Prolific North

Managing Director

Head Of Operations

Operations Manager

Salford Professional Development

Salford Professional Development is the commercial arm of the University of Salford and specialise in knowledge exchange via short courses, bespoke training, conferences and events. 

Recognising a growing digital skills gap and difficulty of businesses to keep up with the pace of change, The Digital and Media Academy delivers short courses in key digital and media growth areas for individuals and businesses.

Business Unit Leader - Digital Media Academy

Responsible for delivering over 300 events yearly (conferences, exhibitions, executive training, bespoke projects). 

Coaching, mentoring and leading a team of six with clear direction and focus on their roles and responsibilities set against their key performance Indicators in order to deliver our portfolio of events. 

Supporting the CEO with the strategic direction and implementation.

Head of Event Operations

Event Manager

Event Coordinator

NOMAD Events LLC

Nomad is a live experience agency based in the UAE  with key accounts in the automotive industry: Daimler UAE (Mercedes-Benz), Mini, Polaris GCC, BMW; Other key accounts included Qatar National Bank and Mashreq Bank

Events & Projects Coordinator

🔹 About me🔹
In my role as Managing Director of Prolific North, I lead a wonderful team of 13 across Editorial, Sales, Marketing and Operations. I have a keen interest in developing my leadership skills and staying on top of the latest across marketing, tech and digital.

What content to expect if you choose to follow me:

🟠   What I've learned in my role so far and occasional reviews of books or podcasts I enjoy;
🟠   News and opinion pieces on topics across marketing, digital & tech;
🟠   Updates on what the wonderful people at Prolific North are up to and how you can get involved.



🔹 About Prolific North 🔹 
Based in Manchester, we are the leading platform for news, jobs, events and more for the creative & digital sectors in the North of England. Ever since our first editorial piece & newsletter back in 2013, we exist to inform, connect and celebrate the North's creative and digital sectors.

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📣 Share your news with our journalists via email: news@prolificnorth.co.uk
🗓  Browse our upcoming events:  https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/events 


👋 Or DM me with a specific ask.
 PS: I am always on the lookout for engaging folk to come and speak at our events 😊

The deadline to apply for the Barclays Eagle Labs #CyberBridgeProgramme has been EXTENDED until April 26th!

If you are a #startup with a solution or service addressing threat detection, vulnerability management, data loss prevention and can help defend businesses from ransomware then APPLY NOW ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ 

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Likewise if you are an established business or corporate organisation concerned about ransomware and you’d like to learn about partnership and collaboration with start ups then join us and apply ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ 

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Cyber security bridge is a programme we’ve developed with CodeBase, to help address the rise of ransomware attacks. We’ll be bringing together some of the UKs leading corporations and most innnovative startups to understand the different approaches to collaboration and disruptive innovation.
You’ll learn about:

The partnership journey
Developing and landing a proof of concept
Mergers and acquisitions
Lived industry experience

If you'd like to know more, reach out to myself and/or David Bleakman 👍 and if you feel this would be of interest to anyone please share far & wide 😁 

#Startups #Cybersecurity #Innovation

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Not long now until Digital City Festival returns in Manchester 🚀 Dates for your diary!

👉 15 April - Digital Leaders Summit & Reception brings together leaders of tech-enabled businesses and figures from both the public and private sectors to address the challenges and opportunities for growth in the North (this is invite-only but you can express your interest to attend)

👉 16 April - Made in the North Event - the media and screen sectors are in a state of flux with many challenges affecting us right now - from access to investment, new markets or even talent - this one is for leaders in these sectors and will discuss how we tackle the crisis - *FREE* to attend

👉 17 April - E-commerce Show North - all things ecommerce for ambitious business selling online!- *FREE* to attend

👉 18 April - How can Northern Agencies embrace AI?

👉 19 April - Manchester's tech landscape and lessons we can learn from the growth of this ecosystem   - *FREE* to attend

And that's not even half of the events!
The team at Prolific North have been relentlessly hard at work together with our amazing partners to put together what I think is one of the most exciting DCF agendas to date. Massive thank you to all of those that help us make this important event happen 🙏 

See you there? 😃 
(If you see me throughout the Festival week energy drinks & good coffee will make me like you even more 😅)

This is officially the most fun I've had putting together an event agenda! Digital City Festival returns next week, there's 13 events to choose from - tech, AI, North's strategy for growth, marketing, Ecommerce etc - do have a look at the full agenda 🗓 

But today I want to talk about the main event on Tuesday - Made in the North. I got to work with Stephen C. on this one - he looks after the news desk at Prolific North but also runs his own indie production company called 39 Pictures.

In one of our editorial catch-ups last year, Stephen flagged that he's getting some concerning off the record reports from the screen sector (production, broadcast etc). Major issues brewing on the horizon which could be fundamental for the broadcast industry and particularly in the North of England, which has seen a really positive shift in the past 10 years. 

"Reckon it’s going to hit pretty hard, pretty fast and pretty soon" Stephen said. 

I have to caveat this with I KNEW NOTHING about this sector at the time 😅 But it seemed quite important even to my untrained mind so we decided to investigate 👀 

We held a roundtable with some of the North's big bosses in broadcast & production and the outcome was clear: the sector is in a state of crisis, it's a very fragmented landscape and we need a unified voice and collaboration to withstand what's to come.

I am not even going to pretend that we at Prolific North have the answers to all these issues! But  we are pretty good at shining a spotlight on important trends and bringing  together the right people to collaborate and find solutions. 

Since the roundtable, Stephen and I have been hard at work galvanising the best people in the sector we could bring together to open the floor on these issues and campaign for a more unified, collaborative and hopefully more prolific Northern media industry. I've learned SO much in the process and I'm determined to do everything we can to support.

We'll talk about:

👉  How technological developments are affecting media production (hint AI will be mentioned a little bit 😅 )
👉  Content consumption trends and how this is feeding into decisions around commissioning but also strategy from brands such as FOOTASYLUM to engage their audiences
👉 How the sector including BBC is making production more sustainable
👉 The talent pipeline in the North - how to create more opportunity and make the jobs market sustainable all year round

But most importantly how do we become a more unified industry to tackle these challenges and attract more investment in Northern media and broadcast?

If you work in media ✨ THIS IS YOUR CALL TO ARMS! ✨ 

Secure your free ticket for Tuesday 17 April in  MediaCityUK and join the industry's most vital conversation with a stellar line-up of speakers! 👇 

See you there?

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