CV | M E L L O N Y T A P E R
PROFILE
Marketing professional with an extensive track record in business marketing, management and administration at a strategic level; complemented by substantial, practical marketing and business skills.
Recent experience specifically in the area of marketing the arts in North Somerset.
Professional, practising interdisciplinary artist.
Summary:
• Marketing Director of ArtPort | Portishead Arts Festival
• Strategic business and marketing experience
• Practical, hands on skills
• Strong office, admin, and time management skills
• Practising professional artist
• A genuine hands-on, can-do attitude and a demonstrable desire to make a difference
EXPERIENCE
MARKETING DIRECTOR | PORTISHEAD ARTS FESTIVAL | 2022
www.portisheadartsfestival.org
NEW ICONS OF PRINT | 2016-2019
Successful ‘micro business’ startup marketed entirely via Instagram.
PROFESSIONAL MARKETING ROLES 1998 - 2012
Freelance marketing consultancy — 2008-2012
Brand Marketing Director 2003-2008
Head of Marketing 2001-2003
Marketing Manager 1998 - 2001
SKILLS
MARKETING
Event management | Copywriting | Email marketing | Social media management | Content creation |
Design & production of marketing materials | Website design, build, management
STRATEGIC
Marketing strategy | Business planning | Analysis | Brand building | Brand management | Rebranding
ADMIN & OFFICE
General office administration | All Office software packages: Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc | Email software (Campaigner, Mailchimp) | Database management
Marketing professional with an extensive track record in business marketing, management and administration at a strategic level; complemented by substantial, practical marketing and business skills.
Recent experience specifically in the area of marketing the arts in North Somerset.
Professional, practising interdisciplinary artist.
Summary:
• Marketing Director of ArtPort | Portishead Arts Festival
• Strategic business and marketing experience
• Practical, hands on skills
• Strong office, admin, and time management skills
• Practising professional artist
• A genuine hands-on, can-do attitude and a demonstrable desire to make a difference
EXPERIENCE
MARKETING DIRECTOR | PORTISHEAD ARTS FESTIVAL | 2022
www.portisheadartsfestival.org
NEW ICONS OF PRINT | 2016-2019
Successful ‘micro business’ startup marketed entirely via Instagram.
PROFESSIONAL MARKETING ROLES 1998 - 2012
Freelance marketing consultancy — 2008-2012
Brand Marketing Director 2003-2008
Head of Marketing 2001-2003
Marketing Manager 1998 - 2001
SKILLS
MARKETING
Event management | Copywriting | Email marketing | Social media management | Content creation |
Design & production of marketing materials | Website design, build, management
STRATEGIC
Marketing strategy | Business planning | Analysis | Brand building | Brand management | Rebranding
ADMIN & OFFICE
General office administration | All Office software packages: Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc | Email software (Campaigner, Mailchimp) | Database management
EDUCATION |
BA (Hons) Fine Art Sculpture, Wimbledon School of Art, 1998
BTec Art and Design, South Devon Technical College, 1995
BA (Hons) Contemporary Writing, University of Middlesex, 1991
ARTS PROGRAMMING, COMMISSIONING, CURATION & PROJECT MANAGEMENT |
ArtPort | Portishead Arts Festival
Instrumental in the artistic and strategic development of ArtPort - a multi-event, multi-arts annual festival on the North Somerset coast, near Bristol. In the role Taper has commissioned and curated original film, art installations, exhibitions and events, including commissioning the #Portisfield ‘Field’ installation by Hamish Young RWA MRSS and co-producing ‘ArtStories’, a series of original documentary films about the artists who live and work in the west of England with award winning film director Barry Wilkinson.
- Programming, commissioning and curation of original arts installations, exhibitions and events
- Strategy development
- Marketing and PR strategy and development;
- Social media strategy and execution
ArtStories
Together with award-winning film maker Barry Wilkinson of BW Film, we conceived an ongoing series of original, documentary short films profiling the artists of North Somerset. Click on images to watch:
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