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London, England, United Kingdom

Key Achievements:• Established Biomedical Science Day, an annual event that empowers thousands of members to hold activities in hundreds of hospitals to promote their work at the heart of healthcare. Social media reach over 2 million. • Secured national media coverage during COVID-19 pandemic on TV, radio and in print from press releases and statements. Utilised media trained members to represent the IBMS’s views in hundreds of interviews. • Developed the communications department from myself as manager and one temporary staff member to a team of five full time staff that includes Head of Communications (myself), Content Manager and three officers. Responsibilities:• Devise and deliver IBMS communications and marketing strategies to support the organisation’s charitable aims and objectives outlined in the corporate strategy. • Provide communications and marketing support across the organisation.• Develop communications plans for IBMS campaigns and projects to promote the organisation, its work, the profession, and achievements of members. • As brand guardian, manage and maintain the IBMS brand and visual identity as well as lead on the development, implementation and monitoring of brand/style guidelines and key messages.• Support stakeholder mapping and develop engagement strategies to support. • Source and manage the procurement of services for producing marketing and communications materials. • Lead on PR and media campaigns to promote the IBMS and the profession.• Act as first point of contact for all media enquiries, including out of office hours.• Lead on and develop the IBMS’s media profile identifying opportunities for press coverage and securing media training for members. • Advise on communications issues and implement crisis communications plans.• Create and develop IBMS policies for staff and membership group communications. • Leadership, line management and development of the communications team.

London, United Kingdom

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

London

Key Achievements:• Through strong content management increased website traffic from 900 unique users per month to over 8,000. • Secured several media interviews on national TV, radio and online.• Produced a sixth form promotional music video for YouTube which gained over 4,000 views in first month and helped increase external applications by 24%. Responsibilities:• Led and managed communications strategies for pupil and staff recruitment. • Analysed and reported on communications activity to the marketing and communications committee. • Managed and led on design of websites and increased traffic using digital media campaigns. • Set up and managed school and sixth form social media accounts including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube that saw over 3,000 followers across all channels within 2 years. • Wrote copy and developed designs for a range of print and digital materials for internal and external use. • Sourced and generated news stories that were used for press releases and news stories. • First point of contact for all media enquiries, providing accurate information and quotes to tight deadlines whilst developing working relationships with journalists across local and national media. • Acted as brand guardian: ensured all communications reflected the school and college's ethos and vision.• Managed the communications department and members of staff.

London, United Kingdom

Day-to-day running of an independent prop hire company which rented equipment to film and television production companies and other media outlets for set decoration.• Responsible for advertising and marketing from design through to print and mail-shots.• First point of contact responsible for all customer enquiries, building solid relationships and expanding the company client list.• Managed and updated a website and database for all stock, as well as providing a service sourcing props for customers when not stocked by the company.• First point of contact responsible for all customer enquiries, building solid relationships and expanding the company client list.• Account management: Set up payment of goods through invoice and purchase order.• Compiled hire documents and collected purchase orders for the hire of all props whilst keeping an accurate diary of stock to prevent loss or duplicate orders.• Finalised accounts, bills and banking after sale of company. • Credit control: Set up payment accounts, calculated and filed VAT returns. Liaised with accountants for monthly PAYE tax payments and solicitors over court claims for non-payments. • Office management, including managing warehouse staff, administrative duties, paying wages and bills, maintenance of equipment and premises whilst working within a strict budget.

Derby, United Kingdom

Provided support to cost reduction initiatives for engine parts. • Wrote progress reports for website and internal communications on finance and design projects to reduce costs of engine parts. • Analysed and collated complex financial and technical data making it easier to understand and presentable to other business areas.• Oversaw the management of a project that sourced parts from a new supplier which led to a 38% reduction of cost for an engine part for the Airbus A380 engine.• Edited a monthly newsletter for the Cost Reduction department that by time of leaving the company was sent out to over 6,000 employees – an increase of 52%.