Jake Johnstone Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

• Lead and execute strategic communications for clients across the UK, Europe, Africa, and the US, spanning political, government, corporate, and third sectors.
• Devise and implement digital and social media strategies, managing the full production of creative content for both planned and reactive initiatives, from ideation to execution.
• Formulate and implement strategic messaging and media lines, conduct and analyse polling for campaigns, and produce engaging video and digital content to support client accounts.
• Develop campaign branding and websites, perform client research and digital audits, and devise and implement paid digital campaign strategies.
• Provide support to clients on crisis management.
• Manage political and parliamentary engagements, influence policy, and build strategic partnerships.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Provided expert advice as a creative communications specialist to three Culture Secretaries, effectively communicating Ministerial and departmental priorities to the public.
• Maintained a strong working knowledge of departmental business – such as the Online Safety Bill, the BBC Licence Fee, the future of Channel 4, the Platinum Jubilee and the Culture Recovery Fund – to support ministerial.
• Represented the policy views and communicated full scope of priorities of Ministers through digital communications and creative content.
• Oversaw the strategic vision for Secretary of State social media platforms, from ideation to longterm strategy development and execution.
• Created high-quality, engaging, and memorable original content to boost stakeholder engagement and reach.
• Guided the Department's digital content and media planning, ensuring alignment with the Secretary of State's viewpoint and priorities.

• Developed highly effective strategic digital communications and content, collaborating closely with the Prime Minister, government departments, private office staff, Special Advisers, and policy officials.
• Worked on high-budget, high-profile UK-wide government campaigns, including the UK response to the coronavirus pandemic and Get Ready for Brexit.
• Contributed to the production, implementation, and evaluation of digital coronavirus communications during a major ongoing crisis.
• Demonstrated comprehensive expertise in Adobe Creative Suite and staying up-to date with the latest digital trends, resulting in creative solutions for government communications and shaping the digitalchannels approach.
• Produced high-quality visual content, including videos, photos, and graphics, to effectively tell stories, inform, and engage the public, ensuring alignment with standards and guidelines.
• Provided expert digital and creative advice to civil servants, officials, special advisers, Ministers, and external stakeholders, contributing to the implementation of strategic plans for digital engagement and the.

• Wrote and delivered detailed briefings and documents on key policy areas and for visits.
• Prepared government lines and prepared the Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, for Ministerial questions.
• Supported team to deliver world-class insight-driven strategic digital communications on key policy areas such as restoration and renewal, parliamentary capability and legislative delivery.
• Built relationships and network with cross-party MPs, Lords, Ministers, stakeholders, government departments and external agencies to develop and implement strategic communications, working across departments on behalf.
• Wrote press releases, op-eds and help develop strategic communications strategies for the Leader.

London, United Kingdom

• Helped manage and direct the Party’s strategic digital communications and online campaigns and developed an internal communications budget to manage digital expenditure.
• Drafted policy documents, media releases and digital communications plans and developed communications strategies and worked closely with MPs, MSPs, Party officials and staff to provide strategic campaigns advice.
• Gave direction for media to MPs, and writing of key messaging, briefings, lines to take and online strategic campaigns.
• Developed creative content for the Party to meet wider campaigns objectives, acting as an interface between the Party and the MPs in Westminster.

London, United Kingdom

• Worked with key clients such as British American Tobacco, Halifax, the Science Museum, Danone, Pizza Express and JP Morgan.
• Created high quality collateral in a vast range of mediums for both digital outlets and printed marketing material.
• Produced and edit video and photographic content across multiple social channels.
• Wrote press releases, blogs, marketing emails and news articles.
• Maintained website and generate content with focus on SEO optimisation and managed updates on company website inc. news section and case studies.
• Built and maintained relationships with external clients and stakeholders.

• Designed posters, leaflets, press adverts, direct mails, outdoor, brochures, applications for billboard sites and front of house vinyls for theatres and other printed media across the UK.
• Built and maintain relationships with senior producers and theatre managers to promote national and regional productions.
• Negotiated with regional newspapers to acquire advertising deals for theatrical productions.
• Ensured continuity throughout all artwork so that each production maintains integrity and profile.

Internship in the Office of Sadiq Khan MP, Shadow Justice Secretary and Shadow Minister for London.