Ben Beaumont Email & Phone Number

Oxford, GB

Oxford, United Kingdom

Senior copywriter, editor and trainer specialising in charity, education and fundraising communications in the UK and overseas. Clients include WaterAid, Maggie's Cancer Centres, Friends of the Earth, MSF, Oxfam, Prospect Hospice, St Raphael's Hospice, Earth Trust, Greenpeace and Amnesty International.

Specialising in writing cases for support, messaging and narratives for major gifts fundraising, and direct mail for regular, individual giving.Clients include Birmingham Royal Ballet, Cancer Research UK, English Heritage, Glyndebourne Opera, LSE, Imperial College, International Committee of the Red Cross, University Of Leeds, University of Liverpool.

London, United Kingdom

My responsibilities included:- Developing concepts, messaging and guidelines for Amnesty's global campaign, Brave.- Commissioning global audience research.- Writing and editing long-form web content, photo galleries, stories, features and more.- Producing fundraising letters, DM and stories for global use.- Creating social media graphics, campaigns and.

London, United Kingdom

- Worked with US-based creative agency to help implement global website redesign.- Commissioned, produced and edited copy and content for existing website.- Managed content for global social media channels, including Facebook and Twitter.

Oxford

• Managing a team of copywriters and designers to produce high-quality creative material forOxfam’s supporter-focused communications.
• Project managed a range of multichannel communications, including: film and photographyto Bangladesh; concepts for Heathrow airport; and fundraising for Philippines typhoon.
• Contributed to efficient running of inhouse creative studio, including running team meetings,allocating jobs, supporting team members, and providing pre-brief consultancy to clients.
• Implemented processes and created internal communications to encourage more efficientways of working between creatives and briefing teams.

• Working closely with graphic designers, as part of inhouse creative agency, to deliver range of communications for Oxfam shops, campaigns and fundraising.Achievements:
• Created the look and feel for a series of Oxfam fundraising events for different audiences, including Water Week (schools), International Women’s Day (women), and Trailwalker (outdoors enthusiasts).
• Project managed and edited Oxfam’s supporter magazine, Inside Oxfam (print run 350,000), initiating processes to reduce production costs and creating concepts to maximise income.
• Copywriter for emergency fundraising appeals for Pakistan and East Africa, writing to tight deadlines to maximise donations from supporters. Includes direct mail packs, emails, press ads and web copy.

• Directed successful multimedia content trip to Bangladesh, with award-winning Guardian photographer Dan Chung.
• Delivered digital content including web-ready films, case studies, photo stories and blogs.
• Managed content trips to Peru and Thailand to support fundraising and campaigning objectives. Delivered copy, photo stories and case studies for related supporter communications.
• Project managed media trip to Vietnam with Magnum photographer Martin Parr, to highlight the impact of climate change. Coverage included The Independent and Financial Times.

• Managing editor of Generation Why www.oxfam.org.uk/generationwhy, the Oxfam website aimed at 16–25 year olds, and copywriter for Oxfam’s youth-focused communications.Achievements:
• Project managed a successful new look and feel for Oxfam’s youth communications in May 2007, working with London-based agency Naked and illustrator Anthony Burrill.
• Pioneered a fresh approach to Oxfam’s online communications, including photo galleries, polls and quizzes, and early use of blogs, MySpace and Facebook.
• Managed the successful launch and marketing of Generation Why, working with London-based agency Poke. Included a revised design and new content ideas, plus promotional t-shirts, postcards and leaflet.

• Editor of, and copywriter for, the careers website, doctorjob.com, plus related undergraduate and graduate magazines.Achievements:
• Project managed a redesign of Doctorjob magazine in 2003 to maximise revenue, including research and development of successful new editorial features.
• Managed a small creative team to deliver an active, youth focused website and associated termly magazine, on time and to budget.
• Project managed a redesign of the PPA award-winning doctorjob.com, including a new look-and-feel, new content ideas, and a bespoke content management system.

History, Modern, Including Russian Revolution, And American Black Civil Rights, First

Activities and Societies: Founder, creative writing society Editor, blueprint creative magazineWinner of History Prize, 1996

A Level, History, Sociology, Geography

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