Reporting to the CEO, achievements for the UK’s church buildings support charity include: ▪ Rebranding the Trust to position it as a leader in the church heritage sector and launching two new brands, ExploreChurches and MaintenanceBooker.▪ Managing the Trust’s corporate website and currently leading its redevelopment.▪ Managing all digital and social media communications, including e-newsletters, Twitter, Face-book and commissioning videos and photography.▪ Securing extensive press and media coverage in the national, regional and church and herit-age sectors on issues such as lead theft, church closures and funding for repairs, climate change and church heritage and church tourism.▪ Boosting membership of the Trust by 200% with high-profile PR campaigns, including The UK’s Favourite Churches, The UK’s Best Modern Churches, 50 Things to do in a Church;Responsibilities include: Advising the CEO and Chairman on all PR and communication is-sues and drafting articles, speeches and interview Q&As; ▪ Managing the Trust’s news output to ensure wide coverage of church heritage issues in the media; ▪ Writing and editing market-ing and communication output – videos, leaflets, advertising, key corporate publications; ▪ Working with key heritage, government and church stakeholders on issues such as VAT, Her-itage ‘At Risk’ and the community benefits of churches; ▪ Managing communications staff and budget holder for Comms and PR.

Working to the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, achievements included: ▪ Writing and implementing a new communications strategy for the diocese and managing the communications office.▪ As spokesman for the Diocese, securing positive coverage of the work of the Catholic church and dealing with sensitive issues including safeguarding.▪ Launching a new website resulting in one million annual unique visits and attracting new younger users. ▪ Pioneering the use of social media for the Catholic church in England including Twitter, Flickr and You Tube.▪ Setting up a successful video production unit with films used online and on social media. ▪ Re-launching the diocese’s monthly newspaper The Westminster Record, attracting new readers and making it profitable.Responsibilities included: Managing communications for central departments and leading the press office, securing international, national and local media coverage. ▪ Working with parishes and schools to promote their work and mission within the diocese and also to parishioners and par-ents. ▪ Managing production of portfolio of print and e-publication. ▪ Leading on communications for high profile events at Westminster Cathedral including the State Visit of Pope Benedict XVI and Royal visits.

Freelance Marketing and Communications Consultant, LondonClients included: ▪ Voice of the Listener and Viewer: implementing new PR strategy for broadcasting think tank. ▪ Association of Colleges: marketing and PR for Further Education membership association.

Development Executive, BBC Imagineering, London Executive member of the BBC innovations hub, pioneering use of new media platforms by pro-gramme makers developing content for broadband, digital TV and mobiles. Management duties included overseeing relationships with R&D and academic partners.

Launch of one of the first BBC digital TV channels, UK Horizons, showcasing top BBC documentary, science and natural history output. Creative leadership included executive producing new programmes including extended versions of Top Gear, schedule management and manag-ing the channel's website.

Worked in many roles from press officer to researcher to radio and television producer, specialising in documentaries and history programming.