Ellen West | Speakers for Schools

Ellen West

Head of ROH Studios, Royal Opera House

Ellen heads up a team of Producers and Assistant Producers at the Royal Opera House in London. They work across the organisation’s website, digital screens and social media networks to tell stories about the opera and ballet productions being performed on stage and in cinemas around the world. They also do a lot of work behind the scenes, uncovering the effort necessary to create sets, costumes, perform the music and enable both dancers and singers to produce work of an international standard.

Ellen previously worked at the BBC as a Content Producer for interactive content across factual and arts programming on a range of projects including Radio 4 current affairs, BBC Two and History. During her time at the BBC she was also responsible for The Culture Show and BBC Four websites and worked on the development and delivery of an online collaboration with The National Gallery, London.