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Aug 2006 - Sep 2009: Creative Industries Manager, Brighton & Hove City Council.

• Full details on current site: www.danylouise.wordpress.com.
• Successful development of strategic profile of creative industries in local, regional and national policy documents.
• Led partnership with Creative Brighton, the creative industries forum for Brighton & Hove, raising profile of creative sector within business infrastructure.
• Initiated and produced the annual Creative Brighton Debate, taking place during the Brighton International Festival with high profile speakers: Digital Zeitgeist (2008) and Whose Knowledge Economy is it Anyway? (2009)
• Secured three year funding for the Creative Brighton debates, and partnership agreement with the University of Sussex.
• Initiated Creative Workspace Study (CWS) and ensured adoption by Cabinet as Council policy and embedding in Local Development Framework.
• Chaired steering group, directed research, edited and published CWS top level document and eight working papers.
• Presented at conferences including The Culture Business (Chichester University 2007), Creative Tomorrows (Doncaster 2007) and South Coast Towns Network (University of Brighton 2008).
• Panel participant at range of creative sector events including those organised by South East Media Network, University of Brighton events and Common Purpose.
• Speaker at launch events of Blank Studios (2007), Artists Open Houses (Sept 2008), Bristol Estate Studios (April 2008) and Cinecity (November 2008).
• Provision of high quality advice and guidance to wide range of visual arts and creative industries practitioners, organisations and businesses, at all levels of development. Local Authority observer on Boards of Phoenix Arts, Brighton Photo Biennial, Lighthouse and Cinecity.
• Secured £215,000 for creation of purpose built Bristol Estate artists’ studios. Wrote business plan and managed budget. Managed entire project to completion, bringing it in on time and on budget. Supported the creation of a vibrant community of artists contributing to life on the Estate, and successful running of project.
• Supported development of new 14-19 Creative Media Diplomas with the Education Business Partnership.

Evaluation of "Different Angles".

A participatory project by the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art

This project enabled a diverse cross-section of Merseyside residents to review individual works of art in the Biennial's "International" exhibition 2004. The reviews were collected into a substantial publication, with an introduction written by myself, and distributed in the International exhibition venues. I evaluated all aspects of the project including researching the experience of the participants and readers, undertaking a cost-benefit analysis, and making recommendations for future practice.

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Creative Industries Strategy

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

I developed the Creative Industries Strategy for Knowsley MBC, adopted as council policy. Identified premises and developed detailed business plan for a Creative Indutries Resource Centre, a managed workspace and CPD facility for creative practitioners, now open for 4 years. Secured £170K for intial re-furbishment. organised and/or delivered range of CPD and business support activities for creative practitioners.

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Leeds Libraries

Member of the Senior Management Team with line management responsibility. Wrote the Vision Statement for Leeds Arts Arena, which a senior colleague called "the most exciting document" she had ever read! This was essentially an arts strategy for the Leeds City Library Service and included the development of three exhibition spaces at the magnificent Central Library, the siting of large sculptural pieces elsewhere in the building, and a participatory agenda for the branch libraries in Leeds. I also contributed to the Leeds City Libraries Annual Plans in 2001 and 2002, a statutory detailed planning document required by the DCMS.

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Banking on Culture Project

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Board Member of South Liverpool Regeneration 2002-2004

South Liverpool Regeneration is a charitable subsidiary of the South Liverpool Housing Group, the social housing provider in the Speke/Garston area of Merseyside. I assisted with setting strategy and objectives, and contributed to the collective management of a £3m budget.

Report on Youth & Young Adult Provision for Harold House Community Centre

This report constituted a review of current service provision, and made recommendations based on consultation with a cross section of youth and young adults, allied to baseline data (demographics of numbers, age, gender, single and married provision).

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