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Project Portfolio

SHoKE projects across consulting, impact, innovation, and sprint delivery.

A detailed summary of volunteering and internship project work, including student consultancy, impact projects, innovation challenges, and short-cycle sprint delivery.

Student Consultant Project Greater Cambridge Shared Planning (GCSP)
Duration
May 2025 - Jun 2025
Role
Team Member

Exploring traded service models for sustainable income.

Objectives

Help the project partner transition from grant-based to traded service models for sustainable income.

Key Contributions

Worked with a team to analyse current income streams and explore paid-service business models that balance financial viability with accessibility.

Outcomes and Impact

Drafted potential service offerings and pricing strategies to inform decision-makers on sustainable growth plans.

Research, strategy mapping, stakeholder interviews

Student Consultant Project Trust Links
Duration
May 2025 - Jun 2025
Role
Team Member

Building sustainable income through accessible service models.

Objectives

Help Trust Links transition from grant-based to traded service models for sustainable income.

Key Contributions

Worked with a team to analyse current income streams and explore business models for paid services that balance financial viability with accessibility.

Outcomes and Impact

Drafted potential service offerings and pricing strategies to inform decision-makers on sustainable growth plans.

Research, strategy mapping, stakeholder interviews

Student Consultant Project Babylon Arts
Duration
Jan 2025 - Apr 2025
Role
Team Director

Financial sustainability strategy for a creative organisation.

Objectives

Explore financial sustainability solutions for a creative organisation.

Key Contributions

Conducted funding gap analysis, proposed revenue-generating ideas including space usage and brand engagement, and presented a roadmap for growth.

Outcomes and Impact

Delivered a short and long-term strategy balancing financial health and creative integrity.

Strategic planning, team collaboration

SHoKE Impact: 24 Project Greater Cambridge Impact (The Cambridge Pledge)
Duration
Mar 2025
Role
Team Leader

Graduate engagement for the Cambridge Pledge mission.

Objectives

Explore ways to engage ARU and Cambridge graduates with the mission and encourage pledge-making.

Key Contributions

Led a team to analyse needs and ideate a practical solution.

Outcomes and Impact

Submitted an idea that was shortlisted for further development.

Agile, presentation tools

Innovation Challenge Creative Industries
Duration
Nov 2023 - Dec 2023
Role
Innovator

Financial sustainability for artists and small creative organisations.

Objectives

Develop a financial sustainability strategy for artists and small creative organisations in the East of England.

Key Contributions

Developed a solution with Peterborough Cultural Alliance, Babylon Arts, Metal Culture, and Collusion that was shortlisted for further development.

Outcomes and Impact

Recognised for innovation-driven idea pitching.

Complex problem solving, knowledge exchange, stakeholder engagement

SHoKE Sprint Metal Culture
Duration
Sep 2024
Role
Team Member

Exploring how to measure the impact of art.

Objectives

Explore how to measure the impact of art.

Key Contributions

Worked under pressure to create an evaluation framework with industry mentors.

Outcomes and Impact

Gained hands-on experience in sprint ideation and problem framing.

Agile frameworks, collaborative tools

Student Consultant Basildon Borough Council
Duration
Jun 2024 - Jul 2024
Role
Team Member

Support services for asylum seekers and refugees.

Objectives

Support services for asylum seekers and refugees.

Key Contributions

Assessed current service delivery and proposed a centralised access hub and inclusion strategies.

Outcomes and Impact

Recommendations emphasised digital-physical integration and cultural representation.

Needs analysis, community research

Student Consultant Form the Future
Duration
Mar 2024 - Apr 2024
Role
Team Member (Training Phase)

Professional consulting practice and secondary research training.

Objectives

Learn professional consulting practices.

Key Contributions

Received Nous Group training, with limited contribution due to early exit.

Outcomes and Impact

Gained foundational knowledge in consulting and secondary research.

Consulting frameworks, secondary research

Impact: 24 Romany Theatre Company
Duration
Feb 2024
Role
Team Member

Digital reach and engagement for GRT heritage storytelling.

Objectives

Improve digital reach and engagement for GRT heritage storytelling.

Key Contributions

Developed social media strategies, digital asset structures, and educational partnerships.

Outcomes and Impact

Built a long-term digital strategy for visibility, engagement, and revenue.

Digital media analysis, strategic communication

Impact: 24 Imperial War Museum
Duration
Mar 2024
Role
Team Member

Deeper connections with family visitors.

Objectives

Create deeper connections with family visitors.

Key Contributions

Analysed engagement barriers and crafted new family-focused experiences.

Outcomes and Impact

Proposed participatory programmes and inclusive storytelling.

User experience analysis, participatory design

Innovation Challenge NHS and Social Spark
Duration
Nov 2023 - Dec 2023
Role
Innovator

Structured innovation for health-sector challenges in Basildon.

Objectives

Address systemic issues in Basildon's health sector.

Key Contributions

Presented an innovative solution following structured brainstorming.

Outcomes and Impact

Recognised for critical thinking and collaborative innovation.

Brainstorming, stakeholder engagement, research, idea pitching