Experience

Lucy Cavendish College
• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Royal Literary Fund Fellow

  • Oct 2022 - Present

University of York
• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Royal Literary Fund Fellow

  • Sep 2020 - Jul 2022

THE LAURENCE STERNE TRUST
• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Museum Officer/Development Manager

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2022


Merton College, Oxford

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education

• Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2019

  Poet-in-residence at Merton, creating synergies between the creative arts and academia Poet-in-residence at Merton, creating synergies between the creative arts and academia


University Church of St Mary the Virgin
• United Kingdom
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Heritage Education and Volunteers Officer

  • Dec 2014 - Nov 2017


Royal Collection Trust

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

• Tapestries Co-ordinator (Collection Online)

  • Dec 2013 - Dec 2014

  - Researching the Collection's 300 tapestries and updating the Collections Management System for publication online - Project managing across 12 primary sites to arrange photography and a full condition survey of the tapestries - Moving delicate, heavy and priceless objects - Recording movements in the CMS - Writing articles about the collection - Planning development of site content, including writing a script for a short documentary on conservation - Assessing tapestries' condition with the aid of an accredited conservator and suggesting treatment/further checks - Scripting, directing and editing short introductory videos about tapestries for online presence Show less



The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

• Project Documentation Assistant

  • Feb 2011 - Dec 2013

  - Working within a small project team gathering object-related information from a variety of sources within the Museum; checking and updating relevant database records to agreed documentation standards, ready for web publication - Extensive use of collections database MuseumPlus and Microsoft Office software, including Excel - The keeping of thorough records and meticulous documentation regarding several areas of the Museum's Eastern Art collection, and information pertaining thereto - Liaising with members of academic and curatorial staff to obtain information regarding collections - Working closely with the team in developing existing standards for consistency of approach to updating records; writing conventions for new areas of work - Proofreading and editing of website descriptions in accordance with Oxford conventions of style; consulting sources such as OED, Hart's Rules and Oxford Reference Online to ensure precise and consistent use of terms - Research into the formative techniques of various objects Show less



The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Library Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  - Retrieving, ordering and assisting readers with the handling of special collections material, including the treasures of the Bodleian’s world-class collections - Use of Aleph library database - Interpretation of catalogues and handlists of various types and detail - Retrieving, ordering and assisting readers with the handling of special collections material, including the treasures of the Bodleian’s world-class collections - Use of Aleph library database - Interpretation of catalogues and handlists of various types and detail



Wordsworth Grasmere

• United Kingdom
• Museums
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern and Literature Assistant

  • Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  - Locating and transporting objects and artworks from the collection stores; hanging and display of objects; checking conditions with lux meters and relative humidity checks - Use of MODES XML; cataloguing - Transcribing William Wordsworth’s handwritten notes in the margin of his copy of Paradise Lost to provide a digitalised record; text encoding - Working with 1821-1851 censuses and records to build a permanent, searchable MODES record - Assisting the Literature Officer in poetry bookings for readings and festivals; giving tours to visiting poets; selling books - Research and proofreading for the “Tourism in the Lake District” webpages created by the Trust - Visitor services: giving guided tours of Dove Cottage, selling tickets and merchandise - Opening and closing the museum: addressing security and health and safety issues; collection maintenance Show less



Poetry Society

• United States
• Performing Arts

• PoetryQuest Young Poet Mentor

  • Feb 2010 - May 2010

  - Working with 9-11 year-olds to create an epic narrative - In association with The Prince’s Trust and The Poetry Society - Helping children produce creative responses to art - Working with 9-11 year-olds to create an epic narrative - In association with The Prince’s Trust and The Poetry Society - Helping children produce creative responses to art



Fairfax House

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer Assistant to Director; Room Host; Exhibition Researcher

  • Oct 2009 - Dec 2009

  - Research for an exhibition of eighteenth-century stays, petticoats and hoops, and writing panels for the exhibition - Administrative, secretarial and marketing work - Facilitating publicity; digitalisation of media; using Microsoft Excel and Photoshop - Teaching visitors about the house’s history, collection and family, and about life in Georgian York - Research for an exhibition of eighteenth-century stays, petticoats and hoops, and writing panels for the exhibition - Administrative, secretarial and marketing work - Facilitating publicity; digitalisation of media; using Microsoft Excel and Photoshop - Teaching visitors about the house’s history, collection and family, and about life in Georgian York