Zoë Gealy

Set up Mioë Community Interest Company with a colleague and respected Community Engagement partner in Swansea, to deliver learning opportunities, events and activities to communities in Swansea and across Wales. Aim to create projects according to our values of delivering with communities, according to their needs, and to help support them share their stories. Currently partnered with Elysium Gallery to evaluate and monitor Connect + Flourish project engaging 3 neuro divergent groups in a variety of art forms. Successfully gained funding from the Lottery for Woman focused project later this year.

Amgueddfa Cymru has been a very varied, challenging and exciting role that has included wide ranging project management, strategic planning, managing teams, freelancers, volunteers and partners. Developed and improved upon wide ranging skills from events and exhibitions design and management to developing learning and volunteering programmes. Written funding bids and managed multiple budgets, delivered presentations, organised conferences, as well as forming very many partnerships with all manor of local, National and International organisations, from charities to education, third sector to Government departments. Set up award winning GRAFT garden in partnership with local artist, which has been one of the most successful long running projects in the museum to date and helped achieve status as the first Museum of Sanctuary in the U.K.

Setting up learning opportunities for local residents. Building and maintaining strong partnerships. Regularly liaising with those partners such as Lifelong learning and Gower college. Working with private learning companies. Organising all logistics and removing any would be barriers for potential learners such as childcare, transport, refreshments and accessible venue hire. Developing courses based on needs of participants as well as those required by local and national employers. Engaging and supporting learners, advertising courses as well as representing Communities First. Managing volunteers, supporting their needs and providing training where required. Budget management and strong organisational skills were required for this role.

Working in assisted housing project for young care leavers. Assist with all support requirements from delivering cooking skills to helping with medical appointments, supporting job/college applications to encouraging healthy living.

Engage, recruit and provide continued support for project participants. Working from community venues, liaised with other projects and community groups to promote Bridges Into Work. Encourage those deemed 'hardest to reach' to enrol on learning activities provided by BIW and Adult Learning Wales. Design, develop and deliver learning opportunities according to needs of community; Including confidence building classes, craft workshops and equality and diversity sessions. Adhere to stringent paperwork and monitoring requirements of combined ESF and City and County funded project.

Lecturer, coordinating programmes on both Contemporary Textiles BA Hons as well as Art and Design Foundation courses in Coleg Sir Gar and the Fashion course at University of Glamorgan. Lectured in Business Studies modules for Fashion and Textiles students, using exceptional communication techniques to enhance engagement. Encouraged students to develop skills in reflection, critical thinking and analysis.

Assess each students needs, paying particular attention to any access requirements and support accordingly.

Analyse and evaluate work, delivering oral and written feedback sensitively and positively. Followed safeguarding principles to maximise student health and wellbeing. Attend consultative committee meetings with relevant industry representatives as well as figures within the education sector.

Set up own brand label to design and make Fashion Knitwear for women, children and homewares. Worked closely with Graphic designers to develop marketing tools. Developed strong relationships with buyers to market the brand and sell product. Worked closely with design manufacturers. Outsourced work to British makers. Undertook freelance design and consultancy work. Produced all necessary administration and accounting materials. Filed tax returns. Took part in promotional events such as trade fairs and fashion shows in London, Cardiff and across the U.K.

Developed trend reports, themes and colour palettes for the design team based on research trips. Designed styles and shapes. Met with suppliers from all over the world. Managed teams in the companies factories in Taiwan, China and Hong Kong to ensure design specifications were being met and any corrections made, prior to samples being shipped to the New York office. Worked alongside Josephine Chaus, Vice President of Design and Director of Knitwear to decide on final collections.

Freelance position creating block print designs for one of India's leading silk exports companies, as well as paining huge oil canvases for their new head office space

Managed team of 6 artists to produce my concepts to exacting standards. Responsible for specifying colourways and selecting fabrics for final designs based on trend forecasts. Oversee dyeing, printing, follow up treatment and hanger making processes. Communicate despite language and cultural barriers with artists, factory workers, designers and managers.

• Translated complex ideas into visually engaging and accessible design elements for effective communication.