Miranda Dixon

Experience

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  BBH Global

  Mar 2012 - Mar 2012

  Internship

  I interned for two consecutive years at advertising agency, Bartle Bogle Hegarty.I assisted with the production of advertisement from brief to print and completed a logo design for the British Library.

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  Scamp Theatre

  Jul 2012 - Aug 2012

  Head of Promotion

  Headed the promotion of children's show 'Stick Man' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.My duties included developing effective promotion strategies, and implementing them with a team of five others.The show sold out most days and as a result did a successful tour across Britain the following year.

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  Premier CX

  Jul 2013 - Sept 2013

  Production Assistant

  Premier Business Audio is an audio messaging company working with clients such as BT and Apple I worked for two months organising the production of audio messaging. My duties included-- Organising and writing accounts- Supervising the accuracy of daily service output- Organising HR files- Liaising between stages of production from client services to the studio team

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  TED Conferences

  Jan 2014 - Mar 2014

  Graphic Designer

  Designer of the Logo, catalogue, and visuals for the TEDx event 'The World's Architects'.These were used across a range of media including print, online, and at the conference itself.

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  Fab Lab London

  Oct 2014 - May 2015

  Freelance Blogger

  http://fablablondon.org/Fab Lab is a tech-innovation public maker space.I was a freelance blogger for Fab Lab London. I wrote weekly blog posts about the lab and the digital innovation network to an audience of digital makers.

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  Thomas.Matthews

  Oct 2014 - Oct 2014

  Design Intern

  Thomas Matthews is a sustainable communication design agency, in partnership with Useful Simple Projects.I co-designed on communication design briefs in print, branding and way finding.

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  The RSA (The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce)

  Oct 2014 - Jan 2015

  Design Assistant for The Great Recovery

  The Great Recovery is an RSA initiative that aims to create a more circular economy through the engagement of sustainable design thinking across the board.Ran the Great Recovery website and social media, supported the the day to day running of the project. My key achievements were;- Supporting and developing the growth of Great Recovery’s partnership with public makerspace, Fab Lab London, through physically improving the space, and building relationships.- Representing the Great Recovery in the House of Commons at events on national design and manufacturing policies.- Learning how to use and manipulate Fab Lab tools to meet my objectives. I successfully made the first lasercut ginger bread house. Show less

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  The Bromley By Bow Centre

  Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Services Consultant, Year Here Project

  The Bromley by Bow Centre is an award winning community centre in Tower Hamlets, East London. They offer a range of integrated services across healthcare, social care, education, employment and benefits. My role was to provide innovation in a priority area of focus, with a sustainable impact. Alongside day to day support across all services, my key achievements were;- Running and reinvigorating a floristry class for adults with learning disabilities as part of the social care service.- Developing, writing, and producing a community consultation guide with and for staff members, to encourage better engagement with the ‘customer’ - the service users.- Beginning as a volunteer, but having the value of my contribution and input being recognised and as a result being rewarded financially. Show less

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  Year Here

  Jan 2015 - Sept 2015

  2015 Fellow

  2015 Fellow at Year Here. Year here is a nine month leadership post graduate course on social innovation and social enterprise.- Completed a four month placement at an award winning community centre in east London, The Bromley by Bow Centre- Worked as a consultant for the Greater London Authority, developing and hosting an event about the Regeneration of London's high streets and workspaces- Developed a social enterprise model that aims to support young disadvantaged people into the street food industry- Completed modules on writing for social change, personal and leadership development Show less

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  Greater London Authority

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  Regeneration Consultant, Year Here Project

  On behalf of the Greater London Authority (GLA), with three other course members, I organised and facilitated an open space event. This style event encouraged the discussion and development of innovative ideas on the future of London’s high streets and workspaces. The workshop kickstarted the London Regeneration Fund Project initiated by London Mayor, Boris Johnson.My key achievements were;- Curating and producing inspirational content in a range of formats from print to installation.- Delivering an event that set itself apart from other GLA events as being interesting, useful and innovative. 96% of feedback was positive.- Successfully piloting new workshop and idea generating methods specific to the GLA and its work. Show less

