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Northampton, England, United Kingdom

Early Careers Teacher Year 2 teaching KS3 and KS4 History - helping to close the gap in education inequality. Graduated from the TeachFirst programme.

London, England, United Kingdom

- Leading on publicity campaigns across a range of titles, including Minecraft Bitesize Builds and The Wonder Tree.- Liaising with leading children's authors, including Laura Ellen Anderson (Amelia Fang), Andy Stanton (Mr Gum), Jim Smith (Barry Loser) and NYT bestseller Holly Jackson.- Accompanying debut & established authors on school and bookstore visits across book tours.- Pitching author events to book festivals and bookstores - working with authors to adapt their events in a lockdown/digital format.- Liaising with big-name license holders, including Sanrio (Mr. Men) and Mattel (Thomas the Tank Engine).- Overseeing book award submissions, including Holly Jackson's 'Children's Book of the Year' win for the British Book Awards.- Designing and sending press releases to contacts within and outside the Publishing industry.- Organising press mail-outs to 100+ recipients.- Liaising with press contacts to secure author/book coverage in news sites including The Guardian, The Big Issue and The Bookseller.

London, United Kingdom

- Shadowing publicity campaigns for high-profile authors and brands, including Andy Stanton and Laura Ellen Anderson- Managing the company press inbox, including press and customer queries- Proof-checking media dispatches - Arranging transport and travel for author tours around the country- Handling and tracking team expense claims through the Concur system

London, United Kingdom

Using my proficiency with the Biblio, Netgalley and Gorkana systems to support two departments in their administrative duties. This included producing and mailing press releases, contributing to internal meetings and compiling media contact lists. I also scheduled social media copy output for two partner websites, growing both channels during my tenure.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Moving around the organisation into a number of roles and tasks, including writing and editing e-learning scripts, quality testing built learning courses, and collaborating on extensive sales proposals. Whilst at BYG, I liaised directly with clients including Imperial Tobacco, Swiss Re, and UBS.

Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Managing cohorts of up to 80 young people in a summer course designed to maximise their participation with the wider society around them. By the end of my first seasonal placement I was recommended for an advanced leadership role, one which I filled the following year.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Collaborating to create a segmented marketing strategy with the aim of generating sales to students. Since my internship, our marketing strategy was effective enough that the organisation ran out of bikes in storage by the first month of the following academic year.

Millbank Tower, London

During work experience at the Conservative Party Headquarters, I was tasked with revamping the building's administrative database. I completed this within a week, setting-up an Excel spreadsheet to track documents. For the second half of this placement I was entrusted with handling donations.

First-Class, Bachelor’S Degree, History

Activities and Societies: Sustainability Society; History Society; Impact Student Magazine; Rollerblading

A-Level, Economics, Aab