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Leeds, United Kingdom

Senior communications and marketing role within the External Affairs team of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and office of the Mayor of West Yorkshire. Comms lead for project and priority areas including business and productivity, skills, regional economic development and inward investment, and COVID-19 recovery.This is a wide and varied role, requiring flexibility, managing multiple projects to tight deadlines, building… Show more Senior communications and marketing role within the External Affairs team of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and office of the Mayor of West Yorkshire. Comms lead for project and priority areas including business and productivity, skills, regional economic development and inward investment, and COVID-19 recovery.This is a wide and varied role, requiring flexibility, managing multiple projects to tight deadlines, building understanding of policy detail and developing communications strategies to relate this to a variety of audiences. Show less

Leeds, United Kingdom

Consultancy role working directly with the Group Head of Marketing in the delivery of Group-level corporate PR and Marketing projects, including the creation of the 2017/18 Annual Report, a rewrite and rebuild of the organisation’s website, and Group PR strategy. Contract ended October 2018.

Member of the internal Creative Studio. The main part of my role was launching and managing retiresavvy.co.uk, a content marketing hub for pensions and later-life financial planning, operating under strict FCA marcomms regulations. In the first year and a half of its operation, retiresavvy published over 300 items of content, generated 9,000 Facebook page ‘likes’, and over half a million page views. I also designed the Skipton Retirement Tracker, ongoing research-led PR… Show more Member of the internal Creative Studio. The main part of my role was launching and managing retiresavvy.co.uk, a content marketing hub for pensions and later-life financial planning, operating under strict FCA marcomms regulations. In the first year and a half of its operation, retiresavvy published over 300 items of content, generated 9,000 Facebook page ‘likes’, and over half a million page views. I also designed the Skipton Retirement Tracker, ongoing research-led PR conducted by IPSOS Mori (2015), YouGov (2016) and Opinium (2017) and provided creative and strategic input on brand/ campaign activities, including key messages around the building society operating model, the launch of the first Cash Lifetime ISA, and economic commentary. Show less

Wakefield, United Kingdom

Handling PR / press activities and internal communications for 25,500 RICS members across the North of England (Yorkshire & the Humber, North East and North West). FTC / maternity leave position.

Leeds

Leeds-based freelance financial journalist and PR, specialising in pensions, asset management, institutional investments and auto-enrolment.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for trade / institutional press strategy at the NEST pension scheme. Primary contact for press queries. Main copywriter for placed articles / op-eds.

Covered issues relating to a non-professional audience of pension scheme trustees (Engaged Investor) and scheme managers and consultants (Pensions Insight). Responsible for planning, commissioning and editing features and analysis.

Working closely alongside the editor, with responsibilities for commissioning and editing freelance copy, writing key articles for Engaged Investor, including cover features, analysis and comment, and maintaining the website.

Covering all aspects of European and international life insurance and pension-related matters.