George Brittain

I'm currently an independent promoter looking to move my career forward. Having worked at a grassroots music venue for the last 8 years. I am passionate about live music and a confident worker individually or as part of a team.

Social Media Manager at The Railway Inn (2025-01 – Present)

Managing social media presence and liaising with promoters for show announcements

• Liaising with promoters to schedule show announcements
• Proficiency in Meta Business Suite and social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok

Independent Promoter at Don't Tell (2025-06 – Present)

Booking and promoting gigs independently in venues such as Green Door Store and The Rossi Bar

• Put shows on ticketing sites such See Tickets and We Got Tickets
• Creating posters on Canva and editing reels on CapCut
• Promoting the shows via handing posters and leaflets to local business's and social media via paid ads
• Emailing artists, agents and venues to organise shows
• Repping and running the ticket office on the night

Venue Manager at The Railway Inn (2017-05 – 2026-02)

Full venue management including bar operations, artist relations, and event management

• Promoted to Venue Manager in late 2018
• Managing and supervising others and the running of two bars
• Looking after and paying artists and working with promoters
• Counting and balancing the tills at the end of the night
• Admin on Railway Inn's website and social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram & Twitter. Using Facebook business manager and ads manager to post, create and boost events
• Looking after the management of the cellar, which includes line cleaning and stock management. (BII Qualified)
• Writing rotas, hiring & training staff
• Organising and Running Staff meetings
• Organised, promoted and run own events such as biweekly music and film quiz and a weekly retro video game night
• Ran a weekly cocktail night and created the menu
• Created a signature cocktail as part of Winchester Cocktail Week
• Cask Master during a Red Cat Brewery and Meon Valley Cider festival in August 2020, which included writing a taster notes menu for all the beers and ciders at the festival
• Attend a monthly Pubwatch meeting with other venues in Winchester

Booker and Promoter at End Level Events (2024-01 – 2026-02)

Booking, promoting and managing live music shows at The Railway Inn

• Emailing agents and bands and arranging and negotiating shows at The Railway Inn
• Designing posters for shows using Adobe Photoshop
• Creating events on The Railway Inn website and social media accounts
• Promoting the shows through various social media channels such as Meta Business Suite and flyering local businesses
• Repping shows, sorting out riders, paying ticket office staff and looking after bands and invoicing agents and bands

Cocktail Bartender and Supervisor at Greens Bar and Kitchen (2019-06 – 2023-09)

Bartending and supervisory role including staff training and shift management

• Regularly working in evenings either on own or with a couple others behind the bar as well serving customers as a waiter
• Recommended both draught and bottle beers to Bar Manager to buy in, and sat in on meetings to talk about possible beers to buy and sell
• Running shifts which includes training staff, cashing up and locking up at the end of the night

Bar Supervisor at The Mucky Duck (2019-01 – 2019-06)

Pub operations and supervision

• Supervising the running of the pub and cashing-up and locking up at the end of the night

Front of House Waiting and Barista at The Corner House (2018-10 – 2018-12)

Front of house restaurant and café operations

Bartender at Winchester Bar Services (2018-06 – 2018-08)

Festival bar operations

• Working at bars at local festivals including a cocktail bar at Winchestival in Winchester and helping out at a bar at B Love festival in Basingstoke

Bar & Restaurant Supervisor at Piquant (2017-08 – 2018-09)

Bar and restaurant management and operations

• Managing the running of the bar and restaurant
• Managing and ordering wet stock
• Cellar work, cleaning beer lines
• Serving Customers
• Cashing and locking up
• Allocating work duties to others (deputising for Bar Manager)
• Take part during meetings and tasting with Account Managers and Brand Ambassadors

Bachelor's Degree in Media Studies – University of Winchester (2013 – 2016)