Work History
Christian is perhaps the living, breathing definition of a 'struggling artist', in that he has worked in pretty much any job he could get over the years, whilst in the pursuit of a full-time career in the creative industries. As a result, it's led to a work history that necessitates an entire webpage. We'll let you decide if that's a good thing or not.
Actor & Voice Actor - 2019 - Present
Christian has appeared in feature films, independent films, student films, commercials, audio dramas, video games, and many other types of projects over the years. He discovered his love for acting whilst living in Europe, feeling it shared similarities with his experiences on stage as a musician, and so he decided to pursue this career.
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Musician - 2005 - Present
Christian has been a musician his entire life. He traded a mountain bike for his first guitar and has been writing music ever since. Years later, he would form the metal band 'Grievances Aside' and release a self-titled EP with this group, performing for three years on the London circuit before disbanding. Thereafter, Christian joined a few different groups before releasing his first solo work in 2013.
He would then go on hiatus from music for academic and personal reasons. Years later in 2019, he started to write and record music again, which led to performances and his debut solo album 'Second Chances' in 2025. Christian continues to write and perform to this day.
Podcaster - July 2020 - Present
Christian grew up as a fan of podcasts in his youth, and he was also a big fan of talk radio. This medium fascinated him, and he knew he wanted to pursue it in the future. After a short-lived podcast with a few friends ended in 2020, Christian decided to start his own show, interviewing people, deep-diving into a variety of topics, and sharing stories from his life.
The Christian Reeve Podcast is an interview/discussion podcast featuring entertaining interviews and engaging discussions with people from all around the world. The show has featured business owners, marketing professionals, public relations professionals, sales professionals, small business owners, musicians, actors, podcasters, film directors, artists, political activists, religious spokespeople, and many more people from a range of different backgrounds and industries.
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Tastefilm - October 2025 - Present
At Tastefilm, Christian builds materials for events. He provides technical sound and visual assistance for the films and for hosting. He also co-hosts events, welcoming guests and helping to assist them with their individual needs.
Open Mic Night Host & Sound Engineer - January 2025 - July 2025
In this role, Christian managed audio setups, mixing, and troubleshooting for a variety of bands and solo artists. His role involved ensuring high-quality sound delivery, collaborating with artists, and adapting quickly to diverse audio needs.
He also covered for open mic night hosting on occasion. Liasing with artists, arranging the order of appearances for artists, communicating with artists between events, introducing artists on stage, and general hosting responsibilities.
The Edwardian Hotel In Manchester - June 2024 - Present
For the Edwardian Hotel, Christian has primarily worked with the meetings & events team. His job includes responsibilities such as the preparation of food & beverages for events, setting up rooms for conferences or events, liaising with clients, and providing information about the hotel's services. Christian has also worked as a concierge for the hotel, and his responsibilities have involved greeting clients, arranging access to rooms, facilitating business, helping with events, collecting and transporting luggage, and generally acting as a source of information for guests of the hotel.
Elsewhere, Christian has worked in the À la carte restaurant 'Peter Street Kitchen' and The Champagne Bar, serving guests of the hotel with food & beverages, and performing various back-of-house responsibilities as well.
Finally, Christian has also worked in the housekeeping department, rearranging and cleaning rooms.
Various Roles - Envisage Group - August 2023 - Present
For Envisage, Christian has worked in a variety of roles, including bartending, working as a car park attendant, and as a Christmas Elf for a Santa's Grotto.
Ground Floor Team Member - Premier Inn - July 2025 - February 2026
At Premier Inn, Christian worked in a variety of roles, including bartending, providing information and assistance to guests of the hotel, helping guests to check into the hotel, collecting bags and suitcases, providing room service, serving food and drinks, and more.
Conveyancing Administrator - LPL - Leading Property Lawyers - February 2025
In this role, Christian assisted with the identification process of conveyancing, making sure that documents were valid. He communicated with clients and made them aware of any issues with their applications, helped to guide them through the process, and also confirmed the success of applications.
