Other Skills + Personal Statement

Having grown up around Manchester and lived in London, UK. I have spent the last eight years in Turku with my partner, my 11-year-old daughter, oh, and our two cats!

Throughout my career, I have experienced a natural and challenging progression, starting from my early employment at a bustling arts and graphics supplier to various roles in art venues and more recent freelance positions. Each of these experiences, alongside my personal projects, has fulfilled my enduring passion for creativity, people, the arts, and culture.

Running my own business included using many skills I’ve developed during various positions throughout my career. From designing and creating the physical store, sourcing and purchasing all stock, marketing, managing social media accounts, building the brand and website, and e-commerce. Along with the day-to-day activities of running an independent brick-and- mortar store including face-to-face customer relations.

Crewing within the events and theatre industry has been a valued addition to my evolving career. Often working as part of a team tasked with building theatre sets and event stands. This has included fabricating set from timber, setting up audio equipment, rigging lights. Event installation has also included building custom modular exhibition stands.

My responsibilities in venue management across multiple venues has allowed me to develop and build on my managerial skills. I have training in first aid and have attended numerous courses covering the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act)UK. I have also completed the BIIAB course and hold a National Certificate for Alcohol Licensees (UK). Events I have worked on include the Paralympic Torch relay ceremony, BBC Question Time, Stella McCartney Fashion launch, Fiat 500 car UK launch as well as many conferences and weddings.

Software skills include

Apple - [Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie].

Affinity - [Photo]. Spextrix Ticketing System.

Adobe - [Photoshop, InDesign]. Microsoft Office -

[Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint].

Experienced in building websites on Shopify, Squarespace and Cargo platforms.

When working as a designer for print, Commissions included The Old Vic, Lizzi Kew Ross & Co, Unfinished Histories and Trinity Laban.

Alongside this, I have also worked as an event crew/manager. Events I have worked on have included: Greenwich and Docklands Festival, Green Man Festival, Coke Zero Park Lives Events and Vauxhall One Film Screenings, among others.

Front of House Managing the Southwark Playhouse, a busy receiving house comprising of two theatre spaces and bar. This post was created specifically to hone front-of-house operations.

Alongside the day-to-day running of a busy arts venue, my role included recruiting and training all paid Front of House staff and managing a pool of over 50 volunteer Front of House Assistants. This included inductions for all staff and volunteers, on-the-job training, timesheet management and rota scheduling. I implemented a number of new systems and initiatives, these included contracts for all FoH staff, a new monthly pay scheme, as well as changing suppliers and stock lines, ensuring the best quality and customer services throughout the department.

Prior to the Southwark Playhouse, I worked in other venue management positions for over 12 years, one venue included Trinity Laban, a world-class conservatoire for contemporary dance that also doubles as a busy and thriving performance venue for cutting-edge programs and events from across the world.

The 2003 Sterling Prize-winning building houses a 300-seat auditorium, an additional 100-seat studio theatre, plus 12 dance studios, a café and a theatre bar. As the first Front of House and Bar Manager in these new premises, I interviewed, employed and trained all FoH staff, set up all FoH systems, wrote all job descriptions and emergency procedures, managed bar and cafe budgets, and sourced all bar equipment and supplies. During this time I was also trained to use the Spektrix ticketing system used by the box office. At Laban I was a key member of the events team and hosted countless events. Managing events involved meeting clients for initial site visits, assessing their needs, room setup and managing a team of staff on the day of the events - also follow-up meetings to ensure clients were happy with their hires.

Before my 8-year tenure at Laban I also worked as Front of House Manager at the Drill Hall, a busy arts centre comprising of two theatre spaces, rehearsal rooms and dark room suites. This was an invaluable opportunity to learn many of the skills that I went on to develop at Trinity Laban and beyond.

- M.Bromley. 2025