relevant research organisations and learned societies; the development of CBRL’s libraries, and consolidation and digitisation of CBRL’s archives and research resources; the enhancement of outreach and engagement based on CBRL’s research assets and partnerships; contributing to fundraising to support these aims. Leading on projects within CBRL’s strategic aims under the direction of the CBRL Director: forging partnerships with UK HEIs, relevant research organisations and learned societies; the development of CBRL’s libraries, and consolidation and digitisation of CBRL’s archives and research resources; the enhancement of outreach and engagement based on CBRL’s research assets and partnerships; contributing to fundraising to support these aims.



London Photography Diary

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor

  • Jun 2021 - Present



Arab Studies Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of Knowledge Production and Pedagogy

  • Mar 2021 - Jan 2022

  Project co-lead on archive re-design and re-launch for ASI's Knowledge Production Project - a series of searchable data visualizations of all knowledge produced in English about the Middle East from 1979-2020. Project coordinator for Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative involved in the conception of a platform providing access to 1-3 week long teaching modules on MES. Project co-lead on archive re-design and re-launch for ASI's Knowledge Production Project - a series of searchable data visualizations of all knowledge produced in English about the Middle East from 1979-2020. Project coordinator for Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative involved in the conception of a platform providing access to 1-3 week long teaching modules on MES.



The American Center of Research (ACOR)

• Jordan
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Archival Projects Consultant

  • Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

• Archivist

  • Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

  Working on a new open-access digital archive showcasing 70 years of photography in the Arab region. Overseeing digitization of 30,000 images and creation of metadata and interpretative articles and photo essays about the collections. Running annual skills-sharing workshop in collaboration with national institutions and international speakers/participants. Planning future travelling exhibition and writing grant proposals for archival activities.

• Project Archivist

  • Jul 2018 - Dec 2018



Enjoy Education

• United Kingdom
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reports & Feedback Editor

  • Jun 2016 - Dec 2018

• Asst. Education Consultant

  • Jan 2015 - Jul 2016

  Facilitated tutor and client communications throughout lifetime of tutoring placements; arranged and coordinated schedules & related feedback from clients to tutors. Managed junior team members on projects reporting to Managing Director & Business and Marketing Manager; trained senior team on core processes. Gained advanced proficiency in Excel; designed, managed and trained team members on a variety of complex spreadsheets. Managed tutor recruitment process and trusted with office lock up & security.Co-executed partnership with Teach First, providing greater access to Oxford and Cambridge through academic support and training programs. Show less



The American Center of Research (ACOR)

• Jordan
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Archival Intern

  • Feb 2017 - Sep 2017

  Working as part of a new team putting in place digitisation and conservation plans for a 100,000 image-strong photo collection on four-year US Department of Education funded project to implement a free, online, bilingual image-archive platform, promoting accessibility to photographs spanning the Middle East (Turkey-Iran), covering the time-period 1950s-early 2000s. Instigated city-wide Archival network of national and private institutions, libraries, museums and galleries, collaboratively exchanging digitisation plans for archival materials. Returning in July 2018 to continue project. Show less



The Children's Museum Jordan

• Jordan
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher, Exhibition Design Department

  • Mar 2017 - Aug 2017

  Working in collaborative Creative Team with Deputy Director and in-house architects to conceptualise and plan the renewal of several exhibits in celebration of the museum’s 10 year anniversary. Constructed winning proposals for internal management and external sponsors. Researched panels for first in-house original exhibition. Working in collaborative Creative Team with Deputy Director and in-house architects to conceptualise and plan the renewal of several exhibits in celebration of the museum’s 10 year anniversary. Constructed winning proposals for internal management and external sponsors. Researched panels for first in-house original exhibition.



The Khalid Shoman Foundation

• Jordan
• Retail Art Supplies
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Archive and Exhibitions Intern

  • Jul 2016 - Sep 2016

  Updated Darat al Funun's exceptional digital archive of 30 years' of Middle Eastern art, increasing amount of information available on the website in Arabic and English, including translating short entries. Improved organisation of physical archive including works by Darat Al Funun’s Summer Academy for young artists, taught by the late Syrian artist Marwan Kassab Bachi. Executed two interactive photography projects on the opening day of the exhibition, involving guiding young Jordanian photographers predominantly in Arabic, the results of which are now exhibited as part of ‘Do it بالعربي' exhibition* *The exhibition is co-curated by Sharjah Art Foundation Director Hoor Al Qasimi and Serpentine Gallery co-Director Hans Ulrich Obrist, do it بالعربي is a new version of the travelling exhibition which engages audiences through instructions of how to make artworks made by contemporary artists in from the region. Show less



NESTWORKS - Collaboration with a Conscience

• Shanghai City, China

• Intern

  • Feb 2014 - May 2014

  Undertook fieldwork comparing co-working spaces to assist in the design development of a project using significant investment to create the go-to launch pad for social innovation in China, and a global hub for assistive technology development. Compiled academic and professional intelligence on Inclusive Business practices, and evaluated their practical application within Nestworks. Evaluated Business Plan for investment readiness – leading to restructured Theory of Change model, key to the creation of toy-hacking events teaching people how to adapt standard toys for disabled children to use. Researched and created shortlist of successful crowd-funding campaigns, distilling shared characteristics for future fundraising campaigns. Drafted grant proposal, sought after to maximise social reach at project launch. Show less



Kid Castle Educational Corporation

• China
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Teacher of English as Foreign Language

  • Oct 2013 - May 2014

  TEFL Academy Combined TEFL Course (120 hours) and TEFL Online (40 hours) Taught students aged between 4 and 11: the equivalent of reception, KS1 and KS2 98% pass rate in mid-termly written and verbal exams taken by my 90+ students Fine-tuned public speaking and presentation skills and developed non-verbal communication methods to overcome language barriers Invented age-appropriate games to capture attention and imagination, encouraging children to learn in a safe and friendly environment for their 1.5 hour-long lessons Show less



Dot Dot Dot Property Ltd

• Bethnal Green

• Guardians'​ Intern

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2013

  First point of contact for prospective Volunteer Property Guardians for an award-winning Social Enterprise working to reduce the London housing crisis. Created a database to calculate Social Impact, incl. visual representation of information through infographics, increasing the accessibility of the data. Oversaw the reconstruction of company databases on Google Sheets from start to finish; rewrote all formulas and designed conditional formatting to maximise utility. First point of contact for prospective Volunteer Property Guardians for an award-winning Social Enterprise working to reduce the London housing crisis. Created a database to calculate Social Impact, incl. visual representation of information through infographics, increasing the accessibility of the data. Oversaw the reconstruction of company databases on Google Sheets from start to finish; rewrote all formulas and designed conditional formatting to maximise utility.



ClearlySo

• United Kingdom
• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Sep 2012

  ClearlySO is Europe’s Leading Impact Investment Bank. Published Case Study of emergent social enterprise on ClearlySo’s active and thought-leading sector-specific blog, including in-depth interview with founder and developed Online Archive of active social enterprises in Britain. Presented research based on analysis of competitors’ investment strategies to ClearlySo’s directors and chaired discussion of company responses to this data. Researched and delivered a report on educating clients on securing investment based on unpublished trend discussions. Persuaded new social entrepreneur to adopt all company services, from their initial enquiry, ensuring they had full support to help gain financial investment. Show less