Cat Watson Email & Phone Number

Penwortham, Gb

United Kingdom

• Coordinate the Warning and Informing Cell (WIC) on the county’s communications strategy and its delivery in a major incident, inclusive of coordinating the rolling chain, press statements, advisory role and Resilience Direct auditing.• Communications contact for the Emergency Planning teams across Lancashire for LRF peacetime communications.• Update General Purposes and Executive Teams on communications plans and delivery bi-monthly / bi-annually. • Report audited recommendations… Show more • Coordinate the Warning and Informing Cell (WIC) on the county’s communications strategy and its delivery in a major incident, inclusive of coordinating the rolling chain, press statements, advisory role and Resilience Direct auditing.• Communications contact for the Emergency Planning teams across Lancashire for LRF peacetime communications.• Update General Purposes and Executive Teams on communications plans and delivery bi-monthly / bi-annually. • Report audited recommendations to drive LRF performance and communications opportunities to streamline and efficiently deliver our strategic direction across several subgroups, agencies and sectors. I do this with the relevant communications lead from each stakeholder to align collaboratively on their engagement principles and key messages.• Lead on the planning and management of the multi-agency communications group (WIC) in LRF exercises to ensure we test our communications plan and response and learn from previous incidents, updating the work programme, government trackers and Resilience Direct.• Lead and deliver media briefings to senior leaders, preparing senior police officers (to the rank of Assistant Chief Constable) to communicate complex and potentially contentious issues, with local and national media.• Lead ‘plan on a page’ communication for several smaller projects within the LRF owned by key change teams, including the management of the supply chain from procurement to delivery and outcome.• Identified as a key communications lead by Cabinet Office, and have been asked to present to Government on crisis communications and the role of LRFs.• Author of Lancashire's National Power Outage Communications Strategy which is championed as best practice by Cabinet Office & DLUHC.• Event lead for CPD events for the WIC in Lancashire, including the planning and execution, and formal accreditation of a Crisis Communications Training Workshop.And more. Show less

Blackburn, United Kingdom

Local Communications Lead for the East Lancashire Basic Command Unit (BCU) with all internal, public and stakeholder communications and engagement delivery. To maximise opportunities for public and staff engagement in support of the delivery of the Police and Crime Plan priorities, supporting and advising the East Lancashire senior management team and providing effective community reassurance communications during peace time and crisis.Responsible for the Engagement and… Show more Local Communications Lead for the East Lancashire Basic Command Unit (BCU) with all internal, public and stakeholder communications and engagement delivery. To maximise opportunities for public and staff engagement in support of the delivery of the Police and Crime Plan priorities, supporting and advising the East Lancashire senior management team and providing effective community reassurance communications during peace time and crisis.Responsible for the Engagement and Communications Assistant from May 2021. Show less

Guildford, United Kingdom

Appointed as a Corporate Communications Officer at Surrey Police, based in Guildford.

Guildford, United Kingdom

Responsible for creating and implementing an industry leading commercial content and social media strategy that positions the brand clearly and positively against the competition, generating inbound traffic to the website and creates customer engagement to encourage loyalty and recommendation.Responsible for:• Delivering the content and social media strategy in line with business goals and brand position.• Deliver online PR/social media campaigns, promoting the client's… Show more Responsible for creating and implementing an industry leading commercial content and social media strategy that positions the brand clearly and positively against the competition, generating inbound traffic to the website and creates customer engagement to encourage loyalty and recommendation.Responsible for:• Delivering the content and social media strategy in line with business goals and brand position.• Deliver online PR/social media campaigns, promoting the client's marketing messages and brand in a way that will drive buzz, interest and positive coverage.• Develop, write and edit engaging posts for the mix of social media channels• Responsible for the day to day social media activities including online advocacy, writing editorial content, community outreach, promotions etc.• Manage presence on social networking sites, posting on relevant blogs and seeding content into social applications as needed.• Act as advocate of the business in social media spaces.• Responsible for developing and implementing an effective content strategy and editorial calendar in line with marketing plan the company’s brand values.• Manage and develop the online communities creating active and positive advocates.• Identify, locate and engage with advocates and influencers within social communities to build relationships.• Monitor, analyse, review and report on effectiveness of social media campaigns and social media activity.• Develop strong internal relationships and a process to identify potential PR stories.• Generate reports on our Social activity.• Answer media enquiries on and offline. Show less

