Looking to increase my freelance festival and event work to develop my event management skills.
3 years as Deputy Venue at Albert Hall Manchester, a multi purpose 3,000 capacity venue specialising in live, club and private hire events
Currently Assistant General Manager at Content Arena Liverpool. A new multi purpose 2,500 capacity event venue
Freelance work at venues including Moovin Festival, Manchester Pride, Sounds of the other city and YES Mcr
Skills include - venue management, artist liaison, stage assistant, event managing.
Working alongside club events manager to build a world class programme of events Assisting with marketing campaigns for events including website listings, Facebook events, sponsored events, database management, e-flyer’s, proof reading, Instagram/twitter, writing blogs. Managing listings on various ticketing websites Working on the night of events
Planning, developing and implementing effective marketing communication campaigns Writing copy for all marketing collateral Managing and running social media including Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat & Instagram Creation and implementation of new Club nights. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Answering of telephone to potential bookings Sticking to a budgeting and managing costings
A new multi purpose events venue and outdoor garden in the heart of Liverpool's Baltic Triangle. Currently home to Bongo's Bingo, an exciting twist on the traditional game of bingo. Co-ordinating the setup of the venue and load in/out Ensuring bars are stocked, staffed and prepped for high intensity trading Allocating & managing large teams Incident management and exercising due diligence Ensure we are compliant with the licensing objectives and ensuring our guests are safe Artist & promotor liaison Relationship management with techs, reps, tour managers & medics. Reconciling ticketing and event P&L’s Managing Payroll - adhering to forecasts and budgets Competing end of week finances and safe reconciliation Staff Training, Recruitment and Development Forecasting whilst adhering to budgets for each period of events.
Co-ordinating the setup of the venue and load in/out Ensuring bars are stocked, staffed and prepped for high intensity trading Auditing the venue to ensure it is safe & sparkling for guests Allocating & managing large teams and deliver world class briefings Incident management and exercising due diligence Ensure we are compliant with the licensing objectives and ensuring our guests are safe Artist & promotor liaison Relationship management with techs, reps, tour managers & medics. Reconciling ticketing and event P&L’s Working on busy events for The Warehouse Project, Manchester Pride in a 3,000 capacity venue. Managing Payroll - adhering to forecasts and budgets Competing end of week finances and safe reconciliation Staff Training, Recruitment and Development – Including mentoring potential venue managers during their training programme Forecasting whilst adhering to budgets for each period of events.
Modules studied; Radio Short Forms Radio Production Skills Introduction to Event Management Events Management In Action Marketing for Tourism & Events Advanced Radio Production Skills Radio Sequence Programmes Planning, Managing and Evaluating Events Sports & Cultural Events Work Based Learning - 6 week placement in Event Marketing & Promotion for Mission Mars (Albert Hall, Gorilla, The Deaf Institute Marketing Communications Digital PR & Social Media Events in Context News, Agendas Discourse & Commercialisation Understanding Celebrity Culture Radio Management Projects (Social Media Manager for student radio channel for the year)
Modules including; Principles and Practice of Tourism, Hospitality and Events Management Development in T, H & E Managing Quality Service Research Methodology: Theory and Practice Event Management Festivals, Arts, Cultural and Heritage Events Plus a 12,000 word dissertation titled "Should Voluntary forensic drug testing be implemented at UK festivals and music events?"