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Lucy Squire
Contact Details
- Faculty of Creative Industries
- Academic Subject Manager Music & Sound
- lucy.squire@southwales.ac.uk
- (01443) 6 68559
- CAA407
- Cardiff - Atrium
Qualifications
LLB (Hons) Law Sheffield University 1990
LPC Law Society Professional Final Examinations: University of West of England 1992
PGCE Cardiff University 1993
SFHEA Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 2017
About
Lucy specialises in Music Industry Law, Event Management, Entrepreneurship and Marketing. Her first-hand experience in building & diversifying innovative brands provides an ideal industry backdrop for the Music Business BA. She has a keen interest in digital communications education and is currently delivering a number of specialist lectures and workshops on these subjects.
Experience
Lucy choose an entrepreneurial career route after graduating in Law from Sheffield University in 1993. She established a number of brands including Catapult, a music & lifestyle company based in Cardiff which incorporated a retail store, mail order operation, record & clothing label, DJ/music production training, artist development & event management division. Throughout its 21 year lifespan, Lucy has nurtured a local business into a global brand with the company trading on multiple e-commerce platforms & diversifying into successful sub categories.
Lucy also coordinates events & a hospitality brand with the collective Street Food Cardiff, bringing a series of pop-up street food propositions to innovative locations locally & at the UK`s favourite festivals. Street Food Cardiff content is currently being used for Visit Wales advertising. Her consultancy role with the collective Something Creatives provides constant inspiration from colourful projects involving music, art, design, food, festivals, communications, events & venues
Responsibilities
Course Leader BA Music Business
Publications
The Catapult Records label was launched in 2011 as a direct response to the lack of physical electronic releases available for Independent Record Store Day. The label focuses on Welsh artists and vinyl format, this has become a unique selling point amongst a growing committed audience.
To date there have been nine sold out releases, one of which (Catapult 007 Earl Jeffers “The Goose”) is signed to Fabric London. Two of the labels artists, Earl Jeffers and The Organ Grinder are in demand for remixes/live appearances/radio (Giles Peterson) expanding the original proposition into artist management & agency.
https://soundcloud.com/catapult-records
Awards:
Best Street Food Event 2015 British Street Food Awards (Street Food Circus)
Best UK Record Shop Drum & Bass Awards 2014 (Catapult Records)
Western Mail Welsh Small Business of the Year Award 1998 (Catapult Records)
Prince’s Trust Arthur Anderson Best Expanding Business Award 1996 (Catapult Records)
Memberships
PRS for Music
Consultancy
Digital Marketing & Legal Consultant – Somethings Creatives
http://somethingcreatives.com
Research
Current Projects:
Street Food Circus www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk
Areas of Expertise
Law
Music Industry
Event Management
Entrepreneurship & Business Start-up
Digital Marketing
Career Development
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