Expertise

Because of my various roles within both the corporate world and also in the grass roots community I have a vast range of expertise. I'm attempted to break it down into different areas below.

Grassroots community • LGBTQ+ business/community organisations • Corporate inclusion • Niche audiences

Efficiency & Operations

• Process improvement
• Workflow design
• Automation
• Project management
• Business organisation
• Problem solving
• Turning ideas into deliverable projects

LGBTQ+ Engagement & Community

• Community strategy
• Audience engagement
• LGBTQ+ networks
• Queer women and sapphic audiences
• Community research
• Events and programming
• Partnerships
• Authentic representation

More than 15 years of LGBTQ+ community experience, from grassroots engagement to corporate inclusion.

I've worked with LGBTQ+ communities since 2011, but my experience today goes well beyond running LGBTQ+ businesses.

I've built communities, created events, developed partnerships, worked with charities and community organisations, supported LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and created platforms specifically designed to reach underserved audiences.

Today, through my work with SPM Group, I also work with DEI and Inclusion Leads and LGBTQ+ Network Chairs from major organisations, helping facilitate conversations, relationships, events and opportunities.

I also sit on the Steering Committee of InterMediaUK, the network bringing together LGBTQ+ employee networks from across the UK media industry.

That gives me an unusual perspective.

I understand LGBTQ+ engagement from the community side and the organisational side.

And those two perspectives don't always match.

Community isn't an audience segment.

One of the biggest mistakes organisations make is assuming that LGBTQ+ engagement begins and ends with Pride Month, a rainbow logo or a marketing campaign.

Communities are built through trust.

That means understanding who you're trying to reach, listening to them, communicating appropriately and giving people genuine reasons to participate.

My experience spans lesbian and bisexual women's communities in particular, but also wider LGBTQ+ engagement, intersectionality, employee networks, events, media, film and representation.

I can help with

LGBTQ+ engagement • Community strategy • Employee network support • DEI events • Audience development • Community research • Partnerships • LGBTQ+ programming • Network Chairs • Representation • Community consultation

Film & Distribution

• Independent film distribution
• Sapphic audiences
• Film festivals
• Streaming
• Audience development
• Monetisation
• Distribution contracts and strategy
• Film financing
• Niche content