Running my own freelance PR company I delivered a range of B2B and consumer press campaigns for a wide range of clients including Calon TV, the company behind pre-school TV hits Superted, Hana's Helpline and Igam Ogam, Business in Focus, and Cardiff City Council art projects including Cardiff Contemporary 2014, Welsh Artist of the Year Awards 2010 – 2013.I also worked in the bilingual press office at the Wales Millennium Centre, working with major international theatre producers and the… Show more Running my own freelance PR company I delivered a range of B2B and consumer press campaigns for a wide range of clients including Calon TV, the company behind pre-school TV hits Superted, Hana's Helpline and Igam Ogam, Business in Focus, and Cardiff City Council art projects including Cardiff Contemporary 2014, Welsh Artist of the Year Awards 2010 – 2013.I also worked in the bilingual press office at the Wales Millennium Centre, working with major international theatre producers and the marketing team to secure Welsh and national media coverage for a broad range of shows from the Sound of Music to the Blysh cabaret festival. Show less

Providing a full range of proactive communication support to the 720 probation staff and 8,000 offenders managed by the company.training colleagues to identify positive stories from frontline work, partnership initiatives and key achievementsResearching, writing and distributing press releases to local and specialist media and stakeholders and managing content for internal staff newsletters and intranet.Providing reactive media support and crisis management, working with colleagues… Show more Providing a full range of proactive communication support to the 720 probation staff and 8,000 offenders managed by the company.training colleagues to identify positive stories from frontline work, partnership initiatives and key achievementsResearching, writing and distributing press releases to local and specialist media and stakeholders and managing content for internal staff newsletters and intranet.Providing reactive media support and crisis management, working with colleagues in the Ministry of Justice to protect the reputation of the CRC on a local and national level.Working bilingually to develop and maintain the company’s website and external communications including Twitter and Youtube channels.Organising and writing external award nominations.managing stakeholder engagement, including the design and content of a quarterly stakeholder newsletter.Shooting and editing photographs and videos to accompany press and media releases.representing the CRC on cross-agency communications project teams with police, fire service and local health boards. Show less

Devising and implementing media strategies and proactive PR campaigns to raise the profile and sales of key non-fiction and fiction titles.Planning and identifying media opportunities to promote the company in national, regional and trade press Researching, writing and distributing press releases to national, regional, local and trade media.Producing marketing materials to support the company’s presence at international book fairs.Managing the publishing schedule of around 30… Show more Devising and implementing media strategies and proactive PR campaigns to raise the profile and sales of key non-fiction and fiction titles.Planning and identifying media opportunities to promote the company in national, regional and trade press Researching, writing and distributing press releases to national, regional, local and trade media.Producing marketing materials to support the company’s presence at international book fairs.Managing the publishing schedule of around 30 books per year.Managing and providing content for multiple social media channels, Facebook pages and Twitter accounts for a range of authors. The most popular page for author Hayley Okines has more than 600,000 likes. Commissioning Welsh celebrities and sports personalities to write a series of books each year on behalf of the Welsh Assembly government’s Quick Reads literacy initiative. Working with charities to project manage and promote a range of fund-raising books. These include including Help For Heroes, the Alzheimer’s Association, Diversity Role Models and the Ben Kinsella Trust.Working with authors including Catrin Collier, Terry Jones, Emlyn Rees and Lynne Barret-Lee to maximise PR opportunities to promote their work and provide support by organising readings, signings and other events and providing marketing materials. Show less

I have written and co-written eight books, all published by Accent Press.Old Before My Time and Young At Heart with Hayley Okines, was accompanied by a Channel 5 and National Geographic TV documentary. Running Free: Breaking Out from Locked-in Syndrome with Kate Allatt was serialised by the Daily Mail.It’s OK to be Gay: Celebrity coming out stories was published to raise money for the charity Diversity Role Models and was serialised in the Independent on Sunday's Pink List.Other… Show more I have written and co-written eight books, all published by Accent Press.Old Before My Time and Young At Heart with Hayley Okines, was accompanied by a Channel 5 and National Geographic TV documentary. Running Free: Breaking Out from Locked-in Syndrome with Kate Allatt was serialised by the Daily Mail.It’s OK to be Gay: Celebrity coming out stories was published to raise money for the charity Diversity Role Models and was serialised in the Independent on Sunday's Pink List.Other titles I include a cookery book by a well-known TV chef and three books written for adult literacy students and published under the Welsh Assembly Government’s Quick Reads literacy scheme. Show less

Overseeing the day-to-day running of the features sections of the South Wales EchoManaging a team of writers and designers to produce around 80 health, lifestyle and leisure pages per week. Forward planning features and themes.Editing and proof reading feature content to high standard.Writing quickly and accurately under pressure to meet daily deadlines. Liaising with advertising execs to support income generation. Representing the department at senior management level… Show more Overseeing the day-to-day running of the features sections of the South Wales EchoManaging a team of writers and designers to produce around 80 health, lifestyle and leisure pages per week. Forward planning features and themes.Editing and proof reading feature content to high standard.Writing quickly and accurately under pressure to meet daily deadlines. Liaising with advertising execs to support income generation. Representing the department at senior management level and daily news conferences. Carrying out staff appraisals, recruitment and mentoring.Managing the department through redundancy/restructuring processes. Show less