I have worked in higher education for seven years and hold a PhD in Media and Communication Studies (2019, University of Stirling)

Skills Breakdown

• Published thirteen peer-reviewed articles in internationally renowned journal
• Grant writing: Won research bids worth £488,333
• Incisive and highly flexible written and verbal communication skills with the acute ability to
shift in voice, tone and inflection
• Making sophisticated and intricate ideas clear without compromising their complexity
• Developing bespoke project management systems for individual proposals based on my experience
directing large-scale and multifaceted research projects
• Quickly identifying the most relevant/significant ideas or differentiators in proposals
• Negotiating conflicting channels of information from different sources
• Managing and justifying budgets and contingencies
• Collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders, including cultural policymakers, media industry professionals and funding agencies