Jennifer Phillips
Co-Chief Executive
Jennifer believes in the power of the arts to change lives. She has worked across dance, music, theatre and visual arts, and created MiniFest, a festival for young audiences across North East Scotland.
Jennifer has worked across dance, music, theatre and visual arts. Experienced in project management, marketing, fundraising, artist and audience development, she has an MA in Arts, Festivals and Cultural Management from Queen Margaret University.
Jennifer was formerly General Manager at Aberdeen International Youth Festival, and at Citymoves Dance Agency, and Artistic Producer at Woodend Barn, as part of Creative Scotland’s Producers’ Project initiative. She was awarded a Fellowship of ISPA (International Society of Performing Arts) 2015-17. Programming experience includes the DanceLive Festival (contemporary dance festival in Aberdeen), Woodend Barn (multi arts venue in Aberdeenshire) and MiniFest (a multi artform festival for young audiences in the North East) and as performance programmer at Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums.
Producing experience includes large scale community shows, contemporary dance and theatre tours of Scotland and at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for dance artists and companies including Company Chordelia, Colette Sadler, Dudendance, Jack Webb, Matthew Hawkins and Rob Heaslip.
Jennifer has worked at Starcatchers for 8 years, as General Manager (maternity cover), Head of Artist Development and now Co-Chief Executive.