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Hi, I'm Mairead Cooling, an events and production professional based in Kilmainham, Dublin. I specialise in festival logistics, site coordination, health and safety, and client liaison, delivering smooth operations from setup to post-event reporting. I also produce and host music podcasts, bringing guests from the Irish music scene to audiences around the world. I love turning ideas into well-organized productions and collaborating with technical teams, traders, and venues to create memorable experiences.…Hi, I'm Mairead Cooling, an events and production professional based in Kilmainham, Dublin. I specialise in festival logistics, site coordination, health and safety, and client liaison, delivering smooth operations from setup to post-event reporting. I also produce and host music podcasts, bringing guests from the Irish music scene to audiences around the world. I love turning ideas into well-organized productions and collaborating with technical teams, traders, and venues to create memorable experiences.

Mairead Cooling

Podcast Producer, Music Producer, Production Manager, +4

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Hi, I'm Mairead Cooling, an events and production professional based in Kilmainham, Dublin. I specialise in festival logistics, site coordination, health and safety, and client liaison, delivering smooth operations from setup to post-event reporting. I also produce and host music podcasts, bringing guests from the Irish music scene to audiences around the world. I love turning ideas into well-organized productions and collaborating with technical teams, traders, and venues to create memorable experiences.…Hi, I'm Mairead Cooling, an events and production professional based in Kilmainham, Dublin. I specialise in festival logistics, site coordination, health and safety, and client liaison, delivering smooth operations from setup to post-event reporting. I also produce and host music podcasts, bringing guests from the Irish music scene to audiences around the world. I love turning ideas into well-organized productions and collaborating with technical teams, traders, and venues to create memorable experiences.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Mairead Cooling, an events and production professional based in Kilmainham, Dublin. I specialise in festival logistics, site coordination, health and safety, and client liaison, delivering smooth operations from setup to post-event reporting.

I also produce and host music podcasts, bringing guests from the Irish music scene to audiences around the world. I love turning ideas into well-organized productions and collaborating with technical teams, traders, and venues to create memorable experiences.

Skills

Copywriting

Set Design

Experience Level

Copywriting

Intermediate

Set Design

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Event Coordinator & Site Office Manager at Forbidden Fruit & In the Meadows & All Together Now

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024

Point of contact for contractors, H&S liaison, and coordination with all people involved in events and festivals. Daily management of emails and phone calls with agencies and contractors. Excel/Word: creating spreadsheets and filing docs both physically and online. Requisition of site infrastructure, services, plant machinery, sundries. Creation and management of production schedules for each show. H&S inductions and compliance with each site visit. Collecting documentation for event completion certs, delivery dockets and invoices. Insurance liaison with brokers and other parties as needed. Supporting event control with paperwork and radio calls. Liaison with technical production, site crew, traders, bars and artist liaison for site requirements. Site office management during build/break; staff management and main point of contact in office. Logistics coordination for site access. Post-event reporting; organizing meetings with all contractors ahead of shows and taking meeting notes.

Customer Support Agent at Ancestry

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021

Technical support and website navigation by phone and web channels. Handling billing, subscription queries and sales. Assisting with DNA tests: returns and results analysis. Building family trees and diagnosing technical issues. Handling complaints and liaising with management.

Licensing Assistant at Festival Republic

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021

Performed licensing duties for Marlay Park concerts, Longitude Festival, Malahide Castle concerts and Electric Picnic. Daily emails and phone calls to agencies and contractors. Excel/Word doc creation, public information notices for all events. Transport documentation and liaison with Gardaí, NTA, and bus/coach approvals. Charities liaison, volunteer coordination, fire extinguisher distribution and signage. Public inquiries and complaints: logging and replying; pre/post event. Residents hotline handling noise complaints during show days; liaising with Gardaí and county council. Crowd control announcements and general event security coordination.

Music Podcast Producer, Host at Maradio Mondays

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021

Produced music podcast with guests including The Scratch, Wyvern Lingo, King Kong Company. Structured audio show, conducted interviews, recorded audio in-studio and via Skype/Zoom. Arranged and mixed podcasts in Ableton/DAW; published online and engaged with listeners.