Jay Page

Experience in music, copywriting and digital marketing. Also previous experience in the mental health field as a support worker.

Employment history

Mental health support worker

• Working in this role can be incredible stressful due to working with young people during crisis points. Although I work well under pressure, this role has taught me how to remain calm in tough situations that can be highly emotional for everyone involved.
• Safeguarding is an important part of this job and through training and experience I have learned how to develop a trusting relationship with a young person in order to help them with their trauma, be it current or historical. I have a good understanding of when something a young person has mentioned would need to be reported and how to support them through this situation.
• As someone on the autism spectrum, I already had some awareness of how to support those with this con- dition through sensory needs and accommodations in general. Through the Priory I have trained on mul- tiple occasions as to how a young person with ASC can be best supported, as well as those who need accommodations in place to protect their wellbeing and promote independence.
• A big part of this job is time keeping, as through being allocated observations you have to ensure that you remain on time with your checks for the safety of the young people. Time keeping and remaining fo- cussed is a big strength of mine.

Artist/LGBTQ+ content creator - Self employed (April 2020-Current)

-Organisation (e.g. Photoshoots, video shoots, meetings with labels and publishers, recording schedules and release schedules)

-Songwriting/performance (writing the tracks myself and contacting online gig agents to promote said EP release before the release date)

-Directing; I wrote, directed and edited my promotional videos myself.

Head Barista (Management team member) Black Sheep Coffee (July 2021- Current) -Processing and handling invoices

-Leading a team, managing staff and delegating roles to keep us on task in busy periods

-Creating recipes from seasonal speciality coffee beans for customer consumption

-Customer service

-Customer complaints and management- ensuring every customer had the best experience possible and accepting feedback (and also putting it into practice!) if their experience wasn’t what they ex- pected

-Stock counts

Digital Marketer for up and coming musicians, Marjo Music (April 2021- July 2021)

-Recorded, edited and created videos (scripts) for social media

-Wrote blogs about the current music industry and how musicians can promote themselves effect- ively without the need for a label or management

• Studied algorithms in trends within the music industry to optimise engagement for social media promotion

-Guided musicians through creating their own unique promotional plan tailored to their audience and the genre they were working within

-Worked within a team and consistently met deadlines despite time pressures

Manager- Emily Barrett Tearooms (May 2016- March 2019)

• Client facing relationships - Training and monitoring staff - Writing rota!s - Ran a full team whilst working within it (front of house)

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• Customer service problem solving (if customers had a request/complaint I would assist them with their issue

Front of House- Ribeye (September 2019-February 2020)

-Worked within a team

During this role I worked floor, behind the bar and in the kitchen on alternate days

• Cash handling
• Managerial aspects; if there were ever customer/client issues I would step in to assist, helped with the rota and led shifts

Skills-

• Visual- I an extremely visual person due to having synesthesia/chomesthesia. I see art and music as colours, temperatures and physical senses which enhances my ability to have a unique creative flair to my work.
• The ability to adapt to the ever-changing environment- I enjoy no day being the same!
• Management experience and key organisational skills.
• Comfortable with being outspoken for the little guy- I am extremely passionate about diversity being a key infrastructure of any work environment.
• Social- I love to network and expand relationships with people, having little issue with starting and engaging in conversations to start new relationships.

-Adaptation- I haven't lived at home since I was 13 due to training in music and theatre, meaning I have worked in London, Berlin, Leeds and Manchester. I enjoy the challenge of working in new environments!

BIMM Manchester (Professional Musicianship) 2:1 BA in Vocals Leeds College of Music D*DD BTEC GCSE A-C in Maths, English, Science (biology), Expressive Arts and Dance