Experience

Edinburgh International Book Festival
• United Kingdom
• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Marketing Officer

  • Apr 2023 - Present


WRITERS'​ HQ

• United Kingdom
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writing Retreat Host and Workshop Facilitator

  • Apr 2019 - Present

  - Promoting the monthly retreats via social media, networking, and other channels - Effectively communicating the aims of the retreats to participants and creating a welcoming space - Encouraging participants and offering practical strategies to help them attain their writing goals - Promoting the monthly retreats via social media, networking, and other channels - Effectively communicating the aims of the retreats to participants and creating a welcoming space - Encouraging participants and offering practical strategies to help them attain their writing goals



Little's

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Dec 2021 - Mar 2023

• • Jan 2021 - Mar 2022

• • Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

• Author's Hospitality Assistant

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2019

  - Acting as the first point of contact for authors and other guests to the Authors’ Yurt - Working effectively within a small team to create a welcoming space for authors and guests - Confidently representing the Festival’s core values and personality in all areas of work - Liaising with press, technical, and administrative departments - Acting as the first point of contact for authors and other guests to the Authors’ Yurt - Working effectively within a small team to create a welcoming space for authors and guests - Confidently representing the Festival’s core values and personality in all areas of work - Liaising with press, technical, and administrative departments



University of Strathclyde

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Creative Writing Tutor

  • Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

  Teaching on and developing a new module on Strathclyde's Creative Writing MLitt called 'Reading Like a Writer' Teaching on and developing a new module on Strathclyde's Creative Writing MLitt called 'Reading Like a Writer'

• Creative Writing Teaching Associate

  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2018

  - Grading, moderating, and providing constructive editorial feedback on 100+ assignments per semester with a quick turnaround - Redesigning teaching materials and leading workshops for undergraduate and postgraduate students on the mechanics of writing fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry - Supervising undergraduate dissertation students - Listening to students, assessing needs, and liaising with colleagues to sensitively resolve issues relating to student wellbeing - Contributing to departmental meetings, including a school review - Promoting ‘Nuts and Bolts’ author-events to students via social media and promotional posters Show less



Quotidian Literary Magazine

• Editor In Chief

  • 2014 - 2017

  Quotidian was an online (www.quotidianmag.com) and print literary magazine with wide online readership and print distribution across Scotland. It featured short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry on ‘the everyday’ by students from Scottish universities alongside commissioned illustrations and photography. The magazine ran for 3 issues between 2014 - 2017. Responsibilities: - Reading and assessing high volumes of literary submissions, then editing and proofing the final selected pieces - Recruiting, managing, and working well within a small team of volunteer-editors - Promoting the magazine via social media, emailing relevant parties, and face-to-face networking, along with designing and producing promotional materials including posters and flyers - Designing and formatting the magazine, from creating the branding to formatting the content and working with illustrators on cover design - Building the website using Square Space and regularly creating, uploading, and formatting content - Overseeing every stage of the print management process - Using Excel to manage budgets and create reading-rotas for the editorial team - Successfully applying for funding from the competitive Strathclyde Alumni Fund - Sourcing and commissioning artwork from Scottish illustrators Show less

• Graduate Teaching Assistant (Creative Writing)

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

  - Grading, moderating, and providing constructive editorial feedback on creative writing assignments with a quick turnaround - Leading workshops for undergraduate Creative Writing students students on the mechanics of writing fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry - Listening to students, assessing needs, and liaising with colleagues to sensitively resolve issues relating to student wellbeing - Grading, moderating, and providing constructive editorial feedback on creative writing assignments with a quick turnaround - Leading workshops for undergraduate Creative Writing students students on the mechanics of writing fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry - Listening to students, assessing needs, and liaising with colleagues to sensitively resolve issues relating to student wellbeing