Various Roles - Mint People - October 2023 - April 2025
For Mint People, Christian worked at a variety of different venues such as Manchester’s AO arena kiosks, The Mezz Restaurant Bar, The Lowry Hotel, The Hilton Hotel, The Clayton Hotel, Manchester Marriott Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester City Academy Stadium, The Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Wigan Athletic Football Club, Preston North End Football Club, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Blackburn Rovers Football Club, Freight Island, and Mottram Hall Spa. Christian worked as a bartender, a barista, a concierge, a porter, a general server, a team leader, and a range of different styles of banqueting.
Maintenance & Events Assistant - Manchester Museum - August 2024 (1 month)
Christian worked with the building & operations team, maintaining the building, helping with deliveries, etc. With the events team, Christian assisted with weddings and other types of events.
Bartender - The Brotherhood Of Pursuits And Pastimes - August 2023 - Oct 2023
Duties included making cocktails, making coffees, serving drinks, collecting glasses, cleaning duties, providing information, and being a general point of reference for customers.
Bartender - The Mitre Hotel - August 2022 - December 2022
Duties included making cocktails, making coffees, serving drinks, collecting glasses, cleaning duties, providing information, and being a general point of reference for customers. Elsewhere, Christian assisted with food service, including breakfast service, lunch, and dinner.
Sales Associate & Recruitment Specialist - Medloop - November 2021 - June 2022
In this role, Christian sought out business partnerships, venture opportunities, and professionals to join Medloop. He was responsible for reaching out and providing information to potential candidates for general practitioner roles, senior management roles, and a range of other positions at Medloop.
Elsewhere, Christian was responsible for telephone and email outreach, providing information about Medloop's services, and acting as a first contact point between the company and GP practices, PCNs, and CCGs. Moreover, Christian assisted Medloop with delivering some of the remote services they offered to GP practices through tasks such as setting up doctors' appointments for patients on behalf of their surgery.
Freelance Marketing Professional - Self-Employed - October 2018 - December 2022
In this role, Christian provided freelance copywriting, SEO services, general marketing consultancy, and content creation services. His services included content writing, writing articles, proofreading, managing blogs, social media marketing, editing, conducting keyword research, creating adverts for Google & Facebook, consulting clients on how to implement the best SEO practices, designing and editing images, and much more.
Digital Marketing & Content Marketing Specialist - MRPeasy - November 2019 - February 2020
Christian successfully arranged partnerships with companies via B2B relationships as well as influencer/brand ambassador deals with influential entrepreneurs and successful businessmen and women in his role at MRPeasy. This led to increased website traffic, social media engagements, and sales leads for the company. He was responsible for managing outreach for the purpose of creating co-marketing opportunities, B2B partnerships, and more.
He also successfully secured several backlinks via guest post articles and purchased links in existing articles. I regularly created copy for guest posts and articles, as well as occasionally editing and proofreading documents, and developing content and copy for the company website, together with other important sales materials. This increased website traffic and improved MRPeasy's rankings in Google's SERPs. Moreover, he provided voice-overs for podcasts that informed and educated existing clients and prospective clients on different areas of manufacturing.
Content Optimisation Specialist & Copywriter - Admiral Markets - June 2018 - September 2019
In these roles, Christian produced monthly reports that included analytics, statistics, and insights into the performance of Admiral Markets' content. He regularly delegated tasks to colleagues, ran A/B tests to track how different approaches to content production affected performance, and much more. He also contributed to and developed plans for the revamping of products such as Admiral Markets' 'Trading Spotlight', 'Zero to Hero' & 'Traders Talk' webinar series.
In addition, Christian regularly used a variety of programs and systems, including Ahrefs, Google Analytics, Jira, Google Suite, Slack, Tableau, Buffer, Zoom, GoToWebinar, Confluence, and an internal CMS.
