www.whatsonnortheast.com is operated by Audiences North East, the regional agency that exists to increase the number and range of people engaging with cultural activity in the North East. We are a membership organisation core funded by Arts Council England with a growing membership representing dance, theatre, visual arts, music, film, literature, heritage and museums.

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Staff

Chief Executive - Alison O’Hara

Originally a Brummie, Alison moved to Newcastle to study and has been here ever since.

She has worked in the arts since 1998 and has a MA in Marketing. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and holds the CIM Professional Postgraduate Diploma. She lives in Gosforth with husband Pete and daughter Rosie, 4. The O’Haras’ world view has been somewhat altered towards the more family friendly end of the cultural market since Rosie's arrival, and they enjoy introducing her to all that the arts have to offer.

Alison leads the strategic development of Audiences North East, and is the key contact for the following areas of our work:

- Development of innovative audience development projects
- Representing the company’s members and their audiences to a range of strategic regional agencies
- Advocating for the company’s members and ensuring good public relations
- Training delivery
- Marketing and Audience Development Consultancy
- Market Research
- Project management

Marketing Manager - Caroline Greener

Caroline has always been interested in the arts, and has dabbled in writing and film making since her days as a Broadcast Journalism student at Leeds University. After graduating, Caroline managed a Jazz club and then set up and ran a gourmet coffee bar and eatery for several years before selling the business and embarking on a new career as an international world traveller, which involved experiences as diverse as filming sharks in the tropics, and cooking breakfast for the Maori All Blacks. Since returning to the UK in 2005, Caroline has pursued a slightly more conventional career in Marketing Management.

Caroline is the key contact for:

- Corporate membership scheme
- Cultural portal website www.whatsonnortheast.com
- Design, development and delivery of Audience Development workshops
- Project management of Audience Development initiatives
- Collaborative projects and joint campaigns

Marketing Assistant- Katie Scott

Katie is a student, studying Marketing Management at the University of Northumbria. She joins ANE on a 12 month placement. Her family originate from the North East and although she grew up in the quiet village of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire she now feels Newcastle is home. Katie enjoys music, comedies and going to the cinema with friends. She is hoping to develop her cultural understanding and awareness through ANE, by assisting Alison and Caroline with the running of whatsonnortheast.com and raising ANE’s profile.