Profile

An aspiring Museum Professional recently awarded a Distinction at MA in Museum and Gallery Studies from Kingston School of Art. Experience in a variety of specialist customer facing and event management roles across commercial and not for profit sectors on a freelance and employed basis.

Experience

Registered Sign Language Interpreter

Freelance

2013 - 2019

Working as a freelance Sign Language Interpreter in various settings and domains, specialising in Arts in Higher Education.

Responsibilities included providing British Sign Language/English interpretation and translation for lectures, tutorials, class meetings, presentations and informal settings.

Course Administrator

Signamic Ltd 

2009 - 2013

Working in a front-of-house/administrative role for a Sign Language Training Centre.

Responsibilities included Student Registration, ongoing course administration, liaising with trainers regarding course content, and preparation of course materials.

Programme Manager

Shape

2004 - 2009

Facilitating and supporting the development and delivery of arts projects within a Deaf and Disabled arts company.

Responsibilities included liaising with artists and other programme managers to deliver arts projects in a timely fashion to the satisfaction of participants, audiences and stakeholders. Ensuring all artistic output of the department was accessible to a range of audiences.. Designing exhibitions and performance spaces for Shape’s own exhibition space. Providing communication support for Deaf artists and colleagues.

Communication Support Worker

Southampton Social Services  

2002 - 2004

Working as a Communication Support Worker for a Deaf Care Manager within Social Services Department of Southampton City Council.

Responsibilities included providing communication support (British Sign Language/English) for client visits, and meetings within Social Services as well as with other council departments and stakeholders.

Business Analyst

Winterthur Life

1985 - 2002

Working as a Mortgage Business Analyst for Winterthur Life - part of the Credit Suisse group.

Responsibilities included providing senior management-level reports on markets and products within the retail mortgage sector. Liaising with clients and providers to develop new mortgage products.

Education            

Kingston School Of Art 2022 - 2023

MA (Distinction)

Museum and Gallery Studies

Kingston School Of Art 2019 - 2023

BA Hons (First Class)

Creative and Cultural Industries (Curation: Events and Exhibitions)

Signamic Ltd

2009 - 2013

Signature/CACDP Level 6 NVQ British Sign Language (Language & Culture)

Signature/CACDP Level 6 NVQ British Sign Language (Interpreting)

Peter Symonds College

Winchester

1982 - 1985

3 ‘A’ Levels

St Marys College

Southampton

1977 - 1985

5 ‘O’ Levels