Fiona Hynes Email & Phone Number

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

Global Communications at Special Olympics International

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

Direct communication strategies & media campaigns across 58 countries in Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Coordinating and building effective relationships with diverse teams is key. I oversee the development, execution, and 360° reporting of award-winning high-impact awareness, content & engagement campaigns in national and international media markets. My role is focused on audience growth across multiple platforms combined with sourcing, cultivating and delivering new strategic partnerships in international communications and media markets.

Dublin

Lead all public relations, media relations, communications & sponsorship activation for Special Olympics Ireland. High-profile projects include the Special Olympics Ireland Games Limerick 2014, 2014 Special Olympics European Games and 'Team Ireland's' award-winning campaign at the Special Olympic World Games, Los Angeles 2015.

Dublin

Senior editorial team-member during the transition from evening title to daily newspaper, supporting and promoting the incorporation of the ‘digital first’ strategy to all INM titles, which navigated complex change management issues. Generated numerous exclusive news stories, and promoted this content across national & international media. Developed and sustained key relationships with senior officials within Government departments, semi-state bodies, communication agencies, to further enhance news-gathering success.Key responsibilities:• Managed a team of 12 journalists operating in a high pressure, fast-paced news industry making strategic decisions to assign reporting teams to projects • Designed, developed and delivered daily news content as part of the senior editorial team • Coordinated and liaised with editorial team of Independent.ie• Generated original and exclusive news/feature copy for publication, including digital content• Identified and resolved errors and legal issues to maintain quality standards and avoid legal issues

• Special responsibility for health, education, politics and current affairs coverage• Key member of news/features team for 2011 general election and presidential campaign• Daily generation of multiple news articles, tasked with absorbing large amounts of complex information and distilling it down in to packaged news story formats

Dublin, Ireland

• Coordinated running of a busy newsroom, including management of 8 person news team• Responsible for identifying new journalists and assisting the selection process of new staff• Member of the newspaper’s management team • Managed various budgets associated with the running of the newsroom• Supervised long term projects/campaigns, including creation of a special investigation’s team• Planned newspaper’s weekly content, assigning articles to the reporting team• Ensured all news items were edited and legally sound for publication

Dublin, Ireland

Assisting the editorial team in devising and delivering news agendaManaging the news desk Generating special report features

News reporter: politics, health, current affairs

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