Eleanor Burke
London
Summary
A highly skilled marketing professional with extensive experience in social media management, content creation, and event marketing. Demonstrated expertise in crafting impactful marketing materials using Adobe Photoshop and Canva, alongside proficiency in creating engaging video content with VistaVideo. Proven track record of successfully promoting over 100 performance events, including collaborations with prestigious clients such as Royal Museums Greenwich and English Heritage. Strong organisational skills complemented by a background as a personal assistant, ensuring efficient diary management and document handling. Passionate about inclusion and representation, with excellent interpersonal skills and experience supporting neurodiverse individuals. Committed to leveraging creativity and resourcefulness to connect with diverse audiences and drive successful marketing outcomes.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
PR Manager for K Lens UK Film and Theatre Company
Keith Large - Film Producer
Leicester and remote
2018.04 - Current
- Building and maintaining the wesbite, when instructed, using WIX. Adding links to videos, social media, articles and IMDB listings.
- Creating the company logo and branding.
- Creating film high quality posters using Adobe photoshop.
- Promoting projects, when instructed, on Facebook.
- Conducting interviews on radio and screen.
- Checking and maintaining the company email inbox for important enquiries and opportunities.
- Creating pages for films on IMDB and updating relevant data, such as cast and creatives and film festival awards and nominations.
Marketing Manager for Fierce Queens
Royal Museums Greenwich
Greenwich
2018.02 - Current
- Creating and curating an annual event at The Queens House in Greenwich for Royal Museums Greenwich to mark LGBTQIA+ History Month. Deciding and finessing the theme, branding and artistic direction. Negotiating with and booking notable performers and creatives to ensure the event is impactful and entertaining.
- Creating all marketing assets, including creating the main poster for print and all relevant sizes for social media and web use, ensuring all materials are impactful but adhere to the museums standards.
- Assessing access needs and striving to improve accessibility for all. Supporting those with access needs. Assisting with audio description and supporting blind performers and audience members.
- Creating promotional reels for social media.
- Working with a museum and assessing barriers, including protecting listed architecture and furniture and finding solutions to optimise the impact of the event without risk.
- Creating soundtracks to enhance the event, including creating playlists and ambience backing.
PR Manager for BOiBOX Drag King Cabaret
Self Employed
London
2013.09 - Current
- Designing events from implementation; from the theme, to choosing the right cast and venue, the pricing and the fees for all creative involved.
- Designing effective, eye-catching, impactful and lasting branding and marketing materials - creating posters and promotional assets for social media and print using photoshop, canva, vivavideo and other tools, the aforementioned are my favourites for quality, malleability and speed. Creating memorable and catchy phrases and event names. Assessing and targeting appropriate groups and researching and actioning how best to reach them.
- Liaising with different venues to optimise the delivery of the event, the reach of promotion, across the venues channels and the events own, to maximise sales.
- Ensuring the personal needs of those who are engaged with the event are met and prioritised and that individuals are recognised by the venue, staff and creatives, whether that be clarifying or supporting gender or sexual identity, neurodiversion or access requirements.
- Establishing lasting relationships with venues and creatives by ensuring consistency, professionalism and a positive work environment.
- Handling press enquires, creating newsletters and dealing with customer queries.
- Working with photographers to capture quality content.
- Capturing photographic and video content and creating reels for promotion and to reinforce branding and reach.
PR Manager and Manager for Adam All
Adam All
London and remote
2010.07 - Current
- Managing Drag Artist Adam All.
- Strengthening, finessing and maintaining brand recognition by developing recognisable and consistent branding; overseeing photoshoots, styling and everything released across all medias.
- Creating bespoke social media content across channels and in collaboration with notable collaborators, including META, ModiBodi, Method.
- Negotiating contracts and fees and ensuring personal needs are understood and met and that standards are maintained; quality and proof checking contracts, articles, campaigns and the sound quality and lighting at events.