Christian managed an SEO content audit for an entire section of the Admiral Markets website. He created copy for and edited, merged, and improved over 250+ articles. Improved the overall UX for the articles, and introduced high-quality meta-titles, meta-descriptions, CTA banners, internal links, and the latest and best SEO practices and more.
Christian also wrote copy and contributed ideas to several promotional campaigns, Facebook advertisements, landing pages, and financial products. His other responsibilities included: creating social media posts and content, writing and designing weekly global newsletters, delegating tasks to implementors, proofreading and editing content, image editing, publishing via an internal CMS, performing keyword research, and optimising content for SEO.
Copywriter - Rost Traffic OÜ - February 2018 - May 2018
In this role, Christian researched for and wrote a daily ‘news round-up’ of all the important news within the online gambling industry, as well as casino reviews, news pieces concerning new welcome offers, bonuses, and more.
Food & Beverage Assistant And Bartender - The Runnymede-On-Thames - May 2016 - September 2017
In this role, Christian worked for Runnymede-On-Thames's Lounge & Lock Bars. His responsibilities included preparing various types of beverages (including cocktails, spirits, draught lagers etc), running the bar, handling daily requisitions, completing regular cleaning tasks, and preparing drinks for major functions (such as weddings, wakes, and business conferences).
Christian cross-trained in all food & beverage areas of the hotel. Christian also worked for the 'Leftbank Restaurant' and the hotel's banqueting department. Christian worked in a full-time capacity alongside his university studies. Christian also trained and worked as a barista. Christian's other responsibilities included serving customers food & beverages, handling cash & card payments, 'Silver Service', supervising various functions such as 'Afternoon Tea', wedding & drinks receptions, private functions and working in a team, constantly communicating with and supporting colleagues.
Student Ambassador - Royal Holloway University Of London - Student Ambassador - October 2014 - June 2017
Christian represented Royal Holloway University & the school of management on open days and applicant days. He provided information & advice to prospective students & parents regarding course selection, grade requirements & general information concerning adjustment to university life. Christian also helped to construct and promote a ''Buddy Scheme'' for new students to help them settle and adjust to university, providing information and support throughout the academic year.
Alumni Fund Caller - Royal Holloway University Of London - January 2015 - March 2016
Christian represented the department & university via phone calls made to alumni of the college, informing them of upcoming events, alumni events and encouraging them to donate to the ‘Alumni Fund’.
Kitchen Porter - The Monkey's Forehead - January 2016 - June 2016
Christian's responsibilities included cleaning, stock management, and food preparation.
Retail Assistant - TK Maxx - October 2015 - December 2015
Christian's responsibilities included stock replenishment, stock management, and handling customer queries and complaints.
Marketing Intern - Samsonite - September 2015
Christian created a brief for a POS project for a newly acquired retail store, contributed ideas on potential improvements and helped to shape future designs.
Invigilator & Administrator - Brunel University Of London - June 2015 - July 2015
Christian worked for Brunel University's awarding department, assisting with certificate issues and student queries relating to student records. He also worked as an usher during Brunel University's 2015 graduation week.
Food & Beverage Assistant - Great Fosters Hotel - February 2015 - June 2015
In this role, Christian assisted with cleaning, food & beverage preparation, and serving guests. He arranged rooms according to breakfast, afternoon tea or evening dinner requirements, laying tables, moving furniture, and making the restaurant as presentable as possible.
Supermarket Assistant - Waitrose - August 2011 - August 2014
Christian worked two years full-time and one year part-time at Waitrose whilst studying for a Higher Education Diploma at Uxbridge College. Cross-trained in all operations within the store (checkouts, fresh foods, ambient foods, warehouse, operations). Christian supervised, trained, and led a team in the absence of management. He also utilised 'stock management' routines on a daily basis, managing the continuous flow of stock. He also regularly managed customer orders, inquiries, and supplier deliveries
Weekend Assistant - The Art Of Barbering - January 2007 - February 2008
Christian's responsibilities included booking phone appointments, greeting customers, washing hair and prepping chairs, cleaning and tidying the shop, and purchasing stock.