{"id":23,"date":"2016-08-04T14:18:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T13:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-03-17T22:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T22:39:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-sm-6\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3710  alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_6071-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_6071-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_6071-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_6071-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_6071-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_6071-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_6071-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/> I am an enthusiastic and highly adaptable multi-disciplined designer, content specialist and new CMO. I am a content management specialist in the University space and have the perseverance and patience large institutions require for survival. I am a CMO in the startup space, working remotely with a South African startup launching this year. I have lectured at university level in Marketing and Design over the years and and am passionate about developing and disseminating my creative skills. I am interested in teaching and research and though I work within the University I enjoy my work with industry as a consultant when the occasion arises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-sm-6\">\n<p>Music is a huge passion of mine and I am a member of the\u00a0<abbr title=\"Performing Rights Society\">PRS<\/abbr> and am a guitarist and vocalist. I have recorded and published over 50 songs in various bands as well as live sessions with the <abbr title=\"British Broadcasting Corporation\">BBC<\/abbr> and gig actively throughout Ireland. I enjoy traveling and have been through Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe as well as Mauritius, Spain, Japan, America and the Netherlands. I also enjoy lifting regularly at the gym, playing squash. I love dogs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am an enthusiastic and highly adaptable multi-disciplined designer, content specialist and new CMO. I am a content management specialist in the University space and have the perseverance and patience large institutions require for survival. I am a CMO in the startup space, working remotely with a South African startup launching this year. I have&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/?page_id=23\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3711,"href":"https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/3711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coalduststar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}