Howard Walker Email & Phone Number

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Responsible for working on and managing a range of award-winning campaigns and ongoing work for clients across sectors including property, energy, professional & financial services, education, travel & tourism, digital and technology.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Morpeth, Northumberland

Responsible for all marketing and communications activity for the UK arm of Danish-based multinational nutritional supplements manufacturer Pharma Nord. Liaising with national media - newspapers, magazines, key online influencers – to raise awareness of new research and thinking on nutritional healthcare; working with colleagues at Pharma Nord HQ in Denmark on joint PR and marketing activities; managing team of marketing and technical colleagues in UK to generate marketing campaigns and materials; reporting to and liaising with international suppliers and partners including companies in Switzerland and Finland on marketing strategies; assisting and advising MD of UK company on communications and marketing issues.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

In charge of all external and internal communications for UK Top 100 law firm with operations in Newcastle, Leeds and Manchester. Responsible for drafting and reviewing all communications from the firm to media outlets, clients and intermediaries. Secured an average of 400 appearances/£2m worth of coverage per year.Key duties included researching and sending pro-active alerts for potential commercial opportunities; devising, implementing and maintaining all firm’s social media channels; PR, social media and communications coaching for Partners and other senior personnel; speech-writing; media liaison; communicating firm’s key messages and achievements; firm website content drafting and management, including co-managing two firm website revamps.Co-organised and co-managed firm’s key annual event, the Fastest 50 Awards, which recognise achievements of the fastest growing companies across the North. Responsible for extending event from one site (Newcastle) to three (Newcastle, Leeds and Manchester) and for sourcing and liaising with guest speakers including Chancellor George Osborne, former Business Secretary Vince Cable and former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls. Also responsible for liaising with media partners planning, drafting and arranging in-paper and online coverage for the events.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Deputy Business Editor on leading daily morning newspaper for Newcastle and the North-East.During my time on the business desk, The Journal was named UK Regional Business Newspaper of the Year and I was shortlisted for AIM Regional Journalist of the Year. Second in charge on five-strong business desk team producing award-winning northern business daily supplement, named UK Business & Finance Newspaper of the Year 2005. Specialist areas included technology and the internet, the leisure industry, macroeconomic stories, corporate deals, the stock market and larger North-East companies. Promoted to Deputy Business Editor in January 2004 with joint responsibility for content and managing reporting team and producing supplement in Business Editor’s absence.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Involved in setting-up and direction of the icNewcastle web portal from its beginnings, for content from The Journal, Evening Chronicle and Sunday Sun in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Designated super-user for the portal, learning and testing new developments in web Content Management System before teaching them to other members of the team. Responsible for overall editorial content of the portal in Content Manager’s absence, taking control of news team for events including the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Responsible for generating feature ideas, writing features-based copy, arranging photographs, etc. Music writer contributing weekly features to arts and entertainment supplement, reviewing local gigs and producing 12-page entertainment supplement in absence of arts editor.

Middlesbrough And Stockton-On-Tees

District reporter based in Middlesbrough and Stockon-on-Tees covering a variety of local and regional stories across Teesside for regional morning daily newspaper. Responsible for generating own copy, picture and feature ideas and running office in absence of Chief Reporter.

Worcester, United Kingdom

All-round reporter for daily city newspaper. Extensive Magistrates and Crown Court experience including coverage of six-week fraud trial. Health, education and council reporting. Investigative journalism, human interest stories and features.

Redditch

Started as Trainee Reporter on local weekly tabloid. Deputy Editor from June 1996, responsible for compiling news content, organising reporters and photographers and writing copy. Ran the paper in Editor’s absence and devised and launched a successful campaign to help save the town’s hospital from closure.

Ba Hons, English Literature, 2:1

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