CURRICULUAM VITEA / ANDREW MARKHAM m. e. l. a. +44 (0)7746 521 120 partum.acfm@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/acfm www.heacademy.academia.edu/ACFM PROFILE A Neurodiverse, ambitious, collegiate Practitioner, Researcher and Academic with - from ideation to strategic delivery and implementation – demonstrable examples of multiple projects, innovations and publications across transdisciplinary subjects including, Aesthetics, Psychology, Gender, Identity, Linguistics, Sculpture, Fashion, Queer Studies, Live, Online and Transdisciplinary Fine Art, Design, Visual Theory and Philosophy. A well-connected, confident relationship-builder and Creative Director, with the skill and experience of establishing and maintaining meaningful relationships with global industry-based brands. These include, for example, Coach, Cadogan Estates, AKQA, McKinsey, Google, ITV, The Gild, IBM , The Business of Fashion and Deloitte. Entrepreneurial and dynamic, in both, leadership, collaborative and diverse teamworking environments, and such engagement demonstrates a hands-on, direct ability to influence stakeholders, across the Creative Industries, including Business, Design, and consumer driven markets. Trained at Russel Group Universities including, Central Saints Martins College of Art and Design, and currently, Creative Director. Here, working across Creative, Insights, Marketing, Production, and Strategy. Additionally, evidentially developed – on international scales – through roles, such as, Sculptor and Fine Artist, Curator, Editor, Editor in Chief, Professional Advisor, Guest and Visiting Lecturer, External Examiner, Programme, Course and Academic Leader, and Producer for public, live experiential events, exhibitions, collaborations and showcases. Thus there is depth, breadth and diversity of expertise across transdisciplinary and the intersectionality between creativity, strategic business, stakeholder-focused environments, Fine Art and Design, education, fashion, and social and cultural sectors. EDUCATION Southampton Solent University Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design University of Leeds Norfolk College of Arts and Technology Pass Pass 2:1 Merit PGCert Learning and Teaching in HE MA Fine Art BA (Hons) Fine Art - Sculpture GNVQ Advanced Art and Design PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION / TRAINING Leadership Foundation for Higher Education – Leadership in Higher Education Higher Education Academy Pass Fellow 2012 2012 GBR GBR / FRA GBR GBR GBR 2019 2018 2014 2014 2014 EXTERNAL / PROFESSIONAL ROLES External Subject Specialist External Professional Advisor External Professional Advisor External Subject Specialist External Professional Advisor Bradford College and University of Bolton Istituto Marangoni (Paris and London) Bath Spa University Bury College and University of Bolton Leeds City College and Teesside University AWARD(S) / HONOUR(S) Enterprise Fellow – Faculty of Creative Industries and School of Fashion - 2012 to 2013 At Southampton Solent University with responsibilities including, planning and strategic development of institutional brand internationalisation, as well as, co-lead and project manager of – RE:SO (the UK’s only student managed, showcase of professional, and graduate work combined, in a city centre location) – development and fast growth – Solent Creatives – which, attracts live and funded industry-based projects and supports mentored students to take ownership, through Internships or as Project Managers. CURRENT ROLE(S) Creative Director – ACFM - 2016 to date Creative Director for the Creative, and Fashion Industries - working across, Creative, Insights, Marketing, Production, and Strategy. Clients in, and of transdisciplinary sectors ranging from Fashion, Design, Education, Circular Economies, Production, Beauty, Lifestyle, and Innovation. CAREER DETAIL(S) Lecturer in Fashion Business Creation – Glasgow Caledonian University London - At The British School of Fashion and for MSc Fashion Business Creation, and leading-on Learning and Teaching, Assessment and Quality Assurance practice across, Global Fashion Branding and Marketing Communications, Global Fashion Business Optimisation and Performance, and Master Thesis supervision, as well as, spearheading industry collaborations, and development of industry partnerships and collaboration. Lead Teaching Fellow and Programme Leader – Coventry University London Campus - 2014 to 2015 As part of BA (Hons) Creative Direction, PR and Communication and MA Fashion Media Practice and Criticism