Graduate - Josefine Bruun Meyer

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EDUCATION

STAGE MANAGEMENT, ROYAL CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA (Oct. 2020 - now)
BA (Hons) Theatre Practice – Stage Management

UWC & IB, UWC – USA IB Score: 37 (Aug. 2015 - May 2017)
International school in New Mexico, USA, teaching the International Baccalaureate.
Higher Levels: History, English Lang. & Lit., Theatre. EXEDs included involvement and leadership of Stage Management Program. Editor in Chief of yearbook, volunteer at local soup kitchen and active in the rugby club.

YEAR 0 - 9, SANKT BIRGITTA SKOLE Exam avg: 11.6 out of 12 (Aug. 2004 – June 2014)
Followed by Year 10 at Maribo Gymnasium as a build-up year for UWC and IB

WORK EXPERIENCE

STAGE AND FOLLOWSPOT TECHNICIAN, WALLMANS CIRKUSBYGNINGEN (Feb. – Apr. 2020)
Short contract to fill in due to long term sickness. Cut short due to Covid-19.

STAGE MANAGER ASSISTANT, THE ROYAL DANISH OPERA (Jan. – Apr. 2020)
In relation to the opera’s talent program, on the production of “Idomeneo”. Cut short due to Covid-19.

ENTERTAINMENT FLOOR TECHNICIAN, CARNIVAL SENSATION (Sep. 2019 – Dec. 2019)
Responsible for running and safety assessment of 4 Playlist shows and other events on stage. Head of 6 stage technicians and responsible for maintaining a fully functional theatre and a cruise ship, as well as all repairs related to such.

NURSERY NURSE SUBSITTUTE, HIMMELRUMMET (Dec. 2018 – Aug. 2019/Jan. 2020 - now)
On call substitute as well as vacation/sick leave fill. Ages 0 – 6.

SUB. TEACHER, INSTITUT SANKT JOSEPH & SANKT BIRGITTA SKOLE (Aug. 2017 – Jan. 2019)
On call substitute in all classes 0.-9. And all subjects. Gym Teacher as ISJ.

KIDS COORDINATER, BETTY NANSEN TEATRET (Oct. – Dec. 2018)
Coordination of 10 kids in ”Cat on a Hot Tin Rood”, incl. rehearsal companionship, parents communication, as well as costume, makeup and vocal warmup, remembering cues and directions. At the time, also a Stage mng. apprentice.

VOLUNTEER WORK

EDITOR’S ASSISTANT, COPENHAGEN PRIDE (Apr. 2020 – now)
Editor’s assistant (and executive editor for 1st edition) at HeartCore, The Official Copenhagen Pride Magazine.
Overseeing the editorial team, managing deadlines and communications, as well as making creative decisions and partaking in the creating the structure for a new printed magazine.

MEMBER OF COORDINATING COMMITTEE, UWC DENMARK (Aug. 2018 – Aug. 2020)
Coordinating events, PR, recruiting new students, selection process as well as general organization goals.

MICROPORTCOORDINATOR & STAGE TECH., NØRREGADETEATRET (July – Aug. 2018/’16/’14)
Outdoor production of Dr. Zhivago, Miss Saigon & The Sound of Music. Coordinating 30+ microports, incl. handling, mounting and cleaning. Handling set changes, quick costume changes and other jobs. Generally assisting in building of set etc. incl. scenery, light/sound, rigging and other ad hoc.

MICROPORT- & SCENETECH, NØRREGADETEATRET (Nov.–Dec. ’17/Feb. ’15/Nov. ’13–Jan. ’14)
Production of A Christmas Carol, Annie & The Little Mermaid. Mounting and handling microports as well as set changes, costume changes.

Other information:

LVL 1 SPARKTAKULAR PYROTECHNIC CERTIFICATION (Sep. 2019)
GENIE MOBILE ELEVATING PLATFORM TRAINING (Sep. 2019)
CRISIS MANAGEMENT & CROWD MANAGEMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SCTW (Oct. 2019)

LANGUAGES: Danish mother tongue, fluent in both written and spoken English