Abi Howse Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Responsibilities:• Managing Blood Cancer UK portfolio of health information resources, online and offline, ensuring all are evidence-based and up to date• Developing health information resources that increase reach and meet unmet needs• Advising the organisation on any blood cancer related queries• Working with Fundraising to secure funding against projects• Annual planning and budgeting, setting the long-term team plan• Key player on transformational projects such as new website and rebrand• Managing £100k team budget and £150k project budget• Managing the Health Information team• Writing and implementing policiesAchievements:• Delivering a brand new digital product – a microsite for people living with and after blood cancer, taking from vision and discovery to prototype, testing and build. • Setting up KPIs and new mechanisms for ongoing monitoring, evaluation and data collection.• Appointed media spokesperson for radio interviews• Led team to work in new ways with agile/lean methodologies

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities:• Managing the Quality and Evaluation team.• Ensuring delivery of the team plan to schedule and within budget – managed budget of £90k.• Planning production of new resources based on strategy and evidence of need.• Setting up methods for capturing quantitative and qualitative usage data and user feedback.• Writing and implementing team policy on accessibility.Achievements:• Developing and delivering the team’s first annual marketing plan with a budget of £16k.• Producing 5 new British Sign Language videos about cancer, working with Deaf users.• Establishing the team’s first online survey to measure impact of resources and satisfaction. • Establishing a new monthly report on product usage and providing analysis.

London, United Kingdom

I volunteered for two months at JASCAP cancer charity in Mumbai. JASCAP aims to help patients understand cancer, its treatment, and what they can do to help themselves. Experience included:• Writing 3 new booklets about cancer.• Analysing the charity’s sales and making recommendations for future plans.• Observing how government and charities respond to the unique challenges they face in India. • Gaining understanding of Indian culture and how this affects patient experience and behaviour.• Learning Hindi to a basic level. After volunteering I spent six weeks travelling alone through India, which allowed me to:• Learn about other cultures and gain a wider perspective of the world and humanity.• Improve my organisational skills, flexibility, and ability to deal with challenging situations.

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities:• Managing and developing Macmillan’s range of information in other languages and formats, including translations, easy read, audio, British Sign Language, Braille and large print.• Working with writers, health professionals, media partners and agencies to produce resources. • Carrying out evaluations of resources and leading the team to implement changes.• Monitoring and improving the accessibility of information resources.Achievements:• Lowering the average reading age of resources from 14 to 12 by delivering team training on health literacy and writing new guidelines.• Running focus groups with different communities, including non-English-speakers, deaf groups and people with learning disabilities, subsequently improving resources for these audiences.• Editing 52 easy read booklets about cancer aimed at people with learning disabilities.• Writing and editing cancer fact sheets and translating these into 11 languages.

London, United Kingdom

• Working with medical professionals to produce patient information for print and digital channels.• Project managing the production of cancer information books, taking them from first drafts through to well-edited, well-designed, branded publications. Involves managing the project timeline, involving stakeholders, commissioning illustrations and case studies, editing and design.• Editing cancer information on the website. • Leading team’s use of social media by managing a cancer information blog and Twitter account.• Developing Macmillan’s rich media cancer information, producing videos and animations.• Developing Macmillan’s Easy Read cancer information.• Being the lead on genetics work by editing all genetics information and marketing Macmillan’s online tool for checking genetic risk (through magazine articles, social media, online and press/media).• Analysing usage of Macmillan’s online genetic risk tool and using findings to promote the service.• Line managing interns in the team, from conducting interviews and recruitment through to induction, training and managing their workload.

London, United Kingdom

• Producing and maintaining Macmillan's range of audiobooks. This involved writing scripts, liaising with external recording company, production and post-production.• Ensuring the team’s whole workload complies with the NHS Information Standard, co-ordinating the review of all cancer information throughout the year, including involving service users.• Promotional work to advertise Macmillan’s products and to recruit volunteers.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom