CREAT-ED Team
Harry Leckstein
Harry is a Higher Education and Online Learning Director with 30 years experience managing national and international education projects, national youth engagement social enterprises and new technology transformation and deployment for education.
He has launched Higher Education programmes and businesses for onsite and online blended delivery, online micro-credential short courses, virtual learning environments and education strategies for digital skills bootcamps and adult learner career pathway progression.
Previous clients, partnerships and businesses include Tileyard Education, Urban Collective, Freeport Entertainment, BIMM Group, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Nottingham Trent University, NYU Steinhardt, Mediatech Ventures USA, Garnish Music School, Singapore Polytechnic and more.
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Ciaran Robinson
Ciarán Robinson has built a successful career in music production education since 1995, working with institutions including SAE, BIMM, CICT, UWTSD, Tileyard Education and SSR.
He has extensive experience in the design and running of MA and degree programs and led on the development and validation of online/blended courses for NTU/Confetti and UWTSD. He is the author of Game Audio with FMOD and Unity (Routledge Press, 2019), and has contributed articles to Music Tech Magazine and the Production Expert website.
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Robert Charters
Robert is the Assistant Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Visiting Associate Professor at Fujian Jiangxia University China and Wuhan University School of International Education.
He is a global specialist in Teaching and Learning, Quality Assurance and Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL). with a depth and breadth of leadership and management experience within the further and higher education sectors and more recently in working with the commercial sector to provide live work experiences for students.
He is currently engaged in researching the nature of teaching and learning within mainstream video games and analysing the possibilities of further bringing business and education closer together.
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Elle Halley
Image Branding, Creative Strategy
Elle is a Creative Director, Curator and Course Leader with clients across the creative industries including Tileyard Education, Creative UK, Arts Council England, Krems University Danube, mtnNOW, The Breakfast Group and NYU Steinhardt. She specialises in image branding, marketing, events and strategy for the entertainment industries and has a passion for equality, diversity and the impact of creative arts in mental health. Elle is a Fellow of the Royal Society Of Arts.
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Ian Penman
Ian Penman, one of the founding partners of New Media Law, is a solicitor with a breadth of experience across the media and entertainment sectors. Ian advises a wide range of high profile clients within the music, television, film, computer games, software and publishing industries.
Ian provides specialist advice in areas such as intellectual property rights (including copyright, data protection, trade marks and domain names), licensing, distribution and production as well as mergers and acquisitions within the sector; and additionally provides commercial advice on other areas that are key to the client's business needs, such as corporate structuring, libel and slander, litigation and general commercial agreements.
Since 1995, Ian has also been a Visiting Principal Lecturer at the University of Westminster, and co-wrote their “Entertainment & Media Law” module on the LPC. In 2014 Ian founded New Media Law's "Media Law & Business Affairs" Diploma.
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Jules Griffith
Marketing
Jules works with brands and business owners to improve their reach, revenue and reputation. Working flexibly with a strong global network of agencies, individuals and brands, she is known for being collaborative and innovative.
She has over 30 years experience covering cultural, entertainment, charity and media sectors, and a proven record for building value and relationships between commercial and cultural audiences. Her skills include planning and delivering editorially-led activity that connects with stakeholders, PR, marketing and business development. Jules’ clients include The Guardian, Channel 4, Tate, Somerset House, White Cube, Amplify and The Photographers’ Gallery.
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