Upgrade Yourself: Arts Careers Behind the Scenes

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FREE

Thu 03 Sep 2020

13.00 - 14.00

Online Event

Streamed Live

Join Somerset House teammates as they get together to share their roles (previous and current) and get insight and advice on how to navigate a potential career in the arts and learn that no two routes are ever the same.

For its first time the Upgrade Yourself programme is bringing colleagues from teams across Somerset House to share their experiences and own creative journeys. We'll be covering programming, artist liaison, event & project planning, communication, audience engagement and participation. This is the perfect opportunity to hear from those working behind the scenes, within the building and digitally. Known as London’s working art centre, Somerset House is home to the UK’s largest and most exciting creative community, overflowing with new ideas, young businesses, and fresh perspectives.

Upgrade Yourself: Peer Exchange is our new digital strand of the Creative Careers & Skills programme at Somerset House, bringing you bite-size snippets of information, innovation and inspiration over lunch-time sessions.

Reaching out and connecting you to our Somerset House Studios Artist community, various colleagues at Somerset House Trust and Somerset House Exchange, as well as with our peers and industry friends within the wider creative industries.

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About the Speakers

April Brown
April Brown is a cultural producer/curator from East London who specialises in developing inclusive, multi-disciplinary programmes for young creatives. She has ten years' experience in the creative and cultural industries working with a range of organisations including Somerset House, Tate, LIFT, PPL, A New Direction and Theatre Royal Stratford East. She holds an MA in Arts & Cultural Management from King's College London and recently completed the Clore Emerging Leaders Programme.

Sophie Hewlett
Sophie Hewlett is a creative producer with over ten years' experience in the music and arts industry spanning programming, production, and event management. Currently Head of Producing at Somerset House, Sophie is responsible for the team that develop, produce, and deliver large-scale projects as part of the cultural programme, including Summer Series with American Express, Film4 Summer Screen and Skate. Sophie is passionate about live performance, shared experience, and the role of public art in creating iconic moments, ground-breaking transformation, and energised celebration.

Jian Wei Lim
Jian Wei is the social media manager at Somerset House. With a background in fine art, photography, and commercial copywriting, he joined Somerset House in 2016 as marketing assistant, working across marketing and digital campaign activity for exhibitions and events before taking on the reigns of the organisation’s social channels full time. He enjoys the unexpected challenges and creative freedom that working in social affords you but is still trying to get his head around TikTok.

Lorraine Thorne
Currently Acting Head of Commercial Events at Somerset House, Lorraine is responsible for revenue generation from our event spaces. She has over 20 years' experience in the events industry working in some of London’s most iconic venues including the Natural History Museum and Imperial War Museum, as well as setting up new events venues.

With thanks to the Maria Bjornson Memorial Fund for its support.