Programme including, active engagement in Programme revalidation, co-lead on developing pedagogical practice and provision – Level 4 to Level 7 – cross Practice, Theory and Employabilitybased modules. Too, effective management and delivery of high profile – Cadogan Estate – live-industry collaboration, Level 5 Year Tutor, Module Leader, Research Supervisor – Hong Kong Design Institute – whilst, maintaining rigorous and critically informed Assessment, Quality Assurance, Feedback and Curriculum Development practice, as well as, Project Manager for delivery of brand-new E-Learning platform. Academic Leader HE – Croydon School of Art, London - 2014 to 2015 Devising and delivering – Vogue School of Fashion – Design History, Visual and Cultural Theory, Visual Communication (print, screen and digital), Marketing, Brand Management, and Innovation-focused curricula. Lecturer in Visual Culture – London College of Fashion - 2015 to 2016 Leadership of BA (Hons) International Fashion Management and Marketing, with the spearheading and delivery for The School of Fashion, of a brand-new programme. Too, teaching and supervisory role across Master and MBA programmes (International Fashion Marketing and Fashion Management), and actively developing ELearning technologies, and associated Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Strategy. Visiting Lecturer – Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design, London - 2017 to 2018 2013 to 2014 Management of and Leadership for portfolio development of all Undergraduate Programmes, LineManagement of circa. 25 direct reports, effective budgetary control, driving forward application, retention, progression rates, ensuring effective Quality Assurance practice, managing the appointment, discipline and excellence in Professional Practice of staffing team, curriculum and operational planning, deployment and delivery of Teaching, Learning and Assessment, actively developing industry links, promoting and developing VLE systems, as well as, KPI, SAR and QIP reports, managing appraisal processes, and Chair of both, Assessment and Programme Boards. Course Leader – Southampton Solent University - 2011 to 2013 Leadership of the UK’s first BA (Hons) Make-up and Hair Design Media, as well as, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Styling and active curriculum delivery across MA Fashion Management. This includes, management of team including, three Academics, four Technicians, and 2 Associate Lecturers, as well as, role as Level 6 tutor, Admissions Office, Unit Leader, development of pedagogical practice and provision, actively engaged in and contribution to Unit Boards, liaising with External Examiners, ownership of Annual Course Monitoring, NSS, KIS, course revalidation (2012/13), Quality Assurance, and management of recruitment, retention, progression and success rates. Too, specific achievement in year-on-year application and recruitment rates, that increased by 143%, Editor in Chief for 5TH CHARACTER magazine, and as part of the Solent Stylist Research Collective. EXTERNAL EXAMINER ROLE(S) Manchester College and University of Salford - 2012 to 2016 An integral and essential role, as part of, four Make-up Artistry courses, and of institutional Quality Assurance, evaluation of Assessment practices, analysing and reporting on statistics, ensuring consistency in internal Assessment processes, Moderation of Summative Assessment at Module and Programme level, commentating on Assessment tasks, reporting on and making recommendations for Course and Programme structure, content, Academic standards, Learning and Teaching practices, and Academic irregularities. INTERNATIONAL ROLE(S) Symposium Keynote Speaker Viva Panel Member Final Project and Dissertation Supervisor Guest Lecturer and PhD discussion Panel Member Guest Lecturer Amsterdam Fashion Academy / NLD Paris College of Art / FRA Hong Kong Design Institute / CHN Universitá Cattolica / ITA Politecnico di Milano / ITA May 2018 April 2018 2014 to 2015 April 2013 April 2013 MEDIA ‘Steve Strange in conversation with…’ Live (studio and audience) interview February 2013 ‘Club Culture, The Blitz and Steve Strange’ Interview and national news segment February 2013 PROJECT MANAGEMENT / LEADERSHIP / ENTREPRENEURSHIP Communications Designer - Headhunted to co-investigate the intersection between work to date, together with large financial and insurance corporates. These include for example, nets where transdisciplinary experience lead-on the redesigns of large budget business, funding bids and corporate mergers