Anna Pendse Email & Phone Number

Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Urban Front designs and creates beautiful, bespoke, high-security hardwood doors. I'm responsible for the company's cross-platform content strategy including a quarterly print magazine, bi-annual trends booklet, monthly email newsletter, blog posts, web content, brochures and architects packs. I use web analytics to ascertain content engagement levels and am responsible for SEO.

I loved writing for website Muddy Stilettos, the UK’s biggest luxury lifestyle platform for AB1 women living outside London with 1.3 million users each month. An insider’s guide to the best in local lifestyle including reviews, local theatre, festivals, events and more, I was responsible for planning, researching, writing and posting digital content for the Berkshire, Bucks and Oxon areas. I enjoyed editing Luxury Defined, the blog for Christie's International Real Estate (maternity cover) and was responsible for generating content ideas, presenting and managing a quarterly editorial calendar, commissioning, writing, editing and creating blog posts (approximately three each week).

Editor of Pursuit, the award-winning magazine read by employees of The De Beers Group of Companies across the world covering the entire diamond pipeline from exploration and mining to retail and research. I was responsible for content planning, commissioning, writing, subbing and working closely with the Art Director and client.Editor of Ethos, a multichannel programme designed to position Serco at the forefront of the debate about the future of public servicesI was responsible for planning, commissioning and overseeing the editorial and creative direction of a bi-annual journal, website (updated monthly), email communications and supporting social media presence. I am experienced at commissioning high profile experts from a wide variety of fields (and working with them to ensure the copy is appropriate for the client). I have also overseen the creation of short films for Serco from content planning to end result.Editor of Serco's Corporate Responsibility review, published annually alongside the company report and accountsI was responsible for editorialising the review and seeking out the best stories from within Serco plus overseeing editorial and creative direction of the multichannel programme. I also managed multiple sign off from across the global business.Editor, Scoop, the magazine for Serco employeesA complex task, which involved creating nine versions for employees working across the globe and across Serco's diverse business. The readership included those responsible for collecting the bins, scientists working at the National Physical Laboratory, train drivers, prison officers and border control officials plus many more. Each version had an editor so I became skilled at managing multiple stakeholders.I have also worked on numerous pitches, sci-fi catalogues for Play.com, glitzy shopping mini mags for Westfield to name but a few!

Editor of the marketer, the membership magazine for the Chartered Institute of MarketingI was responsible for editorial content, commissioning and client sign off plus creative directionThe magazine won Best Membership Title at the Association of Publishing Agency awards 2005

Editor of the marketer, the membership magazine for the Chartered Institute of MarketingI was involved in a major overhaul of the magazine, helping Just Communications to win a competitive pitch in 2004

Bachelor'S Degree, English Literature, 2:1

A Levels, English (A), Sociology (A), Dance (A)