Fiona Hegarty

Experience

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  Deep Focus: Women in Film Film Festival

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  Feature and Documentary Programmer
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  Adult Literacy Tutor

  Jan 2013 - Oct 2013

  Adult Literacy Tutor

  • Oct - May 2012: Adult Literacy Tutor, St. John's College, Cork.Sandra Brett, Cork VEC: brett.sandra@hotmail.comAs an adult literacy tutor I was employed by the VEC and Cork ETB (Education and Training Board) to develop teaching plans and deliver FETAC accredited courses in adult literacy to members of the Travelling Community. I am also trained and certified by NALA (National Adult Literacy Association)• Researching teaching methods specifically designed for adult literacy.• Developing and structuring course content.• Delivery of adult literacy classes. Show less

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  National Sculpture Factory

  Apr 2013 - Apr 2015

  Membership Co-Ordinator

  The National Sculpture Factory Cork is Ireland’s leading site for the production of large-scale public art works, which offers studio space and residencies to national and international leading artists. The NSF is an internationally recognized site of art facilitation and practice which offers a programme of training, events, exhibitions and lectures.• Administration and clerical duties.• Membership promotion and administration.• Database maintenance.• Studio Assistant.• Programme Assistant.• Production assistance for all NSF public activity, projects and exhibition.• Social media and marketing. Show less

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  IRON R2 Project

  Apr 2014 - May 2014

  Project Coordinator, IRON R2

  The IRON-R2 Project was a large-scale Iron-casting workshop which took place over the course of one week, involving international experts in the practice and over fifty national and international participants.• Pre-production, development and production of large-scale weeklong iron casting workshop with over 50 participants and four international trainers.• Liaising with lead artists, participants and stakeholders.• Promotion and marketing of performance element of workshop.• Coordination and supervision of project documentation. Show less

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  Cork Film Festival

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2022

  This multi-faceted role within the Cork Film Festival involved the research, curation and production of a wide series of events and new initiatives within the festival’s expanding programme; the management and development of new and existing stakeholder relationships; researching and procuring funding for new initiatives; researching and developing new programmatic strands for the festival’s programme of repertory cinema and ensuring that these were produced, marketed and delivered successfully.Programming: • Programming all 'Film and Discussion' events – consisting of carefully programmed feature and documentary films coupled with extensive, carefully curated panel discussion.• Programmer of "Illuminate", the festival's Mental Health strand of film programming; working with stakeholders including the HSE and other health groups to ensure funding and successful marketing of this programme.• Coordinator and assistant programmer of EUNIC, European Shorts Programme.• Coordinator of the European Parliament’s LUX film prize.• Member of programming team for Cork Film Festival's overall programme.• Booking, negotiating terms and delivery of films.Talent Development Campus: This role also included responsibility for the Festival’s inaugural Talent Development Campus, a new international training initiative and an integral part of the festival’s reimagined identity. • Researching, curating and casting speakers and content for the Festival's industry training programme and production of all industry networking events.• Managing relationships with partners, stakeholders, tertiary institutions and community groups. Forging new stakeholder and funding relationships with an array of stakeholders including government bodies such as the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.• Marketing and recruiting national and international participants.• Managing technical and production staff. Show less

  • Screenings Manager and Documentary Programmer

    Jan 2015 - Aug 2022

  • Programme Development Manager

    Apr 2015 - Dec 2015

  • Programme Development Manager

    Jun 2014 - Nov 2014
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  Tyneside Cinema

  Jan 2017 - May 2018

  Cinema Distribution and Exhibition Manager, Random Acts Network Centre North

  Random Acts: First Acts was a nationwide project run in collaboration between Channel4,the Arts Council England and regional partners which worked together to commissionover 300 short films, and develop a new theatrical audience of over 120,000 viewersacross England.• Devising, developing and coordinating a national distribution strategy for thecatalogue of films which reached an audience of over 120,000 people acrossEngland in a 12 month period.• Managing an active screening schedule and coordinating all print transport andasset logistics to ensure a 100% success rate for daily screenings of Random Actswork across England.• Curation of multiple short film programmes and events.• Production and event management of various events at venues and festivals,liaising with industry speakers and filmmakers.• Establishing, growing and managing a large database of partner exhibitorrelationships.• Management of all marketing and brand identity activity across print and digital Show less

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  A+E Networks UK

  Nov 2018 - Jan 2019

  Presentation Scheduler
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  Nowadays

  Nov 2019 - now

  • Operations Manager

    Nov 2019 - now

  • Operations Manager

    Nov 2019 - Aug 2022