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Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Bolton, England, United Kingdom

Headed up PR & Outreach for business utility retailer Love Energy Savings, securing mentions and do-follow links from The Express, Techradar, The Times, Ideal Home, Bolton News and many others.

Bolton, England, United Kingdom

You know “AO Let’s Go”? I handled the socials for their recruitment and careers stuff. That meant I conjured up the most amazing content for @AOJobs, then made it happen. I was pretty good at it, growing AO's LinkedIn page views and clicks by 1,400% and follower count by 17% during my time. I also maintained AO’s Glassdoor, Indeed, and careers websites, keeping them in tip-top shape with timely responses and up-to-date info.

Chorley, England, United Kingdom

As part of a compact marketing team, I led on editorial content promoting more than 60 UK-based industrial, retail, office and leisure properties. I planned and produced editorial blogs for marketing campaigns, updated property descriptions, executed email marketing strategies, and wrote eBooks.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Here, I played a leading role in producing editorial content as the company posted its biggestever sales year, surpassing £650m for 2019.● Planned, wrote and image-sourced for articles, before uploading via a CMS.● Wrote in-depth hotel descriptions, and produced inspirational travel itineraries.● Maintained the internal bespoke booking system, ensuring accuracy of all hotel content whilstpromoting the product’s finest points. Consequently, the proportion of leisure travel itinerariescreated through the system rose to record levels.● Proofread all editorial and weekly newsletters, which enjoyed increased open rates and clicksduring my tenure.● Edited and uploaded hotel videos.

Manchester, United Kingdom

● Produced engaging shareable editorial for clients geared to provoke engagement and boostSEO rankings.● Liaised with clients daily to pitch editorial topics and pin down upcoming content schedule.● Regularly prepared successful client pitches and inspiring content plans.● Infographics: Stripped down bulky sources to identify and develop compelling narratives.● Proofreading, sub-editing, picture sourcing, uploading for the rest of the team.

Stockport, United Kingdom

● More than 4,000 reviews and news blogs written and published, helping boost Google rankings for ContractHireAndLeasing.com (now Leasing.com).● Played a key role in growing the website’s Facebook followers from around 2,000 to morethan 40,000 in three months.● Managed freelancer content: Commissioning, proofreading, and sourcing images forhundreds of articles.● Established tone for weekly email updates and social media channels; published hundreds ofsocial updates.● Spearheaded the introduction of an 'update culture', where existing content with page equitywould be refreshed with new information.

Stockport, United Kingdom

Writing content for ContractHireAndLeasing.com, RoadTestReports.co.uk, TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk and heading up editorial for FleetDirectory.co.uk.

Oldham, United Kingdom

At World's Fair Publications, I was responsible for writing and commissioning a large portion of the news stories and features printed in the Market Trader newspaper as well as contributing news items to magazines Football & Stadium Management and FMUK.With two weekly newspapers and three monthly magazines constantly on the go across the busy editorial floor, my sharp proofreading and copywriting skills were called upon daily. I was also responsible for gathering and gaining clearance for images and photographs used in our publications. I produced promotional advertorials for dedicated advertisers and asked to regularly contribute editorial ideas and features for our readership; something which called on my solid grasp of current affairs and business trends as much as my ability to support and bounce ideas off other members of the editorial and production team.

Home-Based

Contributed reviews for the print edition of Manchester Evening News and CityLife.co.uk.