Peer Review: Lawrence Lartey and Richie Manu

Peer review

Shades of Noir has been pleased to invite Lawrence Lartey and Richie Manu to peer review this Terms of Reference.

Lawrence Lartey.

Widening Participation and Progression, Careers and Employability, High Holborn (UAL).

With a background in music, events and branded content, journalist, digital producer and LCC lecturer Lawrence Lartey has more than 15 years industry experience. Formerly a Contributing Editor for Touch Magazine, Lawrence has also written for Music Week, Now, The Daily Record, Time Out and The Guardian. Lawrence authored and conducted the interview for the popular Jay-Z Special broadcast on MySpace and authored and co-produced Usher The Ultimate Entertainer for BBC Radio 1. Other notable credits include An Afternoon With Al Green for the Arts Council which he produced. He also spearheads the ongoing NY-LON project. His previous TV work includes Hugo Urban Rules for MTV and How Hip Hop Changed The World for Channel 4.

Lawrence is the Creative Director for Question Media Group, Question Media Group recently produced a 12 part radio drama for Unicef around the education and prevention of HIV. He was recently named as ‘One of the most influential black people under 40 in the UK’.

Richie Manu.

Richie Manu is a Course Tutor on MA Applied Imagination at CSM and also teaches on Academic Support across University of the Arts London. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, he has a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education. Richie blends a career in professional design practice with other roles as an educator and writer.

Richie has taught briefly in Hong Kong where he was a Lecturer on the International Design Camp Programme in Hong Kong Poly U and Hong Kong Design Institute, working with design students from across the globe.

Richie has also won awards for his teaching practice and was recently awarded a UAL Teaching Award. With a background in design and branding, Richie has specialised in working with start-ups and entrepreneurs, devising strategies on distinctiveness in personal and professional branding. Richie is also a best-selling author of book ‘YOU: Rebranded’ which was reviewed as an essential read on personal branding, amplifying individuality and distinctiveness.

Richie is a TEDx Speaker and delivered a talk on ‘Creativity unearthed by a sensory adventure’ He is also an occasional broadcaster and has featured on podcasts and interviews for the BBC and Design Council.