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  The Bromley By Bow Centre

  Oct 2015 - Jan 2017

  Organisational Service Designer & Knowledge Exchange Manager

  The Bromley by Bow Centre is an award winning community organisation, whose aim is to create healthy and resilient communities. Located in one of the poorest wards in the country, Bromley by Bow in East London, it pioneers an integrated services model which recognises the need to look at the social determinants of health when supporting the health and wellbeing of people and communities. It is co-located and integrated with the Bromley by Bow Health Partnership.During my role I:- Ran the Bromley by Bow Knowledge Share Programme; a series of events, group visits and consultancy that support other organisations/communities/groups to translate the Bromley by Bow model into their own contexts. In 2016 we welcomed over 1,500 people from 700 organisations worldwide ranging from healthcare, government, and the voluntary sector through to design, social enterprise and education- Supported a two year research project evaluating the Bromley by Bow model and its impact on the local community- Supported organisational service design and innovation across both the Bromley by Bow Centre and Bromley by Bow Health Partnership using co-productive and person centred design methodologies Show less

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  Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

  Feb 2017 - Nov 2018

  Innovation Manager

  Recruited into the charitys’ first multidisciplinary test and learn team, developing new initiatives to increase cancer prevention and early diagnosis in deprived communities.During my role I:- developed the charities first socially driven product development methodology influencing four other teams in the department to adopt aspects of it- took a new volunteering programme from test and learn phase to market, translating & scaling the solution onto a digital platform (Facebook) using agile principles- developed and piloted a stop smoking referral service in three CRUK retail stores and a Tesco superstore that successfully prompted an increase in stop smoking referrals in all pilot areas (exact results TBC)- presented evidence and recommendations in reports and meetings that challenged our current products/services and strategic priorities, in order to improve our impact- self initiated a role supporting teams to adopt test and learn ways of working through strategic consultation, workshop facilitation and networking teams to skills support in other parts of the charity. - self initiated with one other a new stream of work to encourage creative external insight and talent to CRUK through organising and facilitating a one day challenge to design students at Kingston university Show less

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  Freelance

  Dec 2018 - Jan 2020

  Service Design Consultant

  My experience to date, in and out of work has shown me that as humans we are built with empathy and motivation to support and improve our communities and the lives of those around us. However as companies, systems and processes grow, those instincts can get buried. I am a creative problem solver who uses principles of user centered design and agile methodologies to unearth the empathy and skills that enable socially driven teams & organisations to increase their impact.service design - user research - agile - human centred design - social enterprise - project management - NHS transformation - organisational change - digital product development - coaching & facilitation - behaviour change - client & stakeholder management - community development - event & exhibition curation Show less

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  Ofgem

  Jan 2019 - Sept 2019

  Senior Service Designer

  I was recruited to trial the integration of service design, agile and lean methodologies into a regulatory energy policy project for the first time at Ofgem- tested and iterating policy ideas with consumers and feeding insight into the policy making process- upskilled a policy making team in agile and user centered design methods- disseminated learnings across the policy, energy and innovation sectors through talks to over 100 participants and a 50 page case study

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  Fly Over the Grass

  May 2019 - now

  Podcast producer and host

  As approaches to work and careers are shifting, and the motivation for our work to have a positive impact in the world increases, how do we navigate this as individuals? This question inspired me to start this podcast where I interview a range of inspiring individuals finding creative approaches to solving social issues, whilst doing something they love every day.

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  Brink

  Jan 2020 - now

  Collectives Lead
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  EdTech Hub

  Jan 2020 - now

  Collectives Lead
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  Well_Lab at Work

  Sept 2021 - Jan 2022

  Head of Community
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  Better Futures CoLab

  Jan 2022 - now

  Strategy & Engagement Lead