Curriculum Vitae
COOL BRITANNIA, London and Cape Town, February – July 2010
Presenter
- Did the voice announcements for every act including Estelle, Fat Boy Slim, Die Antwoord, HHP and Dirty Skirtz over the period of the festival to audiences of up to 10,000 people
- Interviewed the talent and guests at the event, including Estelle
- Represented Cool Britannia on many national radio stations
- Represented Cool Britannia in many press and camera opportunities
Event Manager
- Put together the entire artist programme with Clive Newman
- Artist Liaison for the entire event. Managed a team of 11 staff to operate the airport, hotels, backstage and stage management
- Helped with sponsorship deals
- Aided press, PR and marketing team
HEART FM, Cape Town, June 2010
Crossings
- Did live crossings from the Cool Britannia site to the Heart FM studio
HENRIK VERMEULEN, Cape Town, June 2010
Presenter
- Hosted the couture fashion show at the CTICC, next to international DJ Dino Moran
- Wore the couture clothing and hosted the show to an audience in the thousands
ZOOPY TV, Cape Town, May – June 2010
Presenter
- Represented Cool Britannia for all Zoopy TV interviews
UCT RADIO, Cape Town, May – June 2010
Radio Guest
- Daily slot on drive time in the lead up to Cool Britannia
COOL BRITANNIA for SOCCER AM, Cape Town, May 2010
Presenter
- Represented Cool Britannia and Durex for the Soccer AM competition that we were running in the lead up to the Cool Britannia event
COMPUTICKET, Cape Town, March – June 2010
Voiceover
- Recorded the voiceover for Cool Britannia to be played in all Computicket and Shoprite Checkers stores around South Africa
WHITE WORLD, Verbier, January – February 2010
Presenter
- Presented the White World online series in Verbier ski resort
ESCAPE THE CITY Launch Party, London, January 2010
Presenter
- Co-hosted the 600 person event at Guanabara Nightclub
CLARITY, London, December 2009
Production Assistant
- Gained first hand film set experience
FREEZE, London, October/ November 2009
Guest List
- Worked on the door of the Snowboarding and Ski World Cup Big Air Competition and music festival
- Dealt with a lot of the press, competitors and bands
- Helped with preparations for the event
WWW.ESCAPETHECITY.ORG, London, September 2009 – January 2010
Presenter and Event Organiser
- Currently work alongside the two founders of Esc by interviewing all of the ESC heroes
- I am involved in all the film, interview and video production aspects of the website
- I organise the ESC events, talks and meetings
SIMPLY MEDIA, London, May 2009
Presenter
- Presented the promotional video for the extreme sports programme, ‘White World’, (promotional client video for potential sponsorship)
FRONTIER, London, May 2009
Blogger
- Was selected to keep a two week long blog, replying to tasks that Frontier set, for an Independent Minds survey
- Prepared videos and a talk for 3 minutes without preparation, pictures, photos and text to answer the questions
PRESENTERS INC, London, April 2009 – October 2009
Runner
- Worked with auto cues and cameras, lighting, ear pieces and microphones
- Marked in/ out times and good takes for the editor
- Helped with scripts, outfits and makeup
- Helped look after all aspects of the course, including clients, presenters and technical team.
KING-LEWIS, London, February 2009 – January 2010
Personal Assistant, Nanny and Event Organiser
- Sole organiser of their 150 person Bat Mitzvah event.
WALKER HAMILL EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM, London, 2007 – January 2009
Public Practice Consultant
- Set up a new team whose primary focus was headhunting accountants for roles within other Professional Services firms
- Advanced understanding of all areas of finance
- Interviewed relevant candidates from junior to partner/director level
- Regular cold-calling and relationship building with financial candidates from junior to partner level
- Pitched for new business and representing company at financial evenings
- Mapped and researched any company for relevant candidates.
Temp work from 2000 – 2007, through school and university.
Charity Work
- Sourced all the designers for SE ONE fashion show, which raised £15,000 for the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust in January 2009
- Started and solely organised the Oxford Brookes fashion show, which raised £500 for Breast Cancer Research in November 2006
Qualifications/ Education
- BA History of Art, Oxford Brookes University, 2004 – 2007
- 4 A-Levels and 9 GCSEs, Downe House School, 1996 – 2003
Interests
- Travel
- Skiing, Extreme and Outdoor Sports
- Art, Music and Fashion