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My career to date spans twenty years, originally in the charity sector before moving into higher education and entrepreneurship. With a passion for travel, I started my career with an Irish charity called Fighting Blindness, organising fundraising trekking events around the world, taking me to great heights including Everest base camp!
As part of the alumni relations team at University College London, I led a number of strategic initiatives including the international alumni volunteer programme. Working with alumni across Asia and the USA, I organised reunions and accompanied senior staff to these events. I was also responsible for the alumni careers programme across a range of departments including the development of a successful alumni careers networking series.
In 2010, I took a different path and set up a craft market business. Crafty Fox Market provides opportunities to showcase and sell handmade and artist designed products by hosting quality markets in a variety of venues across London and beyond. Crafty Fox Market also plays host to an online maker directory and we were quick to make the switch to hosting online markets during the pandemic.
Over the years, Crafty Fox Market have worked in partnership with a number of cultural and creative organisations including Etsy, The Museum of London and Shambala Festival. I am passionate about supporting talented creatives to do what they love, ensuring that the creative community have remained at the heart of the markets.
As well as growing Crafty Fox Market into a commercially successful business which stays true to its independent roots, I represent the craft sector in a much wider capacity. I have presented on a range of topics related to the creative retail industry to audiences at The V&A, 10 Downing Street, The Fashion and Textile Museum and many more.
In 2019, I completed the Masters course in Arts and Cultural Enterprise at Central Saint Martins and am delighted to have returned to CSM to share my skills and experiences as a lecturer.
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