ABOUT

So what do you actually do?

I tell stories through audio.

Podcasts, Music, radio whatever.

I’m currently a producer at Chalk & Blade but moonlight on other projects and work with my ABOE family on whatever we feel like doing.

What has your career path been?

It’s been a bit all over the place I won’t lie… 

I started releasing music around 2016 with ABOE (a creative collective my friend Chibs started). With ABOE we’d do everything from host and DJ our own radio shows to festivals and client events for people like Soho House. Both with ABOE and on my I’ve made music for adverts with companies like Samsung, Just Eat and Absolut Vodka. 

In 2018 I joined Transmission Roundhouse and produced a few shows; The Green Room (2018), Blanguage (2019), The Green Room Press (2020).

While I was making TGRP I interned at BBC radio 1 (big up Annie Mac, Greg James, and Grimmy) then moved onto BBC Sounds where I was an Assistant Producer on the Podcast commissioning.

In summer 2020 I started as a producer on the companion podcast for Steve McQueen’s film series Small Axe.

Now, I’m a producer at Chalk & Blade. 

What is the best part of your job?

At Chalk & Blade, I’m working on docs-series and the best part is having everyone at the company trust my vision and support me in getting it completed. 

The best part about my other work is the flexibility, I literally do what I want when I want to. If I get bored of one thing I’ll just do something else. 

Why do you do your job?

I’m in love with the art of storytelling. 

One piece of advice for someone starting in your role?

Steve McQueen told me “you know the stories you want to tell, so just do it because you’re going to die anyway”.

The best advice I’ve ever heard

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DAY IN THE LIFE

My day to do is varied but I’ll give you a breakdown of how some of my favourite days this year have gone. 

I usually start my day around 8:30 / 9 reading books and or watching lectures / talks that are related to the docu-series I’m working on.

Then I start scripting writing until our morning meeting 10 am where the Chalk & Blade team update each other on what we plan to do regarding the many shows we have either in production or are developing with / for clients. 

At 10:30 I jump back into scriptwriting / research for a half hour then I’ll do some work on one of the other shows we produce for clients. For example, I’m currently working on Obsessed With Line of Duty which is a companion podcast for the BBC’s tv drama Line Of Duty.  

This might consist of watching an episode and working on a recap, talking with my head of production to come up with the show structure or liaising with the BBC about some of the behind-the-scenes stuff we need to facilitate like radio trailers and social media promo. 

Then around 1 I’ll eat lunch and play PlayStation to refresh my brain then jump back onto scriptwriting / researching or recording for my docu-series. For this series, I’ve been interviewing a lot of people in the US and the time zones means I’m usually interviewing someone around 5 / 6pm maybe even later than that. Then the next day I’ll transcribe the interview and go again. 

Also somewhere sprinkled in there I might get an email from one of the music Sync agencies me and ABOE work with about a music brief they want us to create a demo for and we’ll create that.