Claire Carter

Experience

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  UGLY Models

  May 2006 - Sept 2010

  Model

  Film and print model for clients such as the BBC, Cannon, Heathrow Airport, NHS, Vodafone, Vogue.

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  Jagged Globe

  May 2010 - Aug 2011

  Marketing and Operations Coordinator

  Worked under a fluid and demanding job spec coordinating operations, logistics, sales and marketing for Adventureworks. Led print and web marketing projects, relaunching AW’s brand identity. Identified new client leads, cold called, created tailored sales pitch presentations, and represented the company at resulting school launches, sector conferences and leader training events. Built affiliate relationships with outdoor brands and VIP's. Coordinated destination research, risk assessment, leader placement, equipment and all other operations for overseas expeditions. Provided on call support to leaders overseas. Managed the D of E programme; from marketing, securing leads and generating quotes to full delivery of courses. Show less

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  Foundry Mountain Activities

  Sept 2011 - Dec 2012

  Climbing Instructor
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  Eclipse IPD

  Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

  Outdoor Educator

  Project work with NEET young people, unemployed and addicts, team work and positive outcomes. Using climbing to concrete experiences of self worth and co-operation.

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  Writer

  Sept 2012 - now

  Writer

  Published in The Sheffield Anthology, edited by Simon Armitage. Invited to collaborate with the choreographer Laura McGill on a piece for six dancers at The Place, London. Commissioned by the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art to write a series of poetry on East Anglian flint for the Culture of the Countryside project. Researching kinaesthetic experience in landscape. Contributor for the BMC, Mountain Pro, Climber, Climb and Alpinist.

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  SteepEdge

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Marketing Manager
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  Vertebrate Publishing

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Marketing Manager
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  Vertebrate Graphics

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Marketing Manager
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  Sheffield Adventure Film Festival

  Jan 2014 - now

  Head Judge,

  Head Film Judge, Presenter , Coordinates and sources fringe content.

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  Mountain Heritage Trust

  Mar 2014 - Dec 2014

  Consultant

  http://www.mountain-heritage.org

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  Kendal Mountain Festival

  Mar 2014 - now

  Develops the vision of the festival. Supports the team with curiosity and creativity to build an authentic, innovative, and sustainable brand.

  • Artistic Director

    Apr 2014 - now

  • Film Officer

    Mar 2014 - Apr 2017
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  Vertebrate Publishing

  Feb 2015 - now

  Editor and Writer

  Editor of Waymaking, a new anthology of women's adventure writing and art, Waymaking is an anthology of prose, poetry and artwork by women who are inspired by wild places, adventure and landscape.Published in 1961, Gwen Moffat’s Space Below My Feet tells the story of a woman who shirked the conventions of society and chose to live a life in the mountains. Some years later in 1977, Nan Shepherd published The Living Mountain, her prose bringing each contour of the Cairngorm mountains to life. These pioneering women set a precedent for a way of writing about wilderness that isn’t about conquering landscapes, reaching higher, harder or faster, but instead about living and breathing alongside them, becoming part of a larger adventure.The artists in this inspired collection continue Gwen and Nan’s legacies, redressing the balance of gender in outdoor adventure literature. Their creativity urges us to stop and engage our senses: the smell of rain-soaked heather, wind resonating through a col, the touch of cool rock against skin, and most importantly a taste of restoring mind, body and spirit to a former equanimity.With contributions from adventurers including Alpinist magazine editor Katie Ives, multi-award-winning author Bernadette McDonald, adventurers Sarah Outen and Anna McNuff, renowned filmmaker Jen Randall and many more, Waymaking is an inspiring and pivotal work published in an era when wilderness conservation and gender equality are at the fore. Show less

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  European Outdoor Group (EOG)

  Oct 2015 - Dec 2015

  Presenter, European Outdoor Summit 2015

  Co host and Presenter with Andrew Denton for the two day Industry Summit. Chair of the Women in the Outdoor Industry panel.

