Urban Revitalization, Citizen Participation, Social Design, Media
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Project consultant at British Council
- Project consultant at Wall to Wall
- Project consultant at British Council
- Urban consultant at igloo Regeneration
- Past
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- Project lead at Transform South Yorkshire
- Documentary Producer/Director at Keo Films
- Project consultant at Channel 4 Television
- Project Consultant, High Street 2012 at Fluid Design
- Consultant at TF Creative Consultancy
- Advisor at Northern Way Art Advisory Panel
- Project consultant at British Council China
- Strategy consultant at Igloo Regeneration
- Senior Producer at Designs of the Time 2007
- Regeneration consultant at BioRegional Quintain
- Documentary Director at Granada Media
- Project Consultant at Diverse Production
- TV Documentary Producer/Director at Darlow Smithson Productions
- Executive Producer at Optomen Television
- Project Development Executive at IWC Media
- Series Producer at BBC Television
- Executive Producer/Project Executive at Talkback Thames/City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
- Producer/Director at Various
- Education
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- University of York
- Connections
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- Industry
- Public Policy
- Websites
David Barrie’s Summary
I create, design and manage initiatives that enable transformational change and new capital growth in cities and communities.
I have designed and delivered projects valued at over £16m ($26m) that have revitalized places, enabled new investment in real estate and social infrastructure (£250m/$400m), actively involved thousands of citizens and featured the commission of new work by designers, artists and others.
My work emphasizes sustainability, social innovation, citizen participation and communications design.
Clients include national and local government, public and private investors in real estate, cultural organizations, media producers, NGOs and NPOs.
Current projects include leading a city-wide program in Moscow to support creative and social enterprise; delivering The People's Supermarket, the first of a new generation of co-operative grocery stores in the U.K.; managing a citizen participation program for a major real estate investor; and creating two social media projects, designed to foster community networks and bring open source thinking to urban renewal.
Other recent projects include creating and running a consultancy program on low-carbon development for a public housing authority; and advising a renewal initiative linked to the 2012 Olympics.
My background is in media production and I continue to produce, direct and executive produce popular TV programs and documentaries for broadcasters in the U.K. and U.S.A.
David Barrie’s Specialties:
Citizen participation, social entrepreneurship, project delivery, stakeholder management, thought leadership, fund-raising, media production, journalism, government liaison, social innovation.
David Barrie’s Experience
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Project consultant
British Council
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
Designing and delivering online social media initiative in Butetown/Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales.
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Project consultant
Wall to Wall
(Privately Held; Media Production industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Advice and support on the design, financing and implementation of a new social enterprise that will be the subject of a major broadcast TV series in 2010.
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Project consultant
British Council
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
November 2008 — Present (9 months)
With a crack team of staff based in Moscow, designing and leading a major three-year programme of public urban innovation, due to commence Spring 2009. The programme will feature new uses of online social media and will be delivered in partnership with the Moscow City Government.
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Urban consultant
igloo Regeneration
(Real Estate industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Running innovative social investment programme linked to the large-scale redevelopment of a docklands area in the U.K., valued at £200m ($390m). The project will feature ground-breaking use of social media and new forms of citizen participation.
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Project lead
Transform South Yorkshire
(Government Administration industry)
February 2008 — February 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Leading a programme consulting real estate developers, providers of social housing and local government officials on zero-carbon housing development.
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Documentary Producer/Director
Keo Films
(Media Production industry)
October 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 4 months)
A 75 minute documentary film, broadcast by Channel 4, on the morality of food culture, shot in Vietnam, Africa and Europe and presented by English chefs Fergus Henderson and Jeremy Lee.
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Project consultant
Channel 4 Television
(Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)
May 2005 — January 2009 (3 years 9 months)
Representing the Channel in the design and delivery of an £14.5m ($22m) urban renewal project in Yorkshire, England.
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Project Consultant, High Street 2012
Fluid Design
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
April 2008 — June 2008 (3 months)
Initial concept support for an urban renewal scheme in East London linked to the delivery and legacy of the 2012 Olympics. Client is a London Borough.
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Consultant
TF Creative Consultancy
(Arts and Crafts industry)
April 2008 — June 2008 (3 months)
Supported the creation of a Cultural Investment Plan for a Development Corporation in the Midlands, England.
