Honor Kerr

Graduating student with a predicted First-Class Honours. Passionate about the arts, with experience working in the comedy industry, and a desire to continue building a career within it.

Key skills include excellent verbal and written communication, creativity, sales and marketing, networking, teamwork, and a strong attention to detail.

Production Assistant at Off the Kerb Productions (2025-06 – 2025-08)

Selected to work as a Production Assistant during the lead-up to, and during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Worked in a hybrid capacity across London and Edinburgh (June & July) before relocating full-time to Edinburgh for the duration of the Fringe.

• Represented OTK client performances across Edinburgh and London daily and provided feedback on preview nights.
• Engaged personally with clients before and after performances.
• Managed weekly sales reporting, maintaining accurate spreadsheets for the purpose of company analysis.
• Wrote and edited booklet of promotional material to brief and guide the outsources Street Team.
• Designed and edited promotional assets on Canva for social media, including the Fringe 2025 announcement poster.
• Collaborated with the casting team, updating and editing client profiles on Canva.
• Developed post-production skills by editing highlight reels for social media on Davinci Resolve.
• Built personal relationships with the clients, assisted their productions as a runner, and backstage.
• Created detailed rotas and planning spreadsheets to assist Production Managers with planning.
• Assisted with ticketing and box-office during live events.

Bartender & Front of House at Gleneagles Townhouse (2025-04 – 2025-07)

Based in 'Lamplighters,' a speakeasy inspired cocktail bar for private members and residents at a 5-star hotel. Extensive training in luxury hospitality, and mixology.

• Committed to providing excellent service and maintaining personal relationships with members and residents.
• Applying discretion and protecting confidentiality of celebrity guests.

Bartender and Front of House at Glee! Comedy Club (2024-10 – 2025-04)

Bartended at a dynamic comedy club in Glasgow's city-centre.

• Delivered attentive customer service to audiences and performers, ensuring both would be eager to return.
• Developed a behind-the-scenes understanding of how live comedy is programmed, marketed, and executed.
• Expanded knowledge of a wide range of comedic styles and performers by observing a variety of different sets weekly.

Edinburgh's Christmas Festival Team at Unique Assembly Festival (2024-12 – 2025-01)

Developed hands-on experience working in fast paced festival environment.

• Built professional relationships with venue teams and supported running of shows and events performed in Unique Assembly venues.
• Assisting with ticketing/ box office.
• Collaborated with construction and production teams on venue builds and end-of-season bump outs, gaining insight into live event logistics.
• Front of house and bar experience in high-pressure settings, such as the Polar Ice Bar in sub-zero temperatures, demonstrating strong adaptivity to an unpredictable and demanding environment.

Edinburgh Fringe Festival Team at Off the Kerb Productions (2023-06 – 2024-08)

Working as part of the face-to-face promotional team for clients during the Edinburgh Fringe.

• Delivered direct sales to audiences within the city centre, often promoting multiple shows at once.
• Thinking creatively about how best to market shows to an eclectic variety of different audiences in a personalised manner.
• Built strong working relationships with clients and Production Managers to effectively communicate each show's essence.
• Operated in a highly social and demanding environment, which required long hours on my feet in various unpredictable locations.
• Contributed directly to increasing ticket-sales in a highly competitive market of thousands of performances.
• Attended multiple client performances, including several previews.
• Gained incredible knowledge about the running of the industry and broadened my tastes in the craft of comedy.

Joint MA in History of Art & English Literature – Glasgow University (2022-09 – 2026-05)

Advanced Higher in English – George Heriot's School (2016-08 – 2022-06)

Advanced Higher in Art – George Heriot's School (2016-08 – 2022-06)

Advanced Higher in Drama – George Heriot's School (2016-08 – 2022-06)

Higher in English – George Heriot's School (2016-08 – 2022-06)

Higher in History – George Heriot's School (2016-08 – 2022-06)

Higher in Modern Studies – George Heriot's School (2016-08 – 2022-06)

Higher in Art – George Heriot's School (2016-08 – 2022-06)

Higher in Drama – George Heriot's School (2016-08 – 2022-06)

AS in Film Studies – George Heriot's School (2016-08 – 2022-06)