Dan Barnes Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London, United Kingdom

Skilled writer and editor experienced in marketing content creation across diverse platforms, for a wide range of corporate, public sector and private clients including Kelloggs, Ford Motor Company, Mitsubishi, Nestlé, Rogers Communications, Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda, Health Canada and George Brown College. Expertise in semiotic analysis.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for developing and project-managing risk management initiatives to reduce insurable risks and protect captive insurance profitability at Land Securities Properties Limited (recently rebranded as Landsec), a.
• Retail Outlet Fires – Led response to major fire at a key shopping centre that originated in a tenant kitchen and caused damages of over £400k. Created innovative survey and training program aimed at food retailing.
• Claims Reduction – In response to high numbers of liability claims at retail sites, devised a multifaceted strategy to reduce claims – performed in-depth analysis of footfall, arranged installation of cost-effective.
• Risk Management Awards – Developed internal awards program to encourage effective risk management practice around the company - devised category criteria, secured funding from the insurance market, managed the.
• Management Information – Devised a new approach to sharing key insurance and risk management metrics with the wider business, enabling colleagues in property and development teams to identify problem areas and more.

London, United Kingdom

• Insurance Survey Program – Managed the annual insurer survey program of the entire Landsec portfolio. Accompanied Aviva surveyors onsite and post-survey coordinated follow-up of risk improvement requirements. Developed.
• Portals – Led development of an online resource to improve outdated working practices within department. Set up Sharepoint portals for key suppliers to improve information flow, as well as internal portal and facility.
• Policies and Procedures – Rewrote and restructured Insurance Department procedure documents to increase ease of use for colleagues around the business after their feedback that existing processes were overly complex..
• Claims Management – Responsible for liability claims handling, liaising with claimants, and organising legal response to difficult claims. Developed a low-cost initiative to send goodwill gesture to all tenants who.
• Financial Accounts - Reconciliation, payment and authorisation of insurance premium payments, maintained overview of departmental budget, responded to queries from the Finance Team and regularly reported to department.

London, United Kingdom

• Capital Deal Advice Notes (CDAN) – enhanced and developed the Capital Deal Advice Note database which captured and internally circulated details of every capital transaction that occurred within the company. This tool.
• CIS – Managed Construction Industry Scheme for thousands of Landsec subcontractors, responsible for ensuring annual expenditure of over £400m was correctly reported to HMRC under the scheme. Arranged withholding.
• SDLT – Created Stamp Duty Land Tax tracker to address large number of penalty payments being issued to Landsec subsidiary companies due to acquisition teams missing deadlines. Used the tracker and liaised with property.
• Group Structure – maintained Landsec corporate structure chart which tracked ongoing changes to the hundreds of subsidiary companies, joint ventures, unit trusts and other entities owned by parent company Land.

London, United Kingdom

• Led small team responsible for processing all crimes occurring on the London Underground; analysed incoming crime management documents and input into Police Information System
• Trained incoming members of team and delegated tasks as they arose
• Liaised daily with officers via phone and email regarding crime details.
• Maintained database of all crimes received and generated reports based on requests from senior officers

Toronto, Canada Area

• Developed web profile series on successful graduates as recruitment tool for George Brown College - developed campaign, researched candidates, and conducted interviews
• Produced content for degree programs marketing publication – sourced and interviewed candidates, wrote copy.
• Wrote and edited diverse material for external and internal communication

Toronto, Canada Area

• Responsible for delivering all incoming internal and external mail for the Circulation Department
• Filed and mailed daily reports to all Toronto Star distributors across the province
• Managed inventory for Circulation department