Jade Coles

Events Curator across arts, culture, and lifestyle industries

About

Events Curator and Cultural Programmes Director with ten years of experience designing cultural programmes and events that resonate with emerging, creative audiences across London.

I care deeply about fantastic spaces that foster a community which is why the majority of my experience has been across the ever-changing hospitality landscape weather that’s working for boutique hotels, restaurant groups or mixed-use property developments. I am naturally excited by new ways of living, working, and 'playing' and the ever blurring lines of these three worlds for many working across the creative industries and start-up sector.

Previous roles include defining a programme of over 50 events per month, giving shape to events from across the creative industries and enterprise sectors for Soho House and Co, establishing long-term partnerships with major brands as well shining light on new producers as part of my previous role with Bompas & Parr, and leading a team as Head of Events at The Collective. I have also worked independently as a freelancer which means I actively understand on a macro and personal level the challenges of being an entrepreneur, ‘the hustle’ as well as working in a traditional business structure.

In my downtime I am keen to develop myself personally through courses, training and life coaching or by giving back to my local community by supporting as a volunteer on a number of charitable boards, mentoring others trying to crack the events industry or supporting by offering my skills to students at universities through ad-hoc lecturing or being a part of talks and panel discussions. (so do drop me a line for any of these things)

I tend to approach every project, role or brief with my four core values: authenticity, creativity, credibility and collaboration.

Jade Coles

CV

Current role

  • Events Curator, The Wing, Europe

Previous experience

  • Head of Cultural Programmes and Events, The Collective
  • Freelance: Wembley Stadium, Mason + Fifth, Norn co, Lost Village
  • Senior Project Manager Bompas & Parr
  • Senior Programme Manager, Shoreditch House
  • Under 27 Membership and Events Manager, Soho House and Co
  • Producer – Gaggle Productions
  • Performer – Gaggle Live Band

Qualifications

  • MBA creative industries management
  • Event Management for the Creative (UCA) Industries (UAL)
  • BA Fine Art – Time Based Media (UAL)
  • Foundation Art & Design (UAL)

Awards

  • Eventbrite top 100 movers and shakers 2017
  • Clore Emerging Leadership Award 2016
  • WSET Level 1 and 2

Causes

  • Board Member – Deptford X – 2017 – 2019
  • Committee Member – Her Stories – 2017/2018

Career Highlights

  • Producer – Lysistrata – Almeida Theatre Greek Season
  • Director – Yap! Yap! Yap! Fig – 2 @ The ICA curated by Fatus Ustek
  • NME Top 50 ones to watch with Gaggle 2009

Services

  • Event Curation
  • Content Direction
  • Public Speaking
  • Events Consultancy
  • Festival Production
  • Cultural Production & Curation
  • Events Leadership
  • Event Programming
  • Experience Innovation

Specialist Areas

  • Arts
  • Culture
  • Creative Industries
  • Start-up Culture
  • Creative Entrepreneurship
  • Lifestyle
  • Luxury
  • Trends
  • Multi Venue festivals
  • Commissioning

Brands

Working with high profile Art, Culture, & Lifestyle brands

  • V&A
  • Photo London
  • The Huffington Post
  • YCN
  • Courier Paper
  • It’s Nice That
  • CAA
  • ATC
  • Sony
  • Bompas & Parr
  • Time Out
  • Lacoste
  • Bombay Sapphire
  • Bacardi
  • Ashish
  • Transgressive Records
  • ArtForum
  • She Says
  • Creative Social
  • Yahoo
  • Anya Hindmarch
  • Goldie MBE
  • Green for all Seasons
  • Riposte
  • Thames & Hudson
  • Phaidon
  • FRAME
  • The Hardihood
  • Clever Boxer
  • Gaggle
  • Megacorp Productions
  • Outset
  • Bicester Village
  • ICA
  • WOW Festival
  • Wild Life Drawing
  • Festival Number 6
  • Bestival
  • Lowdown Magazine
  • The Future Laboratory
  • Awesome Tapes from Africa
  • Art Forum
  • Creative Equals
  • Let’s Be Brief
  • Lift Festival
  • The Huffington Post
  • FLOCK
  • Norman Jay MBE
  • Lida Hujic
  • Don’t Panic
  • Bourgeois & Maurice
  • The Wagon
  • Ghostpoet
  • The Gourmand
  • Protein Insights
  • JAX COCO
  • Kickstarter
  • UAL Short Courses

Talks

Jade has participated as a speaker at the following events…

Paradigm Shift - Trends for 2020
Digital Document
January 2020
Urban Village Fete 2018 Panellist
Greenwich Penninsula
July 2018
Riposte presents: Curating Culture Panel Discussion
Town Hall Hotel
March 2016
IRL with Emma Gannon:
Friendships and Work Panel Discussion
UsTwo
April 2016
Dove Social Remix:
The new cache of social currency
Pitch Studio, Blackfriars
May 2016