Hey all. Whilst myself and the other lovely co-chairs work in the background on the best way to kickstart the group in the new year, here's a little more info about me for starters...I'm James (he/him), and I've been a part of the Operations Department at We The Curious science centre for over 6 years.In my current role as CRM & Ticketing Lead I work on the more Operations side of CRM; so things like rolling our Tessitura CRM system out to new teams, improving visitor experience, and making sure we’ve got a smooth ticketing process both online and onsite. My favourite part of my role is getting to chat through the big picture of a project. Since I started at We The Curious I've done lots of weird and wonderful roles, including working as an Ice Rink Duty Manager for our seasonal ice rink we used to run!Whilst I spend most of my time at work thinking about how we can improve both income and audience engagement, outside of it I'm also passionate about strength training, video gaming, and figuring out how not to kill my houseplants.One of the things I'm most looking forward to about this group is the opportunity to network/hang out with lots of other wonderful arts and culture professionals in South West England and Wales. Our audience(s) in this part of the UK are particularly wonderful, and I'm really excited to chat to you all about what makes our little corner of the arts and culture world so unique.
Great intro James, thanks for posting!