CV

Current Freelance Roles

March 2024 – Present Executive Assistant to CEO, ScotsCare

March 2024 – Present Coordinator, Scots in London Events Ltd. The St Andrew’s Book Festival

April 2023 – Present Archiving Project for a private client

Education and Training

MA Cultural Heritage, UCL

PG Cert Management, Anglia Ruskin University

MA Cantab History, University of Cambridge

Training courses on collections management and education themes run by SHARE Museums East, Museums Association etc.

Past Roles

May 2023 – December 2025 Communications and Events Coordinator – Scots in London

Managing the website, social media and coordinating the events programme of this new initiative bringing together 10 Scottish organisations across London

2015 – 2025 Trustee of John Ray Trust, Chair since 2021

2017 – 2023 Voluntary Projects while on Family Career Break

Volunteer Member, Hatfield Peverel Parish Council History Working Group (2021 – Present): Research; led on developing a public exhibition for the project; developed a related school activity pack

Volunteer at Chelmsford Museum (2019): Object handling and events

Volunteer with Snapping the Stiletto (2019): Events volunteer, wrote Wikipedia article on Florence Attridge

Feb – May 2017 Public Engagement Officer, Epping Forest District Museum, Chelmsford Museum and Lowewood Museum

A cross-museum role with ACE funding. Led on engagement with underrepresented audiences and workforces, accessibility audits and improvements, piloted engagement projects including the foundations for what is now an annual cultural event at Chelmsford Museum

2016 – 2017 Exhibitions Officer (Pulhams), Lowewood Museum

HLF funded project. Key elements included designing and curating a touring exhibition; designing on-site interpretation, an events program and online educational resources.

2013 – 2016 Education and Exhibitions Curator (previously Collections and Interpretation Officer), Braintree Museum

I first undertook maternity cover for the Collections Manager, primary areas of responsibility Collections Management and Exhibitions. In March 2015 my role migrated to managing the Education Department as well as continuing to be responsible for exhibitions and broader interpretation. Both roles involved volunteer and freelancer management.

Education – Managing the freelancer team, creating content and resources for schools, managing all informal learning including in-house and outreach talks, adult group visits, handling loan boxes. Key achievements: developing and launching 3 new packages for schools, recruiting 5 new freelancers

Exhibitions and Interpretation: Managing all aspects of the temporary exhibition program plus the main gallery displays. Key achievements: Body Science exhibition was the museum’s first blockbuster, with record-breaking visitor figures; designing modern low-budget interactives.

Collections Management: Accessioning, cataloguing, environmental monitoring, answering research enquiries, managing museum loans, responding to archaeology deposition requests

Marketing: Marketing exhibitions and events via press releases, radio interviews, social media and marketing materials; monthly newsletter, overseeing website. Key Achievements: Launching the Museum’s blog and first annual What’s On guide; securing and writing monthly Museum column in a local magazine

2011 – 2013 Completing Masters in Cultural Heritage, plus undertaking these roles:

2013 Community Engagement Consultant and Collections Volunteer, Braintree Museum

Designed and implemented first stage of community consultations for the Museum and its proposed redevelopment. Assisted with accessioning, writing exhibition labels and events.

2012 Collections Management Intern, Braintree Museum

Sorting, accessioning, cataloguing and storing the archive of a local industry of national importance (Crittall Window archive), organising a crowdsourcing event to gain new materials for archive and supporting the Collections Manager in the daily running of the Collections Office.

2012 Interpretation team Intern, Hampton Court Palace

Undertook a front-end visitor evaluation project to inform the updating of the introductory exhibition for the Baroque palace.

2012 Exhibition Team Member, UCL and Geffrye Museum of the Home

Co-curated exhibition on Student Homes as part of the Geffrye’s Cultural Olympiad and my Masters, from initial research through to text writing and design suggestions.

2012 Registration and Data Quality Officer, Anglia Ruskin University

2011 Voluntary Assistant, Historic Environment Department, Essex County Council

Produced report on the historic gas works sites in Essex. This included: desk-based and field research; production of historic and current maps using ARC GIS

2010 – 2011 Registration and Audit Administrator, Anglia Ruskin University

2009 Customer Relations Adviser, Anglia Ruskin University