- Identifying key contacts for partnership and performance opportunities to boost brand visibility and generate income and creating clear guidance for Adam to actualise their goals.
- Admin and diary management - Creating and chasing invoices, scheduling events, keeping on top of multiple inboxes and prioritising important correspondence.
- Personal, professional and artistic support - understanding Adam's barriers and strengths both personally and professionally.
- Managing Adam's career from a relatively unknown performer to a globally recognised, world famous and award winning Drag King.
- Attending and supporting Adam at important events.
Marketing Assistant for Queer Walls
English Heritage
Eltham, Greenwich
2022.07 - 2023.07
- Curating an annual pride event from implementation for English Heritage at Eltham Palace. Creating and finessing the theme and branding, artistic direction, choosing and securing the cast and creatives.
- Creating all marketing materials and promoting them across social media.
- Working with English Heritage to ensure their standards and needs are met online and in person, including assessing risks, providing insurance and navigating barriers to deliver an event that is impactful, entertaining and enjoyable .
- Capturing event footage and sharing on social media.
- Liaising with all cast and creatives to ensure their needs are met.
PA and Admin Assistant
Barclays Wealth, Ofcom and various
London
2003.10 - 2006.06
- Admin assistant at Ofcom supporting the privacy and fairness team with investigations and complaints, handling correspondence, storing important information, taking minutes at meetings and liaising with legal on important cases.
- PA to head of wealth management at Barclays Wealth, maintaining her inbox and assisting on a particular project relocating staff from Manila to London; assisting on all correspondence, visa processes, transport logistics and accommodation.
- Temp Admin assistant across various companies.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester 2003.09 - 2006.07
Certificate of Higher Education - Acting
The Poor School
London 2008.09 - 2010.07
Skills
- Social Media savvy - creating impactful content, following trends, maintaining branding, style and direction and posting at optimum times
- Highly experienced, skilled and efficient at creating marketing materials, for both print and digital use - Using Adobe Photoshop (primarily) to create bespoke assets for advertising and promotion Creating quick adhoc materials using Canva and using VistaVideo to create concise reels
- Highly organised, exprienced and thorough with admin - keeping on top of inboxes and filing important documents and assets, prioritising important correspondence, excellent diary management and multi-tasking skills,
- Highly experienced in marketing performance events and utilizing different stratedgies and approaches to optimise sales - responsible for the key marketing, branding and promotion of producing BOiBOX at several different venues (over 100 events in total, many of them selling out), and highly experienced at working with both artistic and corporate clients, such as Royal Museums Greenwich and English Heritage, to optimise the reach of their marketing and success of their event
- Highly creative and resourceful - excellent at finding solutions to problems and ways to reach and connect with new audiences
- Excellent and experienced at catchy and concise copyrighting for events and marketing
- Highly experienced in note-taking with previous experience as a full time PA for banking clients prior to drama school
- Passionate, creative, intuitive and interested - a background and interest in live theatre and an understanding of how the business works
- Excellent interpersonal skills - very strong communication skills and experience of working with neurodiverse indivuals and providing access support when required
- Passionate about inclusion - member of the LGBTQIA community and passionate about driving inclusion and representation
Affiliations
- Theatre, Cabaret, Drag, Literature, Gardening, Walking, Cooking
Timeline
Marketing Assistant for Queer Walls
English Heritage
2022.07 - 2023.07
PR Manager for K Lens UK Film and Theatre Company
Keith Large - Film Producer
2018.04 - Current
Marketing Manager for Fierce Queens
Royal Museums Greenwich
2018.02 - Current
PR Manager for BOiBOX Drag King Cabaret
Self Employed
2013.09 - Current
PR Manager and Manager for Adam All
Adam All
2010.07 - Current
Certificate of Higher Education - Acting
The Poor School
2008.09 - 2010.07
PA and Admin Assistant
Barclays Wealth, Ofcom and various
2003.10 - 2006.06
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
Manchester Metropolitan University
2003.09 - 2006.07