about me
background
I’ve worked as a graphic designer, software engineer, archivist, waitress, bookshop manager, translator, sales assistant, media and PR officer, and writer. I love anything that combines technical and administrative disciplines with literary and artistic sensibilities. I am efficient and self-driven, used to independent work such as academic research and remote projects.
Python & Apps course, Code First Girls (2023)
Software Development (Java) bootcamp, QA Ltd. (2022)
Film and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC), Barcelona (2015)
Eòlia Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Barcelona (2011-14)
University of Cambridge, MPhil in Classics (2020-22)
University of Exeter, BA English and Drama (2017-20)
School of Arts in Vic (EASD), Barcelona (2015-17)
professional strengths
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Creative direction
Graphic design and media production
Communications
Photography
Sound design
Copywriting, scriptwriting, video treatments
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Administration
Research-informed content production
Technical writing
Narrative design
Software engineering
Archival research and digitalisation
Technical theatre design (scenography, sound, lighting)
Proofreading and editing
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Python
Java
Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery
Photoshop
InDesign
Digital photography
Final Cut Pro
Premiere Pro
Logic Pro
Spanish
Catalan
English
Portuguese
experience
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Designed the media kit for the rollout of La Chunga’s latest single, Correspondencia. Full branding design was provided, with album art, Spotify images and namestyles, and social media promotional pictures.
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Designed a newspaper that acted as a narrative sandbox for the players of my Dungeons & Dragons campaign to feel immersed in a world bigger than their characters.
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Game design compendium of item descriptions, themed around the existing IP of the British LARP Empire, created by Profound Decisions.
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Fictional travel guide to the underground systems and tourist landmarks of the city in a radio play script I am writing. This will act as both a worldbuilding aid and also as a companion to the main narrative.
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I have designed album art for musician Anastasia’s 2019 single Prettier That Way, as well as alternate art for records I enjoy, and made-up album art.
communications and tech
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Remote flexible job. I developed new features for the company’s backend platform, monitored and deployed services and oversaw automation, providing internal guidance to developers using these tools.
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Created marketing assets (copy, graphics, videos) and upkept the plays’ social media. Organised internal communication across teams. Contacted media outlets, managed press nights.
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Wrote research-informed content on testimonial historical literature for a set of ten leaflets, each summing up critical discussion and group attitudes towards books that had been discussed in a book club over previous months. This initiative was organised and promoted by the local City Council as part of their heritage cultural programme.
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Was invited back to my arts school to speak at the inaugural lecture to current students and teachers about my career and my experience as a migrant creative.
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I interned at the Syon Abbey archive, University of Exeter Special Collections department. I catalogued, transcribed and repackaged textual and photographical sources dating from the 19th century to 2011.
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Editing intern, Ivor Gurney: The Complete Poetical Works, Volume 2, ed. Philip Lancaster and Tim Kendall. Oxford University Press, forthcoming. I proofread pages and transcribed manuscripts; created index pages and organised content in the volume. Regular dialogue with my manager while working remotely due to COVID-19 improved my teamwork and communication skills.
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I ran a channel where I discussed books and vlogged my reading life.
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Deputy editor for the fortnightly independent newspaper of the University of Exeter, awarded Best Publication 2019-20 by the UK Student Publication Association.Founding editor of Beyond Exeter (later International), a section that pioneered voices of international students and academics. Duties included pastoral responsibility for more than thirty section editors, liaising with editors-in-chief, and creating backup content. I acquired teamwork and risk management skills.
design
writing and translation
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Original poetry and graphic design. Kindle Direct Publishing, April 2022.
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My poem “Iliad” was commissioned for the poetry anthology Tell Me Who We Were Before Life Made Us, ed. Maz Hedgehog. 3 of Cups Press, June 2021.
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Taught English as a second language to young kids of ages ranging 6-10.
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Spanish-to-English translation of Blazing Sky (original title Cielofuego). By Loreley Bertran (text) and Roberta Bridda (illustrations). European Union with Yekibud Editores, October 2021.
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Contributing writer (epilogue) to Meritxell Bonàs’s PhD thesis “Dibuixant nous paisatges d'infància,” on pedagogy and learning. Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2019.
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My writing has also been published in Núvol, The Indiependent, Varsity, Exeposé and The Cambridge Student. A few of those contributions can be found re-published in my blog.
arts, crafts, hobbies
Songwriting, poetry writing, narrative writing and scriptwriting hobbyist for 15+ years
I like to sew—I made my own postgraduate graduation dress, and my LARP costume
Radio play producer
I enjoy tabletop and live action roleplaying games
Dancer and singer