decks, bid proposals and presentations – internal and public facing. Demonstrating expertise in visual communication, design software, branding and style identities. Photographic Three Book Series - 2017 to 2018 Strategic and Project Management of active seeking-out, developing and maintenance of effective relationships with industry experts and brands – Coach, Deloitte, McKinsey, The Gild, AKQA and VANZEE BEAUTY – across a range of student and Academic engagement – across The British School of Fashion – including, on-site visits, live projects, guest lectures and panel presentation and industry feedback. Business start-up - 2018 Invited as Academic and Industry expert for a final year, research and student-led, ‘Design to Sustain’ symposium – at Amsterdam Fashion Academy – with a focus on current and future innovations across consumer, Retail and Fashion sectors in relation to sustainability. Transdisciplinary topics across technology, aesthetics, materials, behaviour, psychology, economics, cultural and social change, i.e., Ellan McArthur Foundation and Circular Economy Design, emerging markets and sectors, business strategy and philosophy, global branding and brands and entrepreneurship were investigated and discussed in Q&A. Partnership / Collaboration - 2019 The photographic and sculptural creation of three image-based, artist series books. Of sorts, a visual diary whilst uses of each photographs, as well as, white space, paper texture, paper transparency and rhythmic ordering of a visual narrative required expertise in visual theory, performativity, linguistics, testing and prototyping, industry engagement, digital software, engagement with creative practice, business development and narrative analysis. Keynote Speaker - 2020 2016 to date Strategic development and Project Management of a ACFM – a brand-new Creative Agency for the Fashion Industries, with Mission, Vision, and Values focused on revolution since, evolution is dead, and innovation produced only, through play and by mistake-making – and in being well-connected across transdisciplinary sectors so, to deliver for clients, on Insights, Creative, Branding, Product Development, Innovation and Strategy. User Experience Design - Spearheaded delivery as Creative Director, of a brand-new E-Learning platform for an industry-based and Employability-focused Module, with the Programme Leader for Media and Communication Programme Group stating: ‘Innovative, ground-breaking, and the teaching of the future’. In conjunction too, with Project Management of cross-School and client-facing live project - Cadogan Estate including, CEO Hugh Seaborn focused on the redesign, reinterpretation and conceptual rethinking of three prime luxury retail and experiential locations in Chelsea, London – King’s Road, Sloane Square and Duke of York Square. Product re-brand and launch - 2012 to 2013 Co-led for the IBM Academic Initiative, and MA Fashion Management student involvement with the IBM Global Innovation Centre, UK. Thus, connecting Educators and students with global IBM Innovation experts, and their active participation through Teaching and Learning, Assessment and on-site visits, in synthesising cutting edge technological developments across Retail, Digital Marketing, Analytics, Data Management, Ideation, Visual Merchandising, UX and AI, Supply Chain and back office Management. CONSTRUCT: The Body in Flux - 2012 to 2014 Spearheading portfolio redesign of five Undergraduate Programmes - with unanimous approval form senior stakeholders – whilst, concurrently Co-Lead for strategic development of Croydon School of Art re-brand, and too, collaborating with London-based agency - Blast – for delivery of logo, website, branded consumables, culminating in active engagement in School re-launch event, including the involvement of international Fashion Designer and Alumnus – John Rocha, CBE – and British Make-up brand – Illamasqua – as event sponsor. Consumer Innovation - 2014 to 2015 2010 to 2011 Project Manager, Co-Lead and panel member – through Live Art Performance in ‘Landscaping Chaetophobia’ and panel discussion – for this symposium at Southampton Solent University. Attracting a range of leading-edge thinkers, makers and doers, the event’s exploration, discussion and investigation focused on cultural, social, political, psychological and philosophical concepts surrounding the fashioned body, the future body, bodily and cultural transgression, body modification, aesthetics, body-as-performance and technology cosmetics and beauty, ‘becoming’ and the Hypermodern body.