I have extensive project management experience, working in teams writing NGO and city government-level reports, overseeing website and server builds, and being mentor, or lead contact for cultural projects with an international profile. I am familiar with all stages; from visualisation, design and planning, implementation, editing and assessment. Alongside *all that*, I am commissioned to write biographies, think pieces, reviews and features for internationally respected publications, such as the Quietus. Sometimes I get to speak and read in public!
The following “resume” is a LONG LIST, and dry as dust, I know – but I thought it’s useful to show you exactly what I have done, alongside holding down two regular positions at WORM, Rotterdam, and at the Willem de Kooning Academy. (It’s also so I can remember myself!) I’m always in demand, and that’s nice. I provide links where I can.
2024
PROJECTS and PRESENTATIONS
August: Creative Footprint report – Rotterdam. Edited final text and contributed texts.
July: Creative Footprint report – Nashville venue study. Edited final text.
July: North Sea Round Town – Write and edit 5 blogs on artist in focus: Alessandro Fongaro. Blog #1; Blog #2; Blog #3; Blog #4; Blog #5.
April: Stager BV – English marketing and how-to text updates for Stager’s event database, translated from Dutch.
January – November: British Council Ukraine and the Quietus. Project manager and mentor for the ‘‘New Voices Ukraine’’ project. Edit and prepare 10-15 articles and podcasts using draft texts from two Ukrainian media outlets – Neformat and 20ft Radio. Published each month on the Quietus in partnership with the British Council and the Ukrainian Institute.
WRITING COMMISSIONS
Artist biographies and album release texts written for:
Avalanche Kaito, Geordie Greep (black midi), Mabe Fratti, Military Genius (Crack Cloud), Tramhaus.
JOURNALISM
January – March: Caught by the River – Two think-pieces on the Dutch Bollenstreek. Noordwijk and Katwijk.
July: Verdant Brewing – A chapter article, ‘‘Saving awful afternoons in Dutch pubs’’, for the forthcoming Verdant Brewing book, My Life in Beer.
OTHER WRITING
June-July: Proofreading, line and copy edit – my new novel, The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club (Ortac Press). Announced September 2024.
January – October: Substack – The PINS project (my weekly blog).
Commissioned reviews and think pieces for The Quietus, Louder than War (10+).
2023
PROJECTS and PRESENTATIONS
November: Reading – Stichting Bookstore, Amsterdam.
November: Creative Footprint report – Nashville venue study (preliminary). Edited final text.
August: Guest Speaker – Krankenhaus festival, Cumbria.
July: Creative Footprint report – Sydney. Edited final text.
June – August: English marketing and how-to texts for Stager’s event database, translated from Dutch.
June: Creative Footprint report – Toronto. Edited final text.
March: Creative Footprint report – Montreal. Edited final text.
March: Guest Speaker – Erasmus University Career Week, Rotterdam.
January: Guest Speaker – Frontaal literary podium, Rotterdam.
January-March: Mentorship for young music writers British Council Ukraine in partnership with Louder than War.
WRITING COMMISSIONS
Artist biographies and album release texts written for:
Decisive Pink (Kate NV, Angel Deradoorian), Titanic (Mabe Fratti + Hector Tosta), Zea.
May: City Festival report Tallinn Music Week 2023 (translated to Estonian for national student paper).
JOURNALISM
Caught by the River – Memoriam for my father & think-piece on the Dutch Bollenstreek.
OTHER WRITING
September-December: Writing and initial editing – my new novel, The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club (Ortac Press)
October: Substack – The PINS project (weekly blog)
July – August: Back cover quotes for two books: Paul Simpson – + Joshua Jones –
Commissioned reviews and features for The Quietus, Louder than War (20+)
Projects – 2010 – 2022
Creative Footprint report New York City (2018), Creative Footprint report Tokyo (2019)., Creative Footprint report Stockholm (2021),
Full website builds and server rebuilds for WORM, Rotterdam (2016, 2020, and Intranet; 2022).
Full website builds and server rebuilds for Brill (2008, 2011, 2013). Initiating and planning WORM’s residency at Hull City of Culture (2017).