Jemma Rees Email & Phone Number

Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

Working part-time on a Heritage Lottery funded Landscape Partnership Scheme, supporting a small team in the Gwent Levels.

Cwmbrân, Wales, United Kingdom

Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

Working part-time, I provided financial and administrative support to a small team and wider partners on a fixed-term National Lottery Heritage Fund project. The Living Levels Landscape Partnership brought together 12 key partners to deliver a programme of work to promote and reconnect people to the heritage, wildlife and wild beauty of the historic landscape of the Gwent Levels.

After being made redundant by the NSPCC I made the choice to stay home and spend time with my young children before they started school.

• PR and media relations - responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive media strategies and content, including press releases, statements, audio/visual material, case studies and spokespeople briefings – within deadline and on budget. • Marketing - managed the development and delivery of marketing materials, including event flyers, posters, invitations, programmes, service centre brochures and direct marketing emails.• Stakeholder relations - developed and nurtured relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders; utilised strong media relations skills to generate print, online and broadcast coverage, and negotiation skills to secure media adoptions and free of charge advertorial.• Crisis communications - single-handedly managed communications relating to the closure of services during a period of organisational change, which attracted significant media and political interest.• Internal communications - contributed to a range of internal communications channels to improve the sharing of information across the organisation, including the introduction of monthly eBulletins. • Digital media - managed regional Facebook pages and contributed to the charity’s national social media channels, including Twitter, which has 173k followers. • Campaign planning and delivery - provided advice and support to regional and national colleagues on issues relating to the local area, bringing an understanding of the political and media context locally in order to strengthen UK-wide campaigns.• Celebrity management - liaison with celebrity supporters, including Esther Rantzen, Ryan Jones and Catherine Zeta Jones, to garner their support and foster relationships in order to make them mutually beneficial.• Case studies - sensitively interviewed service users and developed case studies in order to showcase the work the charity does, ultimately, increasing supporter and volunteer numbers, and fundraising income.

• Selected to be part of the NSPCC’s inaugural ‘talent pool’ - a group of NSPCC staff identified by directors as leaders in their field. • Daily media monitoring, interpreting complex information and producing timely evaluation reports and recommendations.• Coordinated daily newsdesk, ensuring journalists received responses to media enquiries within deadline.• Acted as brand guardian, ensuring branded materials delivered outside the communications team were of a high standard, consistent with the NSPCC’s brand and key messages.• Worked collaboratively with multiple stakeholders to develop a strategic NSPCC presence in the public eye, creating a strong media platform for the NSPCC to publicise its work.• Arranged events, delivered media training to colleagues and identified external events/exhibitions that could enable the charity to raise its profile in Wales, such as the Urdd Eisteddfod.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Maternity cover - key responsibilities as above

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Key responsibilities as above

Cardiff, United Kingdom

• Planned and arranged meetings and events• Provided a high-quality, professional first point of contact for all internal and external stakeholders, including the media• Provided a media monitoring service for the team• Carried out research and analysis• Provided financial administrative assistance to senior managers.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Temporary contract within the charity’s fundraising team, providing administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the team and liaising with supporters/volunteers. Role involved extensive use of Microsoft Word and Excel, and handling/banking large sums of money.

2:1, Law

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