Helen Platt Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

I work at a global and local level, producing communication initiatives around a wide range of issues including human rights, global health, social inclusion and the environment. Work could be anything from researching an issue, gathering insight, producing stories, managing PR to developing and delivering integrated communications strategies for global organisations and campaigns. Clients include Amnesty International, Wikipedia, London 2012 Olympics, Headspace and Tesco.

Paris, France

I was brought in initially as a consultant and then went in-house to develop a communication approach that repositioned The Union with its scientific audience to become a thought leader and influencer on ending TB with scientists, politicians, researchers and funders. The role involved oversight of all global communications across 10 offices around the world, including brand, digital, marketing, PR and media, photography and film, and events. The work had a scope including running comms for conferences for over 4,000 delegates in various cities around the world, crisis management, advocacy reaching influencers and policy makers at key moments such as the World Health Assembly, ensuring the voice of TB survivors influences TB policy at local and national level, developing op-eds and press placement to challenge tobacco industry interference while managing the legal risks.

London, United Kingdom

Working as a consultant within Oliver Global, I delivered PR and other communication support for Wikipedia and sister projects including the annual global conference Wikimania and the launch of partnerships with mobile phone operators in the Global South to offer free access to Wikipedia. The work included the launch of Wikimedia’s first every Transparency Report at a critical point in the conversation about the Right To Be Forgotten, and the importance of freedom of expression.

London, United Kingdom And New York, Usa

As Director of Communications for the Secret Policeman’s Ball the role included developing a new approach for a global communication’s campaign and taking a message of freedom of expression to a worldwide audience who had perhaps not engaged with Amnesty International before. The work involved complete service delivery of all communications from strategy to development of advertising content, media buying, environmental marketing, events, and PR. Stakeholder management was a key part of the job, bridging relationships between partners with extremely different priorities and making sure that the key messages of freedom of expression stayed central at all times.

London, United Kingdom

Development of a project that would give young people a way to be involved with London 2012 that benefitted their lives. As Executive Producer, the work involved devising the initial concept and brand, and then developing this over three years through testing and a pilot phase before overseeing a national tender process for final delivery and scale up. The campaign has gone on to reach hundreds of thousands of young people across the UK and become a multi-million pound project.

London, United Kingdom

TimeBank was set up by the BBC with government funding to encourage a new generation of volunteers. The role (extended maternity cover) involved managing a team developing communications encouraging people to give their time to a range of projects across the UK. Work included launching employee volunteer schemes for T-Mobile, developing project resources for a project supporting refugees, and launching a volunteer digital space for 16-to-24 year olds.

London, United Kingdom

Numerous communication roles with Comic Relief including media officer for Red Nose Day and the launch of the first Sport Relief campaign. Work included management of the Daily Mirror Red Nose Day supplements, press trips to India, development of promotional opportunities on CBBC, and pitching coverage of key Comic Relief stories in national and regional media.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Maternity cover overseeing the communication department and promoting key TV titles (Hollyoaks, Grange Hill and others) and acting as spokesperson for Mersey Television.

London And Manchester, United Kingdom

Numerous contracts and posts with the BBC since 1998 onwards, mostly in publicity roles for programmes and campaigns. Contracts include campaign publicity for BBC Children In Need, publicity for BBC Factual programming and publicity for BBC Entertainment programming.