Fred Kavanagh

Experience

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  The Portobello Star

  May 2014 - Sept 2016

  General Manager

  Assembled an award-winning team, distilling award-winning gin, and serving award-winning drinks.

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  NCS The Challenge

  Jun 2017 - Sept 2018

  Programme Leader

  Led social action programmes promoting community engagement, social cohesion and political participation.

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  Goldsmiths, University of London

  Sept 2017 - Dec 2020

  Coordinated employment opportunities with local start-ups and students, while acquiring detailed understandings of local socio-economic indicators that condition patterns of employment. Formed partnerships between SMEs, universities and external stakeholders to produce innovative research that underpinned and informed new services. Developed partnerships with local businesses and community organisations to enhance university programme reach, producing detailed impact reports for stakeholders, ensuring continued funding and support for future initiatives, while demonstrating the value and effectiveness of the programmes.

  • Project Assistant

    Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Marketing Officer

    Jul 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Widening Participation Officer

    Sept 2017 - Oct 2020
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  Office of National Statistics

  Feb 2021 - May 2021

  Census Team Leader

  Oversaw data collecting operation in North Hackney, redesigning strategies and implementing data-driven findings to surpass survey completion estimations.

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  University of the Arts London

  Aug 2022 - Jun 2024

  Produced and managed interdisciplinary projects across Europe's largest Art and Design postgraduate community. Connected early-career creatives to new communities of practice and external institutions, providing a platform and audience to develop portfolios both during and after postgraduate studies.Demonstrated expertise across team and community coordination, financial procurement and management, content development, and stakeholder negotiations. Producer for the Climate Emergency Network (CEN) within the Social Purpose Lab at UAL. Projects spanned the development and pilot delivery of Central Saint Martin's Swap Shop, public programming such as Green House and Earth Quest, and co-creating campaigns, actions, and activities in response to the climate and ecological emergency.

  • Postgraduate Community Coordinator

    Aug 2021 - Jun 2024

  • Producer

    Aug 2022 - Aug 2023
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  Centre for Sustainable Fashion

  Oct 2023 - May 2024

  Festival Organiser

  Contracted as event manager and creative content coordinator for Centre for Sustainable Fashion's Imagining Possibilities festival. Convened industry leaders, activists, designers, educators, researchers, policy makers, and students across sectors to critically engage and radically envision fashion’s role in creating equitable futuresProduction requirements spanned across creative direction, partnership activation, attendee engagement and experience optimisation.