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Advisor
Northern Way Art Advisory Panel
(Government Administration industry)
September 2007 — March 2008 (7 months)
The role of the Panel was to leverage maximum impact and value of public art in the North of England. The Panel reported to the Board of the Northern Way (One NorthEast, Yorkshire Forward and NWDA).
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Project consultant
British Council China
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
May 2007 — November 2007 (7 months)
Support for a local governance project in the municipality of Chongqing, South-west China. A collaboration between British Council Chongqing, Chongqing Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau and Chongqing Technology and Business University.
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Strategy consultant
Igloo Regeneration
(Commercial Real Estate industry)
September 2007 — October 2007 (2 months)
Created a sustainable food and community involvement programme for a successful bid for a $200m mixed-use regeneration of a waterfront district in the North of England.
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Senior Producer
Designs of the Time 2007
(Government Agency; Civic & Social Organization industry)
April 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 7 months)
Created and ran a public participatory project devoted to healthy, sustainable and local food systems in Middlesbrough, Tees Valley. Exhibited at Dott07 Design Biennale in Newcastle-Gateshead, North-East England. Project delivered in association with Middlesbrough Council, Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust, One North East, Design Council and BioRegional Quintain Ltd.
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Regeneration consultant
BioRegional Quintain
(Real Estate industry)
August 2007 — October 2007 (3 months)
Development work on the theme of sustainable cities.
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Documentary Director
Granada Media
(Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)
May 2006 — October 2006 (6 months)
Documentary on the restoration of the English monarchy after the Civil War of (17th, presented by popular historian David Starkey.
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Project Consultant
Diverse Production
(Media Production industry)
April 2005 — April 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Developed art/installation project in conjunction with the British Broadcasting Corporation and Tate.
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TV Documentary Producer/Director
Darlow Smithson Productions
(Broadcast Media industry)
June 2005 — April 2006 (11 months)
Produced and directed 75min observational documentary for Channel 4 Television.
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Executive Producer
Optomen Television
(Broadcast Media industry)
January 2006 — April 2006 (4 months)
Managed prime time factual entertainment TV series - BBC2, 8 x 30mins and BBC 4, 1 x 30mins. Presented by celebrities and Clarissa Dickson-Wright.
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Project Development Executive
IWC Media
(Fund-Raising industry)
June 2005 — November 2005 (6 months)
Development of a large-scale public project involving the restoration of a national heritage asset.
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Series Producer
BBC Television
(Broadcast Media industry)
April 2005 — July 2005 (4 months)
"How to get Lucky" - 3 x 30" popular factual TV shows. Three directors help three single women find love: with one ending up marrying one of the director's best friends!
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Executive Producer/Project Executive
Talkback Thames/City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
(Architecture & Planning industry)
December 2002 — April 2005 (2 years 5 months)
· Developed and delivered £11m ($22m) urban regeneration project
· Created and managed a new partnership of public agencies, with CEO/Board/Ministerial-level support
· Created and managed blue-chip delivery team, responsible for business planning, project delivery, marketing, funding, community involvement, design and art direction and management
· Raised project fund from an initial donation of £100k ($200k) by broadcaster Channel 4. This has since leveraged plans for over £200m ($390m) of additional property and infrastructural investment in the town.
· Acted as spokesman for the Project in the media and at professional conferences
The project was shortlisted for the prestigious Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award, 2008 and is in the final of the Design Museum Designs of the Year 2009 competition. -
Producer/Director
Various
(Broadcast Media industry)
June 1990 — November 2002 (12 years 6 months)
Clients have included:
BBC Television, Granada Media, 365.com, Atlantic Productions, Charlotte Street Productions, Cicada Films, Diverse, Films of Record, Fulcrum Productions, Fulmar Film & TV, HTV West, Illuminations, Insight, Juniper, Just Television, Lateral Productions, Maverick Television, Princess Productions, Ray Fitzwalter Associates, Talkback Productions, The Barrass Company, United Productions, Wall to Wall Television, XYTV
David Barrie’s Education
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University of York
BA , History/History of Art , 1983 — 1986
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David Barrie’s Interests:
Public management, public policy, television, design
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