Claire spent her formative years on a remote island with no cinema or arts centre – which may explain why most of her career has involved culture and talking to people. After learning the ropes during a traineeship on Andrea Arnold’s debut Red Road Claire worked freelance in film and television production, before going on to hold positions in locations, events and communications for local film commissions, screen agencies and universities. She joined Watershed in 2008, where she manages a great team who help to deliver and promote all aspects of Watershed’s activities, manage and curate content, build new audiences and increase audience engagement among many, many other things. Claire created Watershed's profiles on Twitter and Facebook back in 2009 and still manages them now, so do go and say hello - or pop a comment card on the noticeboard on the stairs she set up!

Email: claire.s@watershed.co.uk

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