Alison is responsible for identifying new sources of revenue and developing the organisation’s programming activity. She works to expand the organisation’s commercial operations and broaden its relationship with potential stakeholders, from local councils and regional businesses, to arts and other media organisations.
Team Type: Team
Gayle Woodruffe Operations Director
Our operations director Gayle is responsible for operational processes and day to day delivery of North East Screens production service, our North East Screen Academy, project monitoring, evaluation and reporting schedules. She has worked promoting the North East to film and TV productions at the agency for over 20 years working with projects such as Dungeons and Dragons, Harry Potter and Atonement.
Rob Philips Financial Director
Kaman Yuen Finance Manager
Our Finance Manager Kaman is responsible for the day-to-day finance operation including financial reporting, budgeting, cashflow and payroll. Kaman has over 10 years’ experience in the public and not-for-profit sector.
Laura Purvis
As Talent and Business Development Manager, Laura manages the development initiatives for businesses and above the line talent within the North East. She is also passionate about good working practices and endeavours to encourage production and supply chain companies in the region to become the best employer they can be.
Lisa Davidson Skills Manager
Jo Macleod Marketing and Communications Manager
Jo is responsible for planning and delivering all marketing and communication activity, promoting North East Screen to a wide range of audiences, partners and stakeholders.
Working closely with all lines of the business, Jo develops marketing campaigns to promote our talent and business development programme for emerging and established film and television professionals. She is the first point of contact for press enquiries and looks after our social media channels.
Teresa Saint Monitoring Manager
Teresa works closely with funders to measure and report on the impact that North East Screen makes.
Having overall responsibility for monitoring and evaluation across North East Screen, Teresa manages the requirements of each fund, specifically the ERDF Tees Valley Screen Development project.
