Creative Industries Experience and Qualifications
I have worked with the creative industries across a range of businesses including
graphic design, software, theatre/drama, internet publishing,
music, crafts, performance arts, photography, film and video, advertising,
digital and electronic arts, and book/magazine publishing.
See a selection of clients and 'What Clients say...' about
my work in the creative industries.
I am an international management consultant and trainer with an MBA and marketing qualifications.
A Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the UK and a 'Chartered Marketer', I am also
a member of the Charterd Management Institute and the Institute of Management Consultancy.
In addition, I have professional qualifications and membership of
other professional institutes.
I have worked with Merseyside ACME and provided management support through the Creative
Business Solutions consultancy scheme and I am the trainer/facilitator to
the Creative Advantage project. I have also worked with the
Creative Industries Development Service (CIDS), Creative Partnerships, Cumbria Cultural Skills Partnership,
the Creative Industries Support Service (CrISP), and the Creative Industries Development Agency (CIDA).
Clients in the creative and cultural industries can also draw on best practice from my international
experience of management consultancy
and training in a range of businesses and organisations in countries as
diverse as Britain, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Denmark, India,
Switzerland, South Africa, Germany, Egypt, France, Turkey, Italy, Singapore, Thailand and China.
I can bring best practice, management tools, effective techniques and the latest ideas from leading businesses and
organisations in various industries and sectors world-wide. For example I have successfully adapted management techniques from
the the commercial sector to the arts and transferred best practice from the publishing industry to internet companies. I have adapted
Western marketing principles to the Chinese market and helped British and Canadian organisations to work together for mutual gain.
Working with senior managers in creative industry businesses and support organisations,
I have advised on business plans, marketing projects, development strategies, organisational
development projects, internet and e-commerce strategy, and funding bids. My expertise can be delivered through consultancy
assignments, training workshops or mentoring/coaching as appropriate.
Commissioned by investors, public authorities and funding bodies as well as directly by organisations, I have carried out
funding assessments, consultancy assignments, training workshops, feasibility studies and advice surgeries.
For further details, and an informal discussion about how I can work with you and your
team in the creative industries worldwide and the cultural industries internationally, contact me.
Link to a small selection of Creative Industries clients.
Link to a selection of websites and online resources for the Creative Industries.