Having worked in special events in Canada followed by 15 years as press officer for The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Rita established herself as a freelance arts administrator and PR consultant in 2010. She has subsequently undertaken numerous projects for boutique opera companies and individual artists in the world of classical music and opera, managed the British soprano Nadine Benjamin MBE since 2014, and worked as General Manager for Leeds Lieder, an international song festival based in Leeds, as well as a recital series for young musicians at Sledmere House in Yorkshire.

For The Attingham Trust, Rita has worked as Course Coordinator for the Summer School (2014 to 2017), French Eighteenth-Century Studies in 2018, five Study Programmes (Rome and Naples 2017 and 2019, ‘The Horse and the Country House’ 2018, ‘The Country House in Ireland’ 2022, ‘Venice and the Veneto’ 2023) and three short courses (‘From College Library to Country House’ 2022, ‘Court Culture and the Horse, 1700-1900′ 2023, ‘New Perspectives in Country House Studies’ 2025). She is currently coordinating a repeat of ‘From College Library to Country House’ which will take place in September 2026.