Experience

Royal College of Art

• United Kingdom
• Design Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• • May 2023 - Present

  Administrator for the AHRC-funded project Frozen Futures, primarily working with the Principal Investigator to disseminate the project's research outcomes.

• • Nov 2018 - Present

  Member of a small team of scholars at the RCA and UNSW, developing an experimental initiative that explores and develops decolonial praxis in art and design. I assist in the conceptualisation, planning and delivery of all OPEN events, workshops and initiatives. I have acted as graphic designer on all visual materials (including branding, posters and website) and took the lead on OPEN's social media and online presence. I co-led the development, design and curation of an online exhibition, Emotional Practices (Sept 2019), which explores emotional positions through a decolonial lens, invoking radical digital methodologies. Most recently, I ran a workshop at the V&A Museum for London Design Week 2019, as part of Ella Britton's V&A artistic residency exploring experimental design pedagogy. Show less

• • Sep 2020 - Sep 2022

  Visiting Lecturer for the RCA/V&A Museum MA in History of Design (Theory, Skills and Methods Unit).

• • Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  Administrator for the 2020-2021 Design Trust / Royal College of Art Fellowship in Design Curation recruitment. Responsibilities include: - Helping to develop and then execute a communications plan with RCA Communications & Marketing (including writing copy for the RCA News website, coordinating social media output, coordinating external advertising and contacting alumni networks);- Liaising with all stakeholders to manage diaries and organise meetings;- Processing applications, and coordinating short-listing and interviews;- Acting as first point of contact for any Fellowship queries. Show less



Yinka Shonibare Foundation

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

• Researcher

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  Conducting research that will become content of an exhibition created by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare, at a major London gallery in 2024. Conducting research that will become content of an exhibition created by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare, at a major London gallery in 2024.



London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Associate Lecturer

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Associate Lecturer in Cultural & Historical Studies. I teach and act as supervisor across courses and year groups on the Contextualising Your Practice, CHS Dissertation and Fashion Cultures & Histories modules. Associate Lecturer in Cultural & Historical Studies. I teach and act as supervisor across courses and year groups on the Contextualising Your Practice, CHS Dissertation and Fashion Cultures & Histories modules.



Bristol Museums Development Trust

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

• Independent Consultant

  • Jun 2022 - Jun 2022

  Advising on a variety of objects anticipated for display as part of a forthcoming exhibition to 'coincide with two others, all exploring and memorialising the roles in the World Wars of countries colonised by Britain: including John Akomfrah’s video installation Mimesis: African Soldier and Sweet Patootee Arts’ Caribbean-set installation Turning Point.' Advising on a variety of objects anticipated for display as part of a forthcoming exhibition to 'coincide with two others, all exploring and memorialising the roles in the World Wars of countries colonised by Britain: including John Akomfrah’s video installation Mimesis: African Soldier and Sweet Patootee Arts’ Caribbean-set installation Turning Point.'



Exponential View

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher

  • Mar 2019 - Sep 2020

  Editorial and research assistance to Azeem Azhar, curator of the Exponential View podcast and newsletter presented by Harvard Business Review. I was responsible for research across the tech sphere to inform various projects, including the EV podcast and newsletter, panel discussions at CogX, international keynote speeches, and other publications. I concurrently provided editorial assistance across a range of EV outputs, including the weekly newsletter and premium subscriber content (eg original transcripts of the podcast interviews, articles, speeches etc). Show less



The Design Museum

• United Kingdom
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Curatorial Researcher

  • Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

  Working as part of small curatorial teams on the development and conceptualisation of two forthcoming exhibitions; researching material related to the content and context of the exhibitions; assisting on the administration of loans. Working as part of small curatorial teams on the development and conceptualisation of two forthcoming exhibitions; researching material related to the content and context of the exhibitions; assisting on the administration of loans.



Linklaters

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainee Solicitor

  • Sep 2014 - Sep 2016

  I completed my training contract at Linklaters, returning to university to pursue postgraduate academic studies on qualification. Across the four six-monthly rotations, I sat in the firm's Banking, Financial Regulation, Dispute Regulation and Derivatives & Structured Products groups. I completed my training contract at Linklaters, returning to university to pursue postgraduate academic studies on qualification. Across the four six-monthly rotations, I sat in the firm's Banking, Financial Regulation, Dispute Regulation and Derivatives & Structured Products groups.