John Lee Taggart Email & Phone Number

Washington, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom

I am the creative lead on all communications for Niemann-Pick UK (NPUK), a small charity dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by the ultra-rare genetic conditon, Niemann-Pick disease. I am passionate in my role, taking full responsibility for developing and delivering the social media and communications strategy for the entire charity. The push is always on increasing awareness of our charity and Niemann-Pick disease more broadly, increasing visibility through various campaigns and projects, and creating an atmosphere both online and offline that fosters open dialogue for our close-knit community.In this role my duties include:• Creating and implementing impactful social media campaigns that build on our primary aims and objectives, often alongside other charities, organisations, and government officials• Planning, designing and development of publications with Adobe InDesign/Adobe PhotoShop (brochures, magazines, posters, etc).• Development of short engaging video content with Adobe PremierePro in order to raise profile of our community, and provide an empathetic link to those outside of the charity (examples below). • Combine creativity with knowledge of the media to recognise media angles and generate positive news coverage and awareness, profile pieces and features across a broad media spectrum, which has included a number of groundbreaking projects including the short films; Go Make Memories (2019), Invisible Manners (2021), and most recently the Invisible Interviews (2022/2023) documentary film series.

Washington, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom

Washington, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

I advise the International Niemann-Pick Disease Registry (INPDR) on all of their communications, marketing, and campaigns, using my understanding and relationships within the Niemann-Pick and rare disease world to create vibrant and dynamic content.

Global

The INPDA’s overall mission is to relieve sickness and distress amongst families affected by Niemann Pick Diseases worldwide. We achieve this by sharing expertise, knowledge and skills across our network, providing mutual support between patient groups, improving information and awareness of NPD, and stimulating research. As an alliance which now comprises of member groups spanning the world in 15 different countries, we continue to grow and are stronger as one. In this role I am passionate about enabling connections between our network by bringing together people who can make a difference for this group of devastating rare conditions, whether that be patients, health professionals, pharmacists, or patient support groups. We achieve this with shared campaigns that harness the resources of the entirety of our alliance, and creating content in which we can all profit from positively.

Global

Suwon, South Korea

I served as a teacher at a private school (hagwon) in the Yeongtong area of Suwon, South Korea. This position was very challenging as I had to be both knowledgeable on the wide variety of subjects that are offered at LCI Academy so as to teach at a high level, but it was also necessary for me to possess the ability to communicate, inspire trust and confidence and also motivate the students.One of the most important aspects of this position is that I must strive to understand the student's educational and emotional needs; each child is different, so it is paramount that I am able to recognise and respond to individual and cultural differences so as to employ different teaching methods accordingly that will consequently result in higher student achievement. This position demands that I be organised, dependable, patient, and creative at all times. I work with the other teachers here cooperatively and consider it important to communicate effectively with my director, support staff, parents, and other members of the community so I can deliver the best possible quality education to the children I teach.

Wuhan, China

I served as a foreign expert at Jianghan University (Wuhan, China) and was responsible for a large number of students and classes - often each class approached the fifty student mark! Throughout my tenure there I displayed and developed skills in:• Public speaking: Naturally this is part and parcel of the job as I constantly had to be able to engage and interest each and every student in what was usually a very large class. I attempted to use humour and a range of different other methods to grip my students, fortunately this lead to a vast improvement in their abilities as no one felt the need to sleep in class anymore!• Time management: I had to stick to a relatively taxing schedule but also had to be prepared to be flexible as constant changes were very common. When it came to the close of the semester I had to organise and schedule exams for each and every student, which was made more difficult as it had to work around my own existing teaching schedule and the respective student's class schedules! • Inter-personal communication: It was necessary to work alongside all levels of the teaching staff and the university's management so that I provide the best education possible and ensure that I kept within expected rules and course guidelines.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Assisted the Associate Director of the English department and 12 staff members in organizing and marketing on-campus events and showcases; Conferences (10 workshops, 1 keynote speaker, approx. 400 students), Workshops, Tutor meetings, Real World Interviews w/ Turner, etc.)• Proactively followed through on tasks assigned and presented results to Associate Director in a timely fashion and always maintained a professional demeanor at all times. • Communicated with employers and recruiters by making incoming and outgoing calls for upcoming events and opportunities, responsible for all incoming English department calls regarding general inquiries and offered help and assistance where necessary.• Contacted students interested in further post graduate study in English and scheduled appointments daily for a staff of ten counselors on Outlook calendar.• Created Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, and PowerPoint presentations containing results from student feedback forms and English department data.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Literature (British And Commonwealth)

Activities and Societies: Creative Writing Society (WritSoc)

English Literature, English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Drama Society / Feminist Society / Indoor Soccer Team.Atlanta Exchange Programme (1 year) Whilst in the USA I.