I am a confident and enthusiastic communications and marketing expert with an eclectic range of experiences in both corporate and public sectors. I am a strong communicator with the ability to interact with media across all platforms through the creation of engaging and informative content. I have proven marketing and event planning skills, with a focus on organising internal and external stakeholders to ensure results. I have many years of experience and a total passion for arts and culture, and local and socially responsible initiatives. I have excellent relationship building skills, and a solid financial acumen. My current position in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, is Area Manager in the midwest region, accountable for the smooth running of the office, staff recruitment and training, venue sourcing for blood donation clinics, donor recruitment initiatives, as well as internal and external communications, marketing and promotional activities. Prior to this, I headed up donor recruitment, creating and implementing campaigns for donor attraction and retention. This role involved traditional and digital marketing, social networking, and organising promotional events to drive brand awareness.I joined Cook Medical in 2018 as Corporate Communications Project Manager, involved in internal and external communications, project managing high profile events and content creation for various channels. I spent seven years in RTÉ delivering brand awareness projects for lyricfm at events like Bloom, Electric Picnic and the Wexford Opera Festival, as well as content creator for social media, web and press. I also developed a Digital Marketing Strategy to increase brand awareness including SEO, PPC and Social Media Marketing. I worked for 10 years in various management positions in Dell Computers, successfully implementing several cost-saving and customer experience initiatives.My passion for the arts and culture was encouraged in RTÉ lyric fm, where I worked with the custodians of the National Self Portrait Colleciton, and local artists, and co-curated several art exhibitions for Culture Night for the radio station's street windows. I am a practicing visual artist in my spare time, and have exhibited work in several cultural spaces including The Hunt Museum, Limerick Museum, The Courthouse Gallery in Ennistymon, amongst others.I have a Masters in Media & Communication Studies, a Degree in Graphic Design, and a diploma in Digital Marketing.