Chloe Asquith

Experience

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  Edinburgh RAG

  Feb 2020 - Apr 2023

  Coordinated an international event where 10 teams had 48 hours to get as far from Edinburgh without spending their own money on transport and saw participants travel to countries across Europe and the Middle East.Lead the team organising event and oversaw all elements of the event: implementing new tracking systems, carrying out new marketing strategies, securing sponsorship, managing the budget, creating challenges, recruiting and training volunteers, buying merchandise, working with external partners, organising logistics, troubleshooting problems. The event raised over £8,700 for charity and has been described by a participant as “the best adventure of my life”. Show less

  • Race2Escape Project Coordinator

    Feb 2023 - Apr 2023

  • Support Coordinator

    Apr 2022 - Apr 2023

  • Vice President

    Jun 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Events Team Coordinator

    Sept 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Sponsorship Officer

    Feb 2020 - Sept 2020
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  Frankie Johnny's Cookshop

  Mar 2020 - now

  Highly engaged retail associate with skilled knowledge across over 5000 products (ranging from greetings cards, textile items, crockery, specialist baking/ cookery items, cookware and gadgets). Redesigned independent businesses website to client's brief. Photography, editing and graphic design to highlight select products within the +5000 sold by the business.

  • Retail Sales Associate

    Oct 2018 - now

  • Website Designer

    Mar 2020 - Nov 2021
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  EUTV - Edinburgh University Student Television

  Sept 2020 - Jun 2023

  Oversaw the development and operations of this national award winning society including short and long form videos, social events, liaising with venues to secure filming rights, supporting where needed across projects. Successfully won funding from grant application and increased the society's membership by 700%, leaving a sustainable structure in place from future committees. As a producer at EUTV I coordinated the planning, filming, presenting, editing and release of several video projects. As a video editor at EUTV, I worked closely with different producers to bring their ideas to reality, working on long and short form content. Organised a three part investigative series about the student housing crisis. Lead a team making the series, organised interviews, wrote questions, operated cameras and sound, edited the series. Coordinated all marketing materials and oversaw a campaign that lead to more students engaging with the series and telling us about their experiences. Oversaw all post production related to the society including editing videos across genres, overseeing our technical equipment and hosting editing skills workshops for all abilities. Researcher for long form documentary about student mental health at the University of Edinburgh during the Covid-19 pandemic. Assisted with overall production of the documentary, writing the script and filming.

  • Station Manager (President)

    Mar 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Producer

    Sept 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Video Editor

    Sept 2020 - Jun 2023

  • Documentary Producer

    Sept 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Deputy Post Production Manager

    Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Documentary Researcher

    Sept 2020 - Dec 2020
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  The Buchanan Institute

  Sept 2020 - Mar 2022

  I worked in a team organising policy pitches, engaging with stakeholders, panel discussions and strategising campaign projects for groups to work on. The Buchanan Institute is a student led think tank in Edinburgh. I led a team of 6 taking part in a summer research project co-researching and writing a policy proposal about how the University of Edinburgh could improve its supply chain practice Co-researched and wrote a policy proposal focused on how young people were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Outreach Officer

    Oct 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Research Project Coordinator

    Jun 2021 - Sept 2021

  • Policy Project Researcher

    Sept 2020 - May 2021
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  The Ruth Adler Magazine

  Sept 2021 - Jun 2022

  Social Media Director

  As a founding member of the Ruth Adler Magazine, I was responsible for building our social media presence from the ground up.I ran our marketing across multiple social media platforms as well as creating graphics to assist with recruitment, outreach, articles and events.

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  AMP Music

  Jun 2023 - Dec 2023

  Music Festival Coordinator - Plugged in Producers

  Festival coordinator for grassroots music festival in North Yorkshire featuring up and coming indie bands from the region. I oversaw the logistical aspects of the event including finding a venue, risk assessments, writing contractual agreements, artist advancement, budget planning, scheduling of acts and of staff across the event, box office set up, ticketing, meeting agendas and notes, and assisting my team across the rest of the event. Additionally, I was the events videographer on the day of the event. Mentee to Sophie Cooper. Show less

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  National Merchandise

  Oct 2023 - now

  Overseeing all aspects of selling national and international touring acts merchandise in live events venues across music, comedy, theatre and television productions.Communicating with venue Heads of Departments and touring production crews to help coordinate live events and VIP experiences. Skilled administrator working with complex Microsoft Excel spreadsheets through the advancement and settlement process. Supervising all sales throughout an event by cash and card as well as helping my team with any potential issues. Training all new staff in best practices.Key events managed include (but are not limited to): The Vamps, Romesh Ranganathan, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Nick Mason and Jake Bugg. Show less

  • Assistant Merchandising Manager

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Merchandise Stand Supervisor

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Festivals Supervisor

    May 2024 - Sept 2024

  • Retail Merchandise Assistant

    Oct 2023 - Dec 2023
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  Freelance

  Nov 2023 - now

  Merchandise Manager

  Independently managing all aspects of merchandise sales for bands and artists in grassroots music venues and theatres across Yorkshire and the Humber.

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  Levitation Festival

  Nov 2023 - Nov 2023

  Festival Event Assistant

  On site assisting with logistical aspects of Levitation Festival 2023. Working across multiple venues helping record label Castles in Space and Flash Company Arts with load in, tech set up, educational workshops, stage management and venue management as well as helping attendees across the event.

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  Music Local

  Apr 2024 - now

  Launchpad Future Leader

  Selected after successfully coordinating complex music events to take part in Music Local's leadership programme.

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  East Riding of Yorkshire Council

  Jul 2024 - Jul 2024

  Poll Count Assistant

  I worked through the night to accurately verify and count votes in the 2024 general and local elections in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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  Screen Yorkshire

  Dec 2024 - now

  Factual Production Trainee

  Developing the use of virtual production technology in factual and documentary film making