Digital / New media Local / Regional Government cross art-form Public art International Cultures Charity / third sector Training / Education Museums / Galleries Theatre Dance Music Festivals / Events Film Private Sector Public Sector Community Arts

BEN following sectors Experience in the PUGH FRSA DipMgmt BA(Hons) Well connected across sectors Excellent interpersonal skills Great communication skills Divergent / creative thinker Quick to understand and Good strategic overview implement objectives Practical & hands-on Good team leader Highly IT literate Quick to adapt Independent Organised

Address 66 Murray Street

York, YO24 4JA Attributes tel 07970 950552 mail [email protected] url benpugh.wordpress.com Ben Pugh twitter twitter.com/benpugh 'distilled' Ben Pugh ‘Distilled’ Training & Qualification Training & Qualification Other BA ( PRINCE2 Management in Professional Certificate Professional Diploma in Management Fellow of the Royal Society Arts year) MBA (in final Hons ) Various IT/ technical courses Various music grades / creative training First Aid Counter Terrorism Measures for Technical Theatre Arts / Management Public Organisations Marketing Creativity and Innovation Strategy Skills & Experience Managing Performance 'Not for profit' programme programme 'Not for profit' and Change Evaluation Monitoring performance Publishing Delivering public sector contracts Licensing and H&S legislation Policy Development Heritage environments Site specific working Mentoring tendering Procurement / University Lecturing / tutoring Project / Partnership Boards Charity formation / Trusteeship Limited Company formation / Direction Business development Organisational Development CSR Cross Sector Partnerships Governance Managing Technical and Production Resources Volunteers People / Teams Contractors / Suppliers Major Public Commissions Project and corporate Finance Project Startups Change Stakeholders Project / Events BEN PUGH FRSA DipMgmt BA(Hons) Profile

From 1998 to the present day I have been working to provide comprehensive, cross sector, management infrastructure and consultation or projects, productions, festivals, and events in the creative and cultural industries. I work across disciplines in theatre, music, visual arts, festival, film, community and education. Each project or event is carefully tailored, drawing on a network of contacts, partner organisations and talented individuals offering a unique and professional package. Address 66 Murray Street As a cultural sector practitioner, I’m credited over the years with projects ranging from York, YO24 4JA producing the huge Mela Festival (with over 200,000 attendees) to event managing tel 07970 950552 the York Mystery Plays. From co-ordinating a young people’s carnival parade in Sri Lanka to mail [email protected] project managing the Illuminating York Festival. url benpugh.wordpress.com twitter twitter.com/benpugh I have commissioned and delivered work in a wide range of settings – from the Mumbai slums to New York; encompassing public parks, heritage sites, theatres, museums, galleries, town squares, botanical gardens; everything from rugged moors to NCP car-parks. Having worked with numerous different organisations running a huge variety of projects, I’ve built up a clear picture of what makes for successful engagement, what makes a successful project and what is viable with the available resources. Pulling these three strands together and making all three elements work is always a personal challenge driven by a desire to help people realise their vision.

I offer a range of skills for individual projects, from a commitment to delivering long-term strategic development and bringing together partners, to the actual realisation ‘on site’ of events. From planning to fund-raising to the co-ordination of volunteers; managing contractors and stakeholders as well as all the practical infra-structure, I pay attention to the detail to ensure a thorough and consistent approach throughout the life-time of the project to help fully realise its potential.

As a management consultant, I’ve provided strategic support and organisational development to a number of cultural sector organisations. On-going questions about how business engages with the local community; how the arts can influence and feed regeneration; and what the sectors can offer to or learn from each other, continually permeate my approach to each individual project.

As well as a degree in Technical Theatre I hold a Post Graduate Professional Diploma in Management and I’m currently in my the final stage of studying for an MBA with the Open University. I’ve completed modules in Managing Performance and Change, Strategy, Managing Creativity and Innovation and Marketing Strategy. I work to stay current and have undertaken training in numerous areas ranging from Prince2 Project Management to counter terrorism planning. I’m a member of various of trade associations and am proud to be a Fellow of the RSA.

