Experience

The WOW Foundation

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Programmer

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  The WOW Foundation exists to build, convene and sustain a global movement that believes a gender equal world is desirable, possible and urgently required. I develop, curate and programme the London festival, spanning over 450 speakers and 100 sessions over 3 days and convening world leading speakers from across industry including tech, finance, climate leaders and more.

• Programmer

  • Sep 2019 - Apr 2020



Primadonna Festival and Prize CIO

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and Head of Programmes

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Co- founder and Head of Programmes of UK literary festival that aims to level up the publishing industry, discover new writing talent, and create aspirational and life-changing events for those who are least served by our literary and cultural establishments.

• Co-Founder of Primadonna Prize for Writing

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Co-founder of the Primadonna Prize for writing. Currently in its fifth year, the prize is for unsigned and unrepresented new writing talent. It was established to open up access to the publishing industry, and is judged anonymously and without regard to grammar or spelling: a first for a literary prize.



Purposeful

• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Artistic Programme Consultant

  • Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

  Spanning 6 days, the 10th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights saw Purposeful bring together participants from across the globe in feminist solidarity to mobilise history-in-the-making through pivotal dialogue, collective action, and force for change. ACSHR is convened by the African Federation for Sexual Health and Rights, and was hosted by Purposeful in partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone and international collaborators. My role was to programme, develop and deliver a strand of the international programme, working with world renowned speakers, thinkers and artists. Show less



Women Leaders South West

• Consultant and Mentor

  • Oct 2020 - Mar 2022

  A consultant brought in to help develop The Women Leaders South West programme which seeks to address the gender imbalance in senior roles in arts organisations. Also acted as a mentor to the first group of trailblazing women who were selected for the pioneering arts leadership programme. A consultant brought in to help develop The Women Leaders South West programme which seeks to address the gender imbalance in senior roles in arts organisations. Also acted as a mentor to the first group of trailblazing women who were selected for the pioneering arts leadership programme.



Shameless! Festival

• Lead Programmer

  • Jul 2021 - Nov 2021

  Lead programmer and curator for the award winning Shameless! festival of Activism against Sexual Violence, produced by SHaME and WOW - Women of the World. Shameless! brings together activism and art to confront and change attitudes towards sexual violence, share ideas, and imagine a rape free world created in collaboration by Birkbeck’s SHaME project and WOW. Lead programmer and curator for the award winning Shameless! festival of Activism against Sexual Violence, produced by SHaME and WOW - Women of the World. Shameless! brings together activism and art to confront and change attitudes towards sexual violence, share ideas, and imagine a rape free world created in collaboration by Birkbeck’s SHaME project and WOW.



Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Italia

• Italy
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programme Consultant

  • May 2020 - Sep 2021

  Programme consultant for the five day Human rights, Ripples of Hope Festival at HOME in Manchester. Programme consultant for the five day Human rights, Ripples of Hope Festival at HOME in Manchester.



Bare Lit Festival

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs

• Festival Coordinator

  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

  Festival co-ordinator of an independent, annual festival of stories, bringing together poets, journalists, playwrights and novelists of colour with readings and discussions, performances and debates, networking opportunities and workshops.

• Festival Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2017



Breakthrough festival

• Curator

  • May 2019 - Jun 2019

  Curated sessions for the Breakthrough Festival for working class writers Curated sessions for the Breakthrough Festival for working class writers



Tilted Axis Press

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

• Community and Engagement Manager

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2016