01 — work

selected projects

a non-exhaustive sample of festivals, tours, brand activations, and industry research i've operated, produced, or led. many of the most interesting projects are NDA-bound. the lessons are public.

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2024–2026 Operations Director

Global Festival Tour — Operations Lead

End-to-end operational leadership for a 12-city international festival tour, including site design, supplier procurement, contingency planning and on-site delivery across three continents.

  • 12 cities, 3 continents, 30,000+ peak capacity
  • Zero major safety incidents across the tour
  • 11% under budget across the production line
FestivalsTouringInternationalOperations
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2025– Co-founder & Operations Lead

Grassroots Venue Coalition — Industry Initiative

Co-founded a working group of UK promoters and venues advocating for transparent ticket pricing and adoption of the £1 Grassroots Ticket Levy across mid-cap rooms.

  • 23 founding member promoters and venues
  • Public commitment to fee-inclusive ticket pages
  • Working sessions hosted with MVT and DCMS
AdvocacyIndustryLive MusicPolicy
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2026 Author & Operator

UK Live Events Day-Rate Survey

Designed, ran and published the first open benchmarking study of UK live events day rates — 160 respondents in March 2026, with public medians by role and sector.

  • 160 respondents in eight days
  • First public median benchmarks across festival, corporate, brand and touring sectors
  • Cited by 4 industry publications within a month of release
ResearchSurveyIndustryUK
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2025 Operations Director

Premium Brand Experience Activation

Production-led design for a confidential luxury brand's flagship multi-city customer experience programme — invitation only, zero earned-media spend, 94% attendee NPS.

  • Six cities across UK and EU
  • 94% attendee NPS, 38% post-event purchase intent uplift
  • Delivered 7% under budget, including a contingency call-down event
BrandExperientialLuxuryOperations

02 — working together

got a brief? i'd love to hear it.

i take a small number of projects per year where the operational challenge is interesting and the team is honest about what it's actually trying to make.