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Gerrards Cross, Gb

Maple Cross, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for external and internal communications in three of five UK business divisions• Creation and implementation of communications/sector strategies for each business area• Writing and creation of content for external channels, including media/social media, film and website • Managing and delivering events – including content, collaterals and logistics • Leading on the delivery of employee communications, including leadership messaging and content for internal channels • Managing a team of three and member of the Communications Leadership Team, helping to set strategy, governance and team development

Maple Cross, England, United Kingdom

• Led on the creation and delivery of the Skanska UK employee communications and engagement strategy. Supported by a team of three• Responsible for strategy and management of UK-employee channels, including print and digital publications. Included writing/editing and overseeing design on the all-employee print publication and the creation of a new monthly digital HTML channel• Took a leading role in overseeing employee communications that supported digital business transformation. Alongside IT colleagues and a direct report, this included the rollout and adoption of O365• Supported delivery of employee communications, including around business transformation and during COVID-19. Supported delivery of the first CEO live broadcast during the pandemic, which continues today • Member of the Communications Leadership Team

Maple Cross

• Created and implemented communications strategies that promoted expertise and innovation externally and understanding of business priorities, values and programmes internally • Led a team of three covering key business support functions including HR, ICT/digital services, environment, health, safety & wellbeing and finance • Worked with HR colleagues to create and implement a new recruitment campaign, Naturally Skanska• Managed the delivery of numerous employee events – creating content, overseeing logistics and developing collaterals/support materials • Secured and wrote editorial for media and owned channels (external and internal), storyboarded and scripted films, wrote content and managed delivery of print collaterals including brochures and exhibition stands • Member of the Communications Leadership Team

Maple Cross

Led on external and internal communications for the civil engineering and utilities businesses, including:• communications strategy development in support of business objectives• media relations: writing features and news releases and overseeing advertising opportunities in national, regional, local and trade media; organising press trips, editor meetings and photoshoots• writing stories and features for external and internal online and print channels as well as award submissions • event planning and management

Camden

Worked at a senior level in a business partnering role responsible for leading corporate internal communications and change management programmes and external campaigns, including:• organisation wide transformation, including major changes to office accommodation, behaviours and ways of working• internal and external communications around significant changes to benefits through welfare reform and cuts to Council spendingAs a senior manager in the team I worked with directors providing strategic communications advice and guidance, as well as part of the team in all aspects of campaign and service delivery.

Coggeshall, Colchester

Responsible for running a number of consumer and B2B accounts, which involved: • the development of communications strategies, to meet key business targets• developing and running new business pitches• media relations: placing and writing features and news releases, for national, regional, local and trade media; organising press trips, editor meetings and photoshoots• overseeing the design, writing and production of corporate literature and publications• budget and crisis management

Leading the communications team with responsibility for internal communications, media relations, design and print and events. Responsibilities also included:• providing advice on communications issues to senior management • managing an external retained PR agency • devising an awards strategy and writing submissions

Walthamstow

Main responsibilities included proactive and reactive media relations, primarily for housing and childrens / adults social services:• identified media hooks, wrote news releases and features, proactively sold in story ideas to target press, drafted statements and handled media enquiries / crisis management issues. Managed media briefings • helped deliver a successful campaign to recruit additional adoptive parents and foster carersIn addition responsible for researching and writing content for internal channels including a weekly Chief Executive briefing and staff magazine.

Coggeshall

Responsible for the day to day running of a range of consumer and B2B accounts. As a great first step into marketing communications I had responsibility for developing communications strategies and carrying out extensive writing and media relations work. This included pitching stories to national, regional, trade and online publications.Additional responsibilities included internal communications, event management, advertising and overseeing design and print projects.

Essex

Worked for three years in independent and BBC local radio, on short and long-term contracts. Main responsibilities included story research, conducting interviews, writing copy, deciding content, reading news bulletins and presenting a news show.

Nctbj Pg Diploma, Broadcast Journalism, Merit

Ba (Hons), English / Religious Studies