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London, England, United Kingdom

Carshalton

• Account Director handling PR for major transport, aviation and technology businesses. I provided effective communications management in a high-pressure environment, securing major opportunities that delivered on.
• Coordinated a global team comprising of personnel from four international businesses to organise a major media event, which saw Bruce Dickinson (Chairman of Caerdav and lead singer of Iron Maiden) fly Ed Force One into.
• Positioned a fast-growing travel tech business as a regular contributor in the business travel press
• Secured national coverage for a client's apprenticeship programme - the first time it had ever received this profile
• Planned, developed and successfully delivered a launch event for an international manufacturing brand's formal expansion into Ireland
• Developed and delivered strategy for rebranding of an aviation business – leading to significant positive coverage and an increase in business

Carshalton

London

Consultant with account management responsibilities for building services firms, particularly trade associations operating in the M&E sector.Responsibilities:*Drafting news release, articles, regular columns and general press collateral material*Acting as core single point of contact for all clients, covering all areas of account handling (planning.

London, United Kingdom

• Features writer for the UK’s largest B2B title for the construction industry, Construction News.Responsibilities and achievements
• Getting on construction sites and asking the difficult technical questions – and then communicating that information in such a way as to make it useable and actionable for the readership
• Independently running several regular features within the magