I am the Fashion Film Lecturer at Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University.

As a lecturer, I have been working since 2013 in creative arts institutions, including Manchester School of Art and Univeristy of Salford School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology. 

I’m passionate about collaborative practices, and an emphasis on contextual underpinning in arts based outcomes. Working as a filmmaker, my passion is to create engaging work with themes of place and cultural memory, using both documentary and experimental methodologies. 

I currently sit as Digital Content Lead (Film) for the Manchester Fashion Institute Reputation & Profile Working Group.

Membership of professional associations

Fellow of the AdvanceHE (FHEA)

Current Practioner roles

2016 - Present: Associate Artist with Ransack Theatre, currently with Supported Artist status at Royal Exchange Theatre, working as Film Director, recently installing moving image work with performance for the Co:Lab Festival.

2021 - Present: Director and Filmmaker for Fashion Brand errornogo, developing moving image content and brand identity.

2021- Present: Performing as The Self, in the role of Visual Artist in collaboration with Sound Artist and Musician Connor Haynes
Performances include New Weird North West, Band and the Wall and New River Studios.

Academic and professional qualifications

2017-2018 | MA Filmmaking, Manchester School of Art
- Research focus on moving image works on urban spaces in transition, working with Manchester Council in Hulme
- Cultural Digital Designer in Residency with People’s History Museum and Abraham Moss High School

2016-2017 | PGCLTHE, Distinction, University Teaching Academy, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Specialising on Creativity in Learning for final FLEX Unit, receiving Distinction award

2010-2013 | BA (Hons) Contemporary Film & Video, 1st, Manchester School of Art
- Winner of Student Royal Television Society Award for Best North West Factual.
 

Prizes and awards

Winner 2012 Student Royal Television Society Awards - A Browner Shade of Pale - North West Best Factual

Teaching

I delivered workshops, lectures and and supervision for Level 6 Fashion Art Direction and Fashion Promotion students, including masterclasses on fashion film production, which resulted in notable student achievements like the IFFTI Film Award and GFW shortlists. I also teaching on contextual modules such as Contextualising Practice 3 and Fashion Futures, leading seminars and supervision for undergraduate students final essays.

I contributed to a live brief with Fashion Art Direction and Fashion with Alexander McQueen during the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic years, which included organizing events, industry pitch and feedback experiences, and supporting student submissions. This collaboration led to several exhibitions showcasing student work. I also organized industry events, such as talks by figures from organisations such as TATE, Conde Nast, Iconic Archive, SEVENSTORE, to enhance knowledge exchange and networking.
 

For 2024/25 I am currently teaching key modules such as Industry Proposal and Fashion Futures at Level 6. In Semester 2, I will be leading the Level 5 Fashion X module for Fashion Art Direction and Fashion Communication, and the Responding module for Level 4 students.
 

Postgraduate research supervision

MSc International Fashion Marketing, supervising all students to successful submission and progression on Final Major Projects.

Career highlights

Lecturer
BA Film & Screen Media, HE Creative Arts, University Centre Leeds

Responsible for curriculum development and devising module handbooks, delivering workshops, lectures and leading tutorials across all levels of the course, with also supporting student learning via Google Classroom e-learning platform. Co-ordinator for External Projects including, Phoenix Dance Company and British and Irish Modern Music Institute.

Associate Lecturer

BA Filmmaking, Manchester School of Art

Delivering lectures and workshops and supported the following; Level 4 Film Art, Film Storytelling, Unit X, Level 5 Exploration, Narrative, Thematic and Level 6 Professional Employability. Working as workshop facilitator, lecturer and seminar tutor, each of these units required specific subject and contextual based knowledge. Planning and organising trips including Internation Film Festival Rotterdam and Aesthetica Film Festival. Managing the Online Cinema collection, and submissions to prestigous awards and competitions.

Associate Lecturer
Critical & Contextual Studies, University of Salford

Teaching Level 5 Students from Interior Set Design and Film & TV Set Design on the subject of Global Visual Culture, Responding to Creative Contexts. Planning curriculum, delivering lectures, and designing interactive workshop sessions with Seminar Groups, through to assessment.

Research

Projects and initiatives

Selected Projects
2018 | Cultural Digital Designer in Residence with People’s History Museum and Abraham Moss School, working in response to Represent! Voices 100 years On; as People’s History Museum marks the centenary of the Representation of the People Act. This was a funded residency working with young people in North Manchester, creating a series of short films about representation and community.

2018 | Co-Project Manager of the Scramble Bag project, with Manchester Art Gallery as part of the Thursday Lates and Lifelong Learning Programmes. This was a funded project delivering an arts engagement tool in response to Arte Utile approach to the Lates programme, I co-managed a team in design and marketing, as well as overseeing the budget.

Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions

2024 | Space Liverpool, Locating Menswear Forum - Cricket Kit Boundaries 

2022 | Contact Theatre, Manchester, Cocktails & Cinquains - City Collage #1 w/ Rory Aaron

2021 | Bankley Gallery, Manchester - Loose Articles, Kick Like a Girl, Music Video

2019 | Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester - Fifty Seven: work with North West Film Archive material tracing 57 lost pubs in-between Trinity Way and Adelphi Street in Salford, investigating the contemporary locations and linking to cultural nostalgia. Exhibited at the 

2018 | One Stevenson Square & Holden Gallery, Manchester - Drinking in a Pub: a moving image work focused on lost/removed spaces, re-enactments of drinking on the site of a demolished pub in Salford, linking to themes of cultural recall and personal histories as a performative act.

2017 | Z-Arts Centre, Manchester - Transition: documentary with residents of Britannia Basin Community Forum, exploring the area and their concerns about the immense construction work undertaken. Screened as part of the People and Place Exhibition.

2014 | KinoFilm Manchester International Short Film Festival - Some Men

2014 | BFI London - All That Is Solid, Melts Into Air: commission for BFI Radical Democracy Brief, screened at BFI Future Film Festival

2013 | Cornerhouse - He’s Not English Mum - Winner Audience Award

2013 | Manchester International Festival - Saltos | Robin Hood of Wisdom, commissioned as part of the Hans Ulrich Obrist Do It Exhibition.