Full details of all projects and clients can been seen on my webpages at www.benpugh.wordpress.com. A small selection of recent contracts are included below.

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Business Development Manager, National Centre for Early Music August 2012 - currently Working closely with the director, the board and team at the NCEM to develop new revenue streams, capital funding programmes, strategic partnerships and audience development initiatives.

www.ncem.co.uk Address 66 Murray Street Project Manager, Illuminating York May 2006 - currently York, YO24 4JA Developing and delivering the wide public festival programme for the cross-sector tel 07970 950552 partnership funded by the Arts Council which includes: City of York Council, Visit York, Science mail [email protected] City York, York Museums Trust amongst others. url benpugh.wordpress.com twitter twitter.com/benpugh www.illuminatingyork.org.uk

Associate Lecturer, Leeds Metropolitan University Sept 2010 - currently I’m a member of the team at the UK Centre for Event Management. As an academic and practitioner I deliver seminars and workshops to enable to students to contextualise their learning in the industry. I cover subjects such as Event Planning and Management, Managing Stakeholder Behaviour, Event Law and Production. www.leedsmet.ac.uk/international/events/

Recent clients / projects

Creative Producer, Mind the Gap Theatre Company Sept 2011 - Sept 2012 The company secured Olympic and Cultural Olympic commissions through ‘i-move’ in the region and the ‘Unlimited Festival’ nationally. I worked to build partnerships, facilitate the creative process and ideas, and develop the projects through to ensuring successful delivery in locations from Moor to the National Theatre.

www.mind-the-gap.org.uk

Event Manager, York Mystery Plays 2012 October 2010 - Sept 2012 As well as sitting on the senior management team for this enormous community engagement and theatre project, I was responsible for the construction and management of a purpose built open air 1400 seat theatre venue in the Museum Gardens heritage site in York. Over 2000 people were involved from the local community in this project enjoyed by over 30,000 attendees.

www.yorkmysteryplays-2012.com

Policy Development & licensing Consultant, Left Bank Arts Centre May 2011 - May 2012 Over the course of a year I worked alongside the volunteers, the board and trustees of this new community centre and arts venue in and unusual abandoned church in Leeds to develop policies and operating procedures that suited their resources and approach and facilitated their successful application for a full premises license.

www.leftbankleeds.org.uk

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Chair, Skipton International Puppet Festival June 2012 - Present Associate, York Festivals Trust 2002 - Present Strategic Advisor, York Unification and Multicultural Initiative 2006 - Present Steering Group / Art Group Member, Illuminating York 2008 - Present Product Development Group, Greenbelt Festival 2011 - Present Steering & Art Groups Member, SightSonic International Digital Festival 2001 - 2009 Address Member, European Mela Network 2006 - 2009 66 Murray Street York, YO24 4JA tel 07970 950552 Education mail [email protected] benpugh.wordpress.com url MBA, Open University 2007 - Present twitter twitter.com/benpugh Professional Diploma in Management, Open University 2006 – 2007 Certificate in Management (NFP & Public sector), Open University 2005 - 2006 BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts, Arden School of Theatre Manchester 1994 - 1997 Gap year working as a voluntary youth worker 1993 - 1994 A-Levels (Theatre Studies; Sociology; Music; General Studies), St. Aidan's C of E High School, Harrogate 1991 - 1993 GCSE (x11), St. Aidan's C of E High School, Harrogate 1989 - 1991

Additional Skills and Qualifications:

Prince2 Project Management (Foundation and Practitioner) qualified in August 2009. First aid at work certificate. Counter Terrorism Training. Highly computer literate, good musical, photographic and digital media skills. Basic European languages & confident international traveller. Full clean driving licence. & IPAF license (MEWP)

Referrals

Please feel free to contact any of the organisations I have worked with in recent years to discuss my approach, experience and work. Alternatively the following can be contacted for formal references.

Liz Wilson Dr Delma Tomlin Chief Executive Director York Theatre Royal National Centre for Early Music [email protected] [email protected]

Julia Skelton Administrative Director Mind The Gap Theatre Co [email protected]

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