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About Me

First and foremost, I am a SAG-AFTRA New York & Boston based actor, voice actor, and singer. Coming primarily from an acting and performance background, I’ve always had an eye for visual appeal. I grew up behind the scenes of film and TV sets and Broadway shows, watching my parents live out their dreams – and I was inspired from a young age with a deeply ingrained love of the arts.

Growing up, I spent many summers in acting classes and intensives, but one particular summer when I was fourteen, I was gifted a Canon 5D Mark II by my godfather – on the condition that I took a course learning how to properly use it. I enrolled in the New York Film Academy's High School Photography Intensive, and spent 4 weeks in the Battery Park area of New York City learning the basics of photography mechanics, photo composition, and editing and retouching.

Thus began a side-hustle passion for helping fellow creatives develop their online presence. I left the program with a portfolio - for myself, both as a model and as a photographer - and felt the impact of what I would later discover to be PERSONAL BRANDING.

I made my own website, composed of highlights from a fledgling career as an actor, with some of the photos I had taken during the course, and found JOY in designing - finding typefaces, colors, phrases and feelings to proudly display my image online. I loved creating an aesthetic and seeing how individualized I could make something from a simple template. It was like a big puzzle. It was a thrill. I wanted to do it with others!

Throughout high school, I offered my knowledge of web design to various people - mainly, friends of my parents (ie. older people who were overwhelmed by the concept of web design). I started a photography Instagram (as so many teens do), and began offering $5 photoshoots to my friends in the Fall to begin building a portfolio. My speedy hand and my keen eye for creativity was able to develop tons of interesting portfolios and websites for various creatives of all ages.

During my freshman year of college at Boston University, I began building sites for my fellow acting student friends and expanding my outreach. I started taking quick headshots, snapped a few pics for a photo dress, and began falling back in love with photography. As this happened, I grew my TikTok following to 15k+, sharing videos of my acting work and day-in-my-life content, and began a side hustle of creating User-Generated Content for various brands. I am a member of the Boston University Terrier Creator Program and create social media content for @bostonu on IG, and have worked with brands like Amazon Prime, Niche, AKT London, and several start-up companies and projects.

Whenever I’m not busy acting, I love my work as a freelance web designer, content creator, and photographer for students and those on a budget. Thanks for checking my site out, and if you think I'd be a good fit for a service that you need, reach out!

Mairéad

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