As a Creative Producer\/ Programme Manager I have produced and delivered programmes with a wide range of creative organisations working across Film, Theatre and Visual arts including with Ffilm Cymru, WOW Film Festival, Arts Council of Wales, BBC Wales, Volcano Theatre and Winding Snake Productions. With a wealth of experience in development, partnerships and programme collaboration in the creative sector across Wales\u2014I am an imaginative and innovative thinker, as well as a versatile and confident communicator.<\/p>\n
Some of my highlights include:
\n–\tPartnership Manager- Ffilm Cymru delivering place based creative skills and training programmes in Newport and Swansea, opening up creative work experience and hand on training opportunities in Film including work with Creative Swansea, BBC Studios and Tin Shed Theatre.
\n–\tProgramme Manager\/Producer on Ffolio, a talent development scheme for new Writer\/Directors with BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Arts and the Arts Council of Wales;
\n–\tFilm in Afan; Project Manager on Ffilm Cymru\u2019s pioneering mobile cinema, film education and community regeneration programme.
\n–\tProduced Film Education work around \u201cWe\u2019re Still Here\u201d with National Theatre Wales.
\n–\tProject Manager- Foot in the Door trainee skills programme including on Keeping Faith \/ Un bore Mercher (BBC\/S4C\/Vox Productions) and Euros Lyn\u2019s Dream Horse, GALWAD (National Theatre Wales\/Sky Arts).
\n–\tProject Manager\/Programmer- WOW Film Festival- Women\u2019s Film Club Film screenings and events.
\n–\tProject Manager- Volcano Theatre- producing two large scale street art festivals on Swansea\u2019s High Street with a mix of national and local artists and creatives, across theatre, performance and visual arts.
\n–\tArts and marketing development at the Welfare arts and community venue and Swansea University; curating and programming high quality arts experiences in both urban and rural areas of Wales. <\/p>\n
I began my career as a Television Researcher (self-shooting) on factual and light entertainment programmes broadcast on BBC and ITV. I then set up and managed Media Production company Spill Media for 6 years; producing promotional film, marketing content and delivering practical filmmaking and digital story workshops. This included working in Communities First areas and teaching in primary and secondary schools and in community settings across Wales.
\nSkills Include-
\nCreative producing, programming and curation.
\nCommunity engagement and audience development.
\nProgramme inception, delivery and management.
\nTraining and facilitation (creative careers and practical filmmaking).<\/p>\n
Board Member for Gower College Creative Industries Board (past)
\nBoard Member Swansea University Media and Communication Industry Panel (present)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":536,"featured_media":4084,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-4083","business","type-business","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n