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Resume

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Skills & Expertise

2019 - Present

RESELLER

2014 - 2019

Founder of SCRUMP - an online store selling a collection of unique vintage, preloved and handmade items. Providing clothing, homeware and apparel for your pets. Our brand ethos is to provide customers with timeless, often quintessentially British styles, and to promote sustainable fashion - by giving quality pieces a second chance!

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A one woman band - from sourcing stock, product handling, shooting, marketing and customer service. Reworking garments and handcrafting pieces from off-cut and dead stock fabric. Using my skills within visual merchandising and understanding trends to curate outfits and inspire customers on various platforms. Managing multiple projects - which requires excellent planning and organisational skills.

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Key points

  • Verified Top Seller Status on Depop since March 2020

  • Website launched in January 2021

  • Content creation for all socials [edited with Adobe Creative software]
     

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Personal projects and studies, from college through to university, have enabled development in the following areas:

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  • Recording and editing audio/video, mix analysis – including original music composition, SFX, ADR & 5.1 mixing [Pro Tools HD, Logic Pro X, Adobe Premiere, C24 Mixing Desk]

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  • Studio and live sound experience – performance & behind the desk [Desk/controller]

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  • Patching/programming analogue and digital synthesisers [Max/MSP, NI Reaktor]

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  • Researched background theory, including room acoustics, psychoacoustics and related mathematics [SketchUp]

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  • Constructing, simulating and testing electronic and embedded applications [Lab Equipment, SIMetrix, Arduino]

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  • Theoretical analysis of DSP; FFT and filter design [MATLAB, C/C++]

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  • Projects supported with technical reports and presentation showcases - within deadlines [Microsoft Office]

Forever

MUSIC CERTIFICATION

Graded examinations with ABRSM:

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  • Grade 8 Piano Performance [Distinction]

  • Grade 8 Vocal Performance [Merit]

  • Grade 6 Guitar Performance [Merit]

  • Grade 5 Music Theory [Distinction]

  • Diploma in Piano Performance [In Progress]

Education

2016 - 2019

BSc (Hons), 1st, Applied Sound Engineering [IET Accredited]
University of West London, Ealing

Notable modules include:

Sound for Picture, Music Production, Sound Recording Techniques, Live Sound Engineering, Audio Engineering and Acoustics.

2013 - 2015

A Level
New College, Swindon

Music: A

Mathematics: B

Music Technology: C

Previous Work

Please see my LinkedIn for full career history.

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