Experience

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  Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art

  • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Coordinator

    • Mar 2024 - Present
    • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Coordinator for an International Delegates Programme that will take place during Glasgow International in June. I am responsible for organising the logistics of the programme in Glasgow, supporting the delegates to get the most out of their trip to Scotland, and building connections between the delegates and artists and organisations based in Glasgow and Scotland.

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  Rhubaba Gallery and Studios

  • Executive Producer

    • Sep 2021 - Present

    Producer of 'maud.' (2022) a short film about Scottish-Ghanian artist Maud Sulter.

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  Freelance

  • Journalist

    • Dec 2018 - Present

    Journalist and editor writing content for web and print publications.Contributed to gal-dem, The Herald, The National, Black Ballad, Fringe of Colour and more. Published in 'Imagined Spaces' by The Voyage Out Press and Monstrous Regiment’s anthology 'So Hormonal'.

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  Glasgow Film Festival

  • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Programmer

    • Dec 2020 - Apr 2024
    • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

    In collaboration with Natasha Ruwona I programmed ‘Welcome To’ (2021) and ‘What Stories Shall We Tell’ (2022).We secured the film titles, negotiated with distributors, managed the budget, and wrote copy. We produced a programme of live and digital events to accompany our strands and the industry programme; ‘Welcome To the Conversation: Where are all the Black Scottish Feature Films?’ (2021) and commissioned 5 contemporary Black creators to respond to the programme (2021). We worked with GFF to offer a discounted and free ticket code for Black and PoC audience members.

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  International Film Festival Rotterdam

  • Editorial Coordinator

    • Oct 2023 - Feb 2024

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  Edinburgh International Film Festival

  • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Project Manager - Critical Writing Commissions

    • Jul 2023 - Oct 2023
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Fringe of Colour Films

  • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Editorial Director

    • Jan 2023 - Sep 2023
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Fringe of Colour Films is a hybrid arts festival taking place in Edinburgh and online (https://www.fringeofcolour.co.uk/). One of three directors who directs and manages the festival team and is responsible for all decision making. As Editorial Director I manage our Responses publishing platform, commissioning, editing, and working with Black writers and Writers of Colour to respond to the films in our programme.

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  International Film Festival Rotterdam

  • Publication Project Coordinator

    • Sep 2022 - Jan 2023

    Co-ordinated the publication process and review edited a book about Hungarian filmmaker Judit Elek. I oversaw the writing, editing and translating process. Communicating with the team and different stakeholders I set deadlines and monitored the workflow bringing the publication to a cohesive hole which we launched in January 2023.

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  Tiny Changes

  • Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Digital Consultant

    • May 2021 - Sep 2022
    • Scotland, United Kingdom

    I managed the social media planner for Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and created on-brand content. I wrote engaging copy for the newsletter and website and led or supported the digital communications for key charity moments.

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  Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art

  • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Production Manager

    • May 2021 - Jul 2021
    • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

    In collaboration with Natasha Ruwona produced live, hybrid and pre-recorded events for Glasgow International. We worked closely with partner venues and key stakeholders such as the Roberts Institute of Art and curated the festival opening party on Clyde Built Radio.

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  Black Ballad

  • Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Scotland Regional Editor

    • Jul 2020 - Dec 2020
    • Scotland, United Kingdom

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  The Empower Project

  • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Project Manager

    • Nov 2019 - Nov 2020
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Designed and facilitated 'Empower Trustees'; a leadership and mentor programme to support more young women under 30 into board positions.

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  Bohemia Club Ltd

  • United Kingdom

  • Social Media Manager

    • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
    • United Kingdom

    I managed the Bohemia UK and CLEMENCY UK social media channels (Twitter, Instagram and Facebook) for the UK release of CLEMENCY. I created a social media release strategy using CMS.

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  BBC

  • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Contributor and Content Creator

    • Jan 2017 - May 2020
    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Independently researching, writing, filming and editing online content about contemporary social and political issues of my interest for BBC The Social. Regular contributor to BBC Radio Scotland; Sunday Morning with Cathy McDonald and The Kaye Adams Programme.

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  Entertainment One

  • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Grassroots Coordinator: Queen and Slim

    • Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
    • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

    In partnership with my colleague we managed the regional online and offline marketing for the UK release of Queen and Slim. This included managing a budget, engaging with local ambassadors and local. press. We produced three successful events; post-screening Q&A at Cineworld, sold-out zine workshop and poetry workshop.

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  sTUFFs

  • Digital Media Producer

    • Apr 2019 - Sep 2019

    Working closely with our client, Foodies Festival, a food festival taking place in 8 UK locations. I created and maintained relationships with over 100 UK influencers, co-ordinating social media content sponsored by Just Eat and Mateus Wine.

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  YWCA Scotland - The Young Women's Movement

  • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Intern for the Young Women Lead Programme

    • Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    YWCA Scotland is an 160 year old feminist organisation and part of a worldwide movement of women leading change. Provided key support for the design, delivery and facilitation of award-winning leadership programme, ‘Young Women Lead’ in partnership with the Scottish Parliament during its pilot year.

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  Stellar Quines

  • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Social Media and Digital Intern

    • Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    I used the marketing plan to design and implement a targeted cross platform social media strategy to promote ‘The Last Queen of Scotland’ during its Edinburgh Fringe run. I identified Instagram as a key marketing tool for Stellar Quines and initiated its relaunch for the company.