Currently working in the North of England on Feature Films, HETV Drama and Children’s Television, bases in Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and London. Previous credits include, Night & Day (Independant Feature Film), Fountain of Youth (Major Motion Picture), Inside No 9 (BBC), High Hoops (BBC), Platform 7 (ITVX), Odd Squad S4 (BBC), The Dumping Ground (BBC), So Awkward! (BBC).

1. Freelance Prop Maker

   PropsThatDoThings · Nov 2019 - Present

   • Collaborate closely with clients to iteratively design and prototype bespoke props. Creating themed products that ensure the final item created is precisely what the client had in mind. • Integrate embedded systems technology into designs to create functional, interactive set pieces.

2. Assistant Art Director

   BBC Children's · May 2024 - Aug 2024

   HIGH HOOPS, CANCAN PRODUCTIONS, SHELLY POND & DAVE BOWES

3. Assistant Art Director

   BBC Children's · Aug 2024 - Sep 2024

   THE DUMPING GROUND SEASON 13, BBC, VANESSA BOND

4. Assistant Art Director

   Woolf Comedy Productions LTD · Sep 2024 - Dec 2024

   NIGHT AND DAY, ASTERISK’S FILMS, DAVID HINDLE

5. Screenskills Props Trainee

   Rodney Productions LTD · Feb 2024 - May 2024

   “FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH”, GUY RITCHIE FEATURE FILM, MARTYN JOHN & BEN JOHNSON

6. Art Department Assistant & Prop Maker

   BBC · Nov 2023 - Jan 2024

   INSIDE NUMBER 9, BBC, JOHN COLLINS

7. Art Department Assistant & Standby Prop Dailies

   BBC Children's · May 2023 - Jun 2023

   THE DUMPING GROUND SEASON 11, BBC, JOHN ELLIS & VANESSA BOND

8. Prop Maker

   BBC Children's · Jun 2023 - Oct 2023

   ODD SQUAD, BBC, ANDY HOLDEN-STOKES

9. Art Department Assitant

   Dancing Ledge Productions · Sep 2022 - Feb 2023

   PLATFORM 7, ITV, SHELLY POND & DAVE BOWES

10. Art Department Assistant

    Channel X · Jul 2022 - Sep 2022

    SO AWKWARD! ‘KIDS CAMP’ THE MOVIE, CBBC, SHELLY POND & DAVE BOWES

11. Assistant Manager

    North East Model Centre · Nov 2020 - Jul 2022

    • Responsible for entering daily sales sheets into stock system ensuring accurate database records are maintained of both stock and financial records. • Managed hiring and training for new members of staff. Independently shortlisted applications to potential employees, arranged and supervised trial shifts to assess skill of new staff, managed introductory and ongoing training.

12. Sales Assistant

    North East Model Centre · Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

    • Utilised excellent customer service skills to provide a personalized experience to the clientele of the model shop. Ensuring the customer was truly satisfied with their visit. • Ensured the visual of the store met the high standards of the company’s expectation by consistently paying attention to the smaller details. • Ensured I swiftly learned the full inventory of the company’s stock to ensure I could efficiently assist with all customer enquiries. • Built great relationships with customers that visited the store over time allowing me to understand the specific needs of each of them and assist more accurately.

13. Escape Room Prop Builder

    Escape · Aug 2018 - Nov 2019

    • Designed, built, and installed interactive puzzle elements for live escape games across the UK. Including electronic systems for the Red Bull Escape Room World Championship 2019, held in London, a 20th Century Fox licensed “Predator” themed escape room and a cold war themed fallout shelter beneath Dover Castle. • Created bespoke set pieces, both functional and decorative for live events such as an 8ft medieval well, an interactive bomb prop and a practical radio prop that played custom audio tracks. • Project managed two escape room builds for Centre Parcs Woburn Forest, designing and supplying all internal puzzle elements for the build.

1. The guiding principles of departmental budgeting in high-end TV and film

   Mission Accomplished · Jan 2025

   ScreenSkills Funded

2. Work well series

   ScreenSkills Learning Series · Jul 2024 - Jul 2025

   ScreenSkills Funded

3. ScreenSkills Training Passport

   ScreenSkills Learning Series · Jul 2024 - Apr 2025

   ScreenSkills Funded

4. Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

   ScreenSkills Test · Jul 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

5. Introduction to mental health awareness at work

   ScreenSkills Learning · Jul 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

6. Tackling harassment and bullying at work

   ScreenSkills Learning · Jul 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

7. Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries

   ScreenSkills Learning · Apr 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

8. HETV Trainee Finder 2023-24 APPLICATIONS CLOSED

   ScreenSkills · Mar 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

9. High-end TV encouraging good working: in practice

   Addie Orfila and Alison Surtees · Feb 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

10. Leaders of Tomorrow Induction session

    ScreenSkills · Dec 2024

    ScreenSkills Funded

11. HETV virtual production intro sessions (online and in-person)

    Academy of Live Technology · Mar 2023

    ScreenSkills Funded

12. HETV virtual production intro sessions (online and in-person)

    Academy of Live Technology · Mar 2023

    ScreenSkills Funded

13. UK film & TV craft certificate: art direction and props 2022 (Yorkshire)

    Screen Yorkshire · Aug 2022

    ScreenSkills Funded

14. Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

    ScreenSkills Test · Dec 2021

    ScreenSkills Funded

15. Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

    ScreenSkills Test · Dec 2021

    ScreenSkills Funded

16. Tackling harassment and bullying at work

    ScreenSkills Learning · Dec 2021

    ScreenSkills Funded

17. Mentoring for mentees

    ScreenSkills Learning · Aug 2020

    ScreenSkills Funded

• Work well series

  ScreenSkills Learning Series
  Issued 22 Jul 2024 · Expires 22 Jul 2025

• Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

  ScreenSkills Test
  Issued 22 Jul 2024 · Expires 22 Jul 2026

• Introduction to mental health awareness at work

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 22 Jul 2024

• ScreenSkills Training Passport

  ScreenSkills Learning Series
  Issued 22 Jul 2024 · Expires 29 Apr 2025

• Tackling harassment and bullying at work

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 22 Jul 2024

• Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 29 Apr 2024

• Risk Management of Productions

  Production Safety Passport · First Option Safety Group
  Issued 21 May 2023 · Expires 21 May 2028

• Tackling harassment and bullying at work

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 1 Dec 2021

• Mentoring for mentees

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 6 Aug 2020