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Kia Alicia Khan

Photographer, Social Marketer & Graphic Designer
Portfolio website
About

A highly motivated individual with a drive for the creative arts and its commercial applications. Has five years professional experience in fashion and a collective two years experience in the live streaming & hospitality industries. Passionate about mixed media with a uniquely hands-on approach. Meticulous when it comes to the details and adaptable in high pressure situations. Graduated with a bachelors in Con temporary Media Practice. Based in London.

Previous Brands
Dazed
Endeavor Streaming
Fortnum & Mason
Maui Poké
Trend Micro
Wall & London
Work Experience
Supervisor
Jun ‘23 - Now
Fortnum & Mason

I am currently employed at Fortnum and Mason, where I have served as the Supervisor for the private Café 181 front of house staff.

Video Commission
May ‘19 - May ‘19
Dazed

Paid commission in which I was tasked with creating a short promotional video highlighting London's creative flow for DAZED Digital in partnership with Design District in order to pro mote their newly built creative spaces in Greenwich Peninsula. The video was used on their social media platforms (Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, etc.) for over a month. My video show cased my most recent freelance work and featured up and coming music talent local to the Greenwich area.

Social Marketer & Graphic Designer
Jan ‘19 - Jan ‘20
Maui Poké

Tasked to analyse and consolidate their social media B2C strategy and outdated branding as a whole, effectively communicate new branding to current and potential clientele on all social media platforms, create consistent & compelling social media marketing campaigns that are backed by SEO and researched customer analytics, as well as secondary responsibilities including; liaison with contacts & brand representatives for paid promotions, manage activity on all social media platforms, manage freelancers & commissioned artists for content, actively produce and execute content utilising photographic experience as well as editing software like with company ethos, keep finger on the pulse of trending and successful online branding strategies.

Livestream Editor
Jan ‘19 - Jan ‘20
Endeavor Streaming

Part-time sports and entertainment Livestream Editor whose main responsibilities included hosting & ending streams, managing stream audio & visuals, manage slates, support off-site stream staff, solving errors / glitches / faults during streams and edit together offline highlight reels for livestreams in real time. The streams I would typically manage would be for compa nies such as the UFC & WWE as well as national football teams such as the Tottenham Hotspurs.

Commission Photographer
Mar ‘15 - Mar ‘15
Trend Micro

Commissioned to create an interpretational piece(s) based on the brief "Digital Futures" for an exhibition celebrating the success of their London office situated in central Paddington. TREND Micro had a private showing of the final works on 5th March, and later opened the exhibition to the public from the 6th-10th March 2015. Utilising a studio set up, I recreated 80s office worker nostagia with two A2 portraits, contrasting the modern office buidling it hung in.

Social Marketer & Graphic Design Assistant
Jan ‘15 - Jan ‘17
Wall & London

Creating graphics for both the company's main website, affiliated social media ac counts, newsletters & seasonal catalogues. Filming & editing 'behind the scenes' videos of photoshoots & product photography. Copywriting for any/all marketing materials. Support updating front-end website design as well as SEO. Renew monthly newsletter html & create accompanying press release packages. Correspond and collaborate with other company departments to streamline & consolidate company marketing efforts.

Languages
English - Fluent
Education & Training
University of Westminster
‘16 - ‘19
BA (Hons)
Contemporary Media Practice
City of Westminster College
‘13 - ‘15
BTEC (Level 3)
Art & Design (Photography specialism)
Capital City Academy
‘08 - ‘13
GCSE
9 GCSEs (including English & Maths)
London, UK