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