Matt Carwardine-Palmer is a highly experienced arts marketing consultant and freelancer based in south Wales.
Matt gained senior management experience as Head of Marketing / Marketing Director at HST Theatres (Wycombe Swan & Wyvern Theatre), and as Head of Marketing at Bristol Old Vic before becoming self-employed in late 2006.
Matt has worked with a wide range of clients, from small companies to national & international flagship organisations, county-wide consortia and artform development agencies. He was also Course Director for the TMAs Druidstone Essentials of Marketing in 2010 and 2011.
Matts areas of expertise include:
- Undertaking marketing audits
- Devising marketing and communications strategies
- Undertaking primary research projects
- Leading training events and providing coaching support
- Running awaydays and workshops
- Providing interim senior marketing cover within organisations, overseeing campaigns, leading teams and delivering projects
Matt holds a First Class BA (Hons) in Arts Management and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, holding Chartered Marketer status. He was a Trustee of Audiences South West from 2006-2009 and is currently a National Advisor to the Arts Council of Wales and a Trustee of Sinfonia Cymru.
Matt's client list includes:
- Anvil Arts, Basingstoke
- Art at the Heart, Southampton
- Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy
- Audiences South
- Bristol Old Vic
- British Film Institute (with Stephen Browning Associates)
- Curve, Leicester
- Dance South West / Pavilion Dance
- Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs / Cause4
- HQ Theatres
- National Theatre of Scotland
- Northants Strategic Arts Network (with Baker Richards)
- Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
- Orchestras Live
- Royal & Derngate, Northampton
- Salisbury Arts Centre
- Salisbury Playhouse
- Shakespeare's Globe
- Sherman Cymru
- Sound Affairs
- Swindon Dance
- Swindon Dance (with Quartet)
- Theatre Royal Plymouth
- Theatrical Management Association (TMA)
- University of Bath ICIA
- University of Bristol Students' Union
- Volcano Theatre Company
- Wales Millennium Centre
- Wiltshire Arts Promoters
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