Farnham

Responsible for building the University's recruitment profile by identifying positive news, stories and recruitment related content for both print and online distribution. A passion for brand storytelling, this role developed content for a range of audience groups, both on and offline and requires experience of contributing exciting, current content for go-to market campaigns.With the arts at its core, this role focused primarily on writing engaging communications for, but not limited… Show more Responsible for building the University's recruitment profile by identifying positive news, stories and recruitment related content for both print and online distribution. A passion for brand storytelling, this role developed content for a range of audience groups, both on and offline and requires experience of contributing exciting, current content for go-to market campaigns.With the arts at its core, this role focused primarily on writing engaging communications for, but not limited to, a range of platforms both internally and externally. Show less

Farnham, Surrey

Fundamentally a supporting role to the Marketing Manager and wider team, increasing overall marketing productivity and performance of the department and company.This role focuses on point of sale development (images, text, blogs etc) alongside updating of the company website and social media platforms with trending and relevant content, while maintenance of artwork archives and photographic images remains up-to-date and productive. Offline, the role involves and monitors… Show more Fundamentally a supporting role to the Marketing Manager and wider team, increasing overall marketing productivity and performance of the department and company.This role focuses on point of sale development (images, text, blogs etc) alongside updating of the company website and social media platforms with trending and relevant content, while maintenance of artwork archives and photographic images remains up-to-date and productive. Offline, the role involves and monitors efficient coordination and distribution of campaign material between branches while assisting and organising local marketing campaigns and branch events.Proofreading, creation of poignant and appropriate artwork, market research and general administrative maintenance are completed alongside the role's main duties. Show less

York

This role involved working across The Worklife Company ensuring that the social media platforms are up to date with the current trends in business and consulting, as well as marketing the brand to potential and current clients.My role in the company is to ensure maximum 'conversation' between the company and those following on Twitter and Facebook, as well as ensuring live updates are available online. Other platforms reached are Instagram, Yammer and LinkedIn.Although primarily… Show more This role involved working across The Worklife Company ensuring that the social media platforms are up to date with the current trends in business and consulting, as well as marketing the brand to potential and current clients.My role in the company is to ensure maximum 'conversation' between the company and those following on Twitter and Facebook, as well as ensuring live updates are available online. Other platforms reached are Instagram, Yammer and LinkedIn.Although primarily communications based, marketing is also a large part of this role. Show less

London, United Kingdom

This role involves working across all the constituent parts of MSN UK Entertainment: TV, Movies, Celebrity, Music.A multi-faced role that mainly involves writing stories, presenting video, interviewing people, cropping and editing images (using Photoshop and similar), supporting event coverage teams, and everything in between.Being an Entertainment intern at Microsoft includes writing articles on breaking and trending celebrity, TV, movie and entertainment news. Within the team,… Show more This role involves working across all the constituent parts of MSN UK Entertainment: TV, Movies, Celebrity, Music.A multi-faced role that mainly involves writing stories, presenting video, interviewing people, cropping and editing images (using Photoshop and similar), supporting event coverage teams, and everything in between.Being an Entertainment intern at Microsoft includes writing articles on breaking and trending celebrity, TV, movie and entertainment news. Within the team, we have contact with agents to ensure maximum credibility to our articles, building galleries and trending blogs to suit each of our readers needs. We are encouraged to find our own voice within our writing, and not only do I write for the UK site, but I am fortunate enough to have some of my work published on the international site. I have been hired as part of the intern programme for FY14, which is a year long internship based at Cardinal Place, Victoria, in London. Show less

Marlborough, Uk

As a shift leader, my responsibilities included opening and closing the store, managing a team of eight staff members, calculating and delivering money to the bank and dealing with customer complaints.

Burbage, Uk

Engaged in helping Mrs Copp set up for key note presentations for the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce, and a few ideas and plans for efficient marketing strategies.

Ba English Literature And Creative Writing, With A Year In Industry (Microsoft [Msn], 2:1)

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