Alex Simmons Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

• Credit Management is the CICM’s membership magazine. Published 10 times a year, I planned editorial meetings, drafted the flat plan, liaised with contributors and Art Editor, wrote features and the news, sub edited and.
• Drafted flat plan and liaised with the Chief Executive, Editor, Editorial Panel and Art Editor
• Commissioned articles from authors, writing interview pieces, Technology in Action articles
• Reported from branch events and press launches
• Compiled news from various sources
• Proofread and sub editing copy

London, United Kingdom

• Gravity is a Global agency with partner offices in Japan, the US, France and Germany. I was part of the PR team alongside four others that managed more than 30 accounts for clients in sectors such as architecture.
• Won new business including Classic Lodges, ISM, CFS and Liberis Finance
• Managed social media campaigns for OPTEX and Classic Lodges
• Content management across LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook and CMS for Nucleus, SFP, Classic Lodges and OPTEX
• Organised press events including the launch of a new Sports Hall at St Albans School that resulted in coverage in local newspaper and radio, and education trade media
• Acted as virtual press office for St Albans School following the issuing of A Level and GCSE results, and OPTEX after publishing global product launches

London And Luton

• This role focused on the production of geographical based vacation brochures and maintaining the accuracy of the website through an online content management system, liaising with numerous resorts in countries around.
• Ensuring existing hotel and resort content is current, based on factual information
• Liaising with resort Planning and Trading departments
• Proof reading and editing content before print
• Reviewing and improving brochure layout and design
• Building relationships and networking with Thomson partners

While working for my father's PR firm I experienced the opposite side to journalism, it gave me a different perspective on writing styles, establishing contacts and relations with clients and the public.* Setting up press conferences and fielding questions from the press * Taking photographs for newsletters* Proof reading and editing press releases.

Bedford

• For more than two years I wrote for every section of a major local Sunday newspaper, achieving a number of exclusives and front pages.Specialities included:
• Court reporting: covered magistrates and crown court cases, local government, county, district and town council meetings
• Sport: Bedford Town Football Club reporter - attended press conferences and regular interviews of chairman and manager for team and club news
• Leisure: restaurant, cinema, club and comedy reviews, researched, sourced and edited pictures from the photographic library
• Environmental issues: covered campaigns to save local amenities and areas of significant wildlife importance