Key responsibilities include:• Managing, creating content and reporting on all social media channels @birminghamalum: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn (central page and group)• Researching, interviewing, writing articles and producing videos for alumni magazine Old Joe which is circulated to over 150,000 graduates• Championing the Student and Recent Graduate audience, creating content for social media, helping deliver activity for key events • Project managing International Women’s Day and Christmas activity• Ad hoc Comms support

•Responsible for the content creation and monitoring of all social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linked In group) to promote the activity of the alumni relations and fundraising teams• Helped to deliver the first digital edition of Old Joe, the magazine for alumni and friends of the University. This included copy writing, photos and video creation. It was circulated to over 100,000 alumni and 9,000 staff. • Video production: create and edit short videos to be used across the team in various communications• Website: update website or create new pages using CMS Contensis• Member of student engagement, staff fundraising week and graduation working groups

• Account management of all community supporters within the southern region of the West Midlands to include all schools and universities, community groups, small businesses and individuals • Deliver engaging pitches about the charity to a wide range of audiences • Help to obtain and write case studies and photos for use in marketing materials• Social Media contributor- responsible for the creation of social media content with a regional focus • Assist in creating marketing materials for various projects including writing copy• Regularly attend events out of work hours

•Managing the supporter journey for individuals in the community looking to raise funds for the hospital.•Volunteer Coordinator- responsible for recruitment, retention and daily management of all volunteers, interns and work placement students including all HR processes for internal volunteers •Social Media Contributor- responsible for creation of social media content, photos, scheduling and responses and live tweeting at events•Project lead on ‘Big Summer Raffle’ yielding a £5,000 return with a 4:1 ROI; also responsible for the website and social media development for summer campaign ‘The Big Bandage’•Attend and assist with events put on by the charity to include Winter Ball, abseils, The Big Hoot launch•Project lead for Junior Manager Case Study project•Attended Institute of Fundraising Introductory Certificate Course

• Property Administrator at DTZ• Assistant at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

10 week fixed temporary placement•Provide administrative support to the faculty of the English department: answering emails, general office maintenance, organizing and distributing mail, compiling applications for fellowship and lectureship seekers, copying hand-outs for lectures, providing refreshments for seminars and meetings •Support the finance officer by completing expense claim forms and data entry

Practical Action is an international development charity that uses technology to challenge poverty. Practical Action works in 40 countries across the world and helps one million people a year get out of poverty.•Drafted press releases and used Cisionpoint to create media lists •Monitored social media websites: Facebook and Twitter•Assisted in a fundraising pitch at Cambridge University which helped secure over £5000 in fundraising money•Wrote blogs; one blog was picked up by The Humanitarian News and helped to get a mention in The Independent online •Attended and assisted with organizing campaigning events in London. This included a social media based campaign that involved helping with the creation and production of an informative leaflet and coordinating staff members to dress up and hand out leaflets in strategic locations.•Assisted with awareness campaign research and implementation •Developed and organized a system for cataloguing videos for use within the company

•Supervised all staff at the cinema, and educated current staff members and new employees on cinema procedures•Scheduled and conducted interviews for new employees, fully involved in the hiring process•Conducted induction sessions for new employees •Responsible for cash handling and depositing and conducting nightly inventory •Created employee and management work schedule for 40 + employees and managers •Organized on-site birthday party events and related logistics•Developed the weekly film schedule for 12+ films and 48+ daily show times •Ensured highest level of customer service and satisfactionAwarded Employee of the Month- Dec 2006 and April 2008Awarded Best Performance in a Supporting Role as an Associate Manager for the Southern Region- April 2010

• Drafted press releases and media alerts• Updated and organized media coverage• Published articles for internal and external publications• Assisted in coordinating special events and advertising projects • Developed website content and conducted website research