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  Banff Mountain Festival, Sheffield Festival of Arts,University of Warwick, Buxton Adventure Festival

  Jan 2016 - now

  Speaker

  Public Speaker; Narrative, Nature Connection, Poetry, Adventure, Further Education and the Outdoor Industry

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  The British Mountaineering Council

  Apr 2016 - now

  Co Director of Operation Moffat, Recipient of 21 international awards including 'Judges Special Mention' at Banff Mountain Festival, 'Best Climbing Film' and 'The People's Choice' at Kendal Mountain Festival, and the Five Point award at Five Point Colorado. Also shortlisted for the BT Women in Sport Game Changer Award.BMC TV Production, sponsored by Rab, Lowe Alpine, DMM and the Mountain Heritage Trust. Operation Moffat takes inspiration and wit from the colourful climbing life of Britian’s First Female Mountain Guide Gwen Moffat. Writer Claire Carter and Filmmaker Jen Randall scramble, swim and barefoot climb through Gwen’s most cherished British landscapes, grappling with her preference for mountains over people, adventure over security, wilderness over tick lists. With new take on landscape photography, archive footage and action sequences this is a film rooted in a real love of wild places.Inspired by ‘Space Below My Feet’ By Gwen Moffat.#WhatWouldGwenDo#OperationMoffat Show less Led the second, third and fourth instalment of the Women in Adventure Network, curating the event and securing speakers Hazel Findlay, Dr Kaye Richards and the panel of Dave Turnbull, Anna C Clarke, Katherine Schirrmacher, Jessica Mor and Ian Parnell.“The BMC Women in Adventure Network event was excellently organised by Claire Carter and there was a palpable buzz of energy in the room with plenty of well- articulated opinions” Ian Parnell, Editor of Climb Magazine.BMC Report:https://www.thebmc.co.uk/forge-thoughts-and-results-of-women-in-adventure-film-competitionI jury the Women in Adventure film Competition, now in it's 4th Year. Show less

  • Filmmaker

    Jan 2015 - now

  • Creative Consultant, Women in Adventure Network

    Nov 2015 - now

  • Writer, The Bothy Project

    Apr 2016 - now
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  National Trust

  May 2016 - Oct 2016

  Consultant to Ruth Tweedie, NT Sports Officer, creating an event and exhibition to articulate the history of climbing on the estate and inspire estate visitors, aspirants and the climbing community in line with the Spirit of Place initiative.A Grit Day Out Consultant to North Lakes area manager Jeremy Barlow on the Sticklebarn property Spirit of Place initiative.

  • Creative Consultant

    Nov 2014 - Oct 2016

  • Creative Consultant

    May 2016 - May 2016
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  KEEN

  Nov 2016 - Dec 2016

  Model

  Shooting with Krystle Wright for KEEN footwear on location in Morrocco.

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  Alpinist Magazine

  Feb 2017 - Mar 2017

  Feature Writer

  8000-word feature piece commissioned by editor Katie Ives exploring the concept of abandonment and the life of Gwen Moffat. Illustrated by the artist Tessa Lyons, published in Spring issue 57.

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  Outdoor Industries Association

  Apr 2017 - Sept 2019

  Engagement Officer

  Developing the OIA on future leaders, innovation and sustainability in the Outdoor Industry.

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  Telluride Mountainfilm

  May 2017 - May 2017

  Jury, Charlie Fowler Award
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  Arts Council

  Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

  Immersive Theater Writer, Black Rocks

  Commissioned by the Arts Council and Leeds university to create an immersive theatre piece with the award winning practitioner David Shearing.BLACK ROCK is a multi-media performance that explores the extraordinary desire of humans to move through mountains, to scale vertical walls and to seek new physical and intellectual heights.T

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  Krakow Film Festival

  Nov 2017 - Jan 2017

  Jury
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  Lowe Alpine

  Jan 2018 - now

  Creative Consultant

  Consultant on the 2019 Brand Positioning Campaign; 'Move your World'.

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  Katmandu Mountain Film Festival

  Dec 2018 - now

  Course Director

  Designed, lead and taught on a four day course for independent Nepali filmmakers as part of the Katmandu Mountain Film Festival.The workshop provided an overview of storytelling, narrative theory and methodologies with film examples. It focused on women as characters and story tellers, on the female voice and perceptions of femininity, on the ethics of telling women's stories, and the importance and potential of festivals today as cathartic community practices..