Education2002 – 2005 Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance, LondonBA (Hons) in Dance Theatre - 2.12000 – 2002 Homewood Sixth Form Centre, KentA Levels in Performing Arts (B) and Dance (A), and AS Level Art (A)1995 – 2000 Homewood School, Kent11 GCSEs in English Language (A), English Literature (B), Mathematics (C), Art (A), Dance (A), Photography (A), Drama (B), German (B), Biology (B), Physics & Chemistry (B) & Design Technology (B)Keys skills & experience2005 –- current Freelance StylistMy work as a stylist for artist promotion, fashion editorial, film and runway presentation includes:• Dansk, iD & Mr Porter, assistant/stylist for fashion director/stylist Toby Grimditch (2008 – current).• Vogue Japan, SS10 beauty story, photographer Sølve Sundsbø (May 2010).• Sandy Powell/Oliver Garcia, historical costume research for feature film 'Medieval’ (working title), director Rob Cohen (August 2009).• LadyHawke, ‘'Magic'’ promotional music video, director Shelly Love (August 2009).• Tommy Sparks, ‘'Miracle'’ promotional music video, director Shelly Love (June 2009).• Rufus Wainwright, ‘Rules and Regulations’ promotional music video, director Petro Kauffman (May 2007).• JW Anderson, Menswear and accessories lines (April 2007).2011 - current Museum of British Folklore – Head of Digital & Social Media The Museum of British Folklore is a new project founded by Simon Costin which is producing a series of promotional pop-up exhibitions and shops in country houses and other museums, acquiring collections and fundraising for permanent premises. As Head of Digital and Social Media, I have set-up new IT systems and drafted media plans for utilising social media including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.2010 - current One Week Media – Contact Databases ManagerSince August 2010, I have worked for One Week Media, a new-media company developing internet-based business-to-business marketing and community building projects. My main role is to maintain and improve a wide variety of contact databases relating to leading companies such as Barclays, Eurostar, American Express and Sainsbury’s.2010 LIFT – Digital Media and Marketing InternshipFor a fixed term of 4 months, I joined the London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) organisational team as the digital media and marketing intern in the lead up to the LIFT 2010 Festival, consisting of 93 performances by 21 artist companies at 11 venues over 4 weeks. Throughout the festival, I continuously maintained the online presence through a 140-page website (www.liftfestival.com) and social media. I used a webmatrix to create event pages and blogs. I inputted copy forwarded to me from LIFT’s departments, artist companies, venues, funding partners, and media/press, and my own copy – all according to LIFT house style. I worked with HTML coding to format copy, link the website internally for easy navigation, and embed external links. I ensured continuity of brand awareness, logos and credits in all online presence. I created a LIFT/arts sector RSS aggregator of arts and related current affairs to update office staff. I recorded, edited and uploaded audio, video and photographic material using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign and Apple Mac editing software.2006 – 2010 Performance Art / CurationSince my graduation I have continued my arts practice, progressing from movement based performance to creating theatrical installations. My largest project to date was ‘'the welcoming party'’ for Shame goes Girly in July 2009 where I produced an scenographic installation involving 11 performers for the foyer space at the O2 Academy Brixton, London, commissioned by Olivier Award Winning Duckie Ltd. Most recently I curated performance for a Piano Lounge space at Gross Indecency, a pre gay liberation style nightclub by Duckie Ltd in July 2010.July – Sept 2009 Wanchor Magazine – Contributions EditorTo coincide with the runway presentation MAN during London Fashion Week September 2009, I worked with JW Anderson and Toby Grimditch in creating Wanchor Magazine. My role was to organise and collate contributions and work closely with the graphics team in formatting artists' work into an A3 magazine which folded out into an A0 poster print. The magazine was an opportunity for established and up-and-coming talent to showcase their work side by side and present a rounded view on current movements in creative fashion. I worked with established contributors such as Alex Sainsbury (photographer, iD Magazine), Carlotta Manaigo (photographer, V Magazine), Richard Gray (writer, 10 Magazine) and Anders Sølvsten-Thomsen (stylist, LOVE Magazine), alongside new talents Nicolas Ripoll (photographer), Robert William Eaton (stylist) and Sam Cotton (illustrator). 2007 – 2009 Twosee – Co-Manager / ManagerFrom November 2007 to November 2008, I co-managed the daily running of the store whose focus was to promote new design to the London Fashion scene and act as a launch platform for designers including JW Anderson, Jean-Pierre Braganza and Hannah Martin. I dealt with sales reports and invoicing, curated in-store events, arranged press and promotional launches, and maintained the store's online presence and press relationships. In November 2008 I was appointed as sole Manager.Feb 2007 – Nov 2007 Liberty plc – Sales Assistant I worked within the women's international collections and liaised with the sales representatives of the store's main luxury brands. I helped maintain the Dries Van Noten in-house visual merchandising style and was given in-depth product knowledge to cascade on to other Liberty employees. I also assisted with department administration, brand and client correspondence, and acted as a personal shopper for a number of valued clients. Additional informationI have excellent IT skills on PC and Mac platforms. In my spare time I enjoy music including Goblin, The Shangri-Las and Moondog; the films of Josef von Sternberg; and going to dance theatre performances and exhibitions – recently, Jan Gossaert's Renaissance at the National Gallery, Wim Wender's Places, strange and quiet at the Haunch of Venison; The Sacred Made Real at the National Gallery; Chord by Conrad Shawcross; and les ballets C de la B, Out of Context - for Pina.
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