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Name Rosie Davies Job Title Online Officer
Company The Arches
When did you start your job? July 2009
after the social media channels is part of it, but it’s also about producing digital content and managing and promoting it online. An average day could involve writing text for the Arches website, editing a video clip, chatting to people on Twitter, arranging an interview with an act we have playing here, and researching blogs to post content on. That doesn’t sound like work, I know.
So what does your job actually involve? Contrary to popular belief, not just sitting on Facebook all day. Looking Best / Worst Aspects? The best days are the ones spent running about grabbing video clips of performance artists wandering the
corridors in a lace all-in-one and sports socks (hello Drew Taylor) or interviewing DJs (hello Aeroplane) and thinking ‘I actually love this place’. I’m extremely lucky in that I get a lot of freedom to come up with ideas. A downside is the inevitable mingling of business and pleasure – being at Death Disco on a night out and having to resist the temptation to ask people what they thought of the latest Facebook status, or missing a really good performance because I’m seeing it from behind a lens. The worst part is knowing that I am entirely subject to the fickle temperament of technology, and its charming habit of crashing/going missing/having a nervous breakdown just when you need it most. Also, being a fairly new role, the lingering anxiety that there is a group of tech-savvy brazen 18-year- olds ready to muscle me out of my seat at any given point. Looking back, what advice would you give to a young Rosie at the start of her career? I’d like to say, in the words of S Club 7, reach for the stars! But, I’d probably say – in the words of Wham, via the medium of rap - enjoy what you do. If
you’re enjoying it, it shows, and you’ll work hard without realising it - probably ending up doing a far better job. If you’re worrying about not doing a good job, chances are you’ll mess it up. It has taken me five years of various work experience stints and freelance projects to realise that. And then, the plus side is, even if you don’t make it to where you want to be, at least you’ll have enjoyed the ride. And finally . . . tell us more about what is currently going on with the Arches? A lot. After the relative lull of summer, autumn is like an explosion of culture as everyone suddenly wants to be indoors again. I’m looking forward to a hectic weekend in October – Chase & Status and Nero on the Friday, Erol Alkan and South Central (a killer combination) at Death Disco on the Saturday, lucozade and paracetamol on the Sunday, then MF Doom and Tricky on the Monday and Tuesday. If the Lucozade has worked its magic, then I’ll be slumped at the front of some of the Glasgay! shows; I can never resist a bit of Markus Makavellian.
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