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Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Leading on business development support for the firm's Real Estate division - with practice areas including Construction and Infrastructure, Planning and Environment, English and Scottish Property and Rural Property.Responsible for strategy and budget management, real estate key client programme activity and line management of two fantastic colleagues within the Marketing and Business Development team.An active member of the Volunteering and Fundraising Committee, I was grateful to be named as one of the firm's two Community Champion Awards in 2024 - which recognise colleagues who have made a valuable contribution to developing or engaging with their community, whether internally at S+W or externally in the wider communities.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Shepherd and Wedderburn is a leading Scottish-headquartered UK law firm, with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, London and Dublin.Founded in 1768, Shepherd and Wedderburn has been at the forefront of innovation in all the key sectors of the economy – from the expansion of Edinburgh’s financial services sector to, more recently, working with Scotland’s first tech unicorn and on landmark clean energy projects.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

‘x marks the spot’ where public relations, public affairs and digital marketing come together.3x1 Group is one of Scotland’s leading communications consultancies with offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and London.With a culture of excellence, 3x1 delivers award-winning, results-driven campaigns that support clients’ organisational objectives.3x1 Group is a CIPR and PRCA Consultancy of the Year winner, and has a place on the Scottish Government roster.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Burness Paull is one of Scotland’s premier law firms with offices of equal size and strength across Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, serving clients in the UK and globally. Core practice areas include corporate finance; commercial; banking; exploration and production; planning; dispute resolution; health, safety and environment; construction and projects; property; employment, pensions and benefits and private client.My role included responsibility for all aspects of the firm's internal and external corporate communications strategy and output, and management of the team that delivered branding and design, digital platform management, social media channel content and events.

Edinburgh

The BIG Partnership is an integrated public relations and digital marketing agency and, with around 100 staff and 300 retained clients - the largest communications consultancy in the UK outside of London.Head of the Corporate PR team based in the Edinburgh office, working with major clients across Scotland and the UK in crisis response, commercial property, tech, law and public sectors.Full responsibility for account handling, staff management and new business development.Active CIPR Scotland committee member, Career Ready Mentor and Edinburgh Napier University Employer Mentor.Voted 2014 Employee of the Year by colleagues.

As a member of the Beattie Communications corporate team provided strategic on and offline PR support for clients across a diverse range of sectors including energy, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and sport.Worked with extensive client list including: Specsavers, Land Securities, Buccleuch Group, Newton Europe, Absolute Solar & Wind.In addition to leading the Specsavers account team in Scotland was also the main point of contact for Beattie's specialist sports marketing division Only Sport.The role included drafting and pitching new business proposals and tenders, delivering media relations and social media training as well as crisis communications workshops.

Responsible for management of key accounts in both mainstream and sporting sectors.Central aspect of role is liaising with clients and co-ordinating third-party suppliers to ensure PR and marketing activity is planned and executed in line with targeted objectives in order to deliver measurable results.Other responsibilities include the role of principal company media liaison, delivering new business opportunities and developing in-house and client social media policy.

Responsible for marketing of Vauxhall, Chevrolet and Commercial Vehicles at leading motor retailer.

Working with high-profile clients major brands in the automotive, charity, consumer, leisure, and logistics sectors.Experience of managing media campaigns, overseeing team of staff, working with sporting celebrities, high net-worth individuals and the media on a day-to-day basis.Responsible for writing project proposals and campaign plans, editing media releases, web content and newsletters, liaising with media outlets.Events worked on include: World Rally Championship, Le Mans Series, British Touring Car Championship, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Goodwood Revival, filming of The Apprentice 2008 episode 10, The Beaujolais Run, Wales Rally GB.

Staff news reporter covering hard news stories, sport and gig reviews, making contacts, spotting or self generating stories. Experience of dealing with politicians, sports stars and celebrities, as well as emergency services and PR offices.

Assessing and editing photos for use in national newspaper supplements.Gained extensive experience of Quark Express and Adobe Photoshop in a professional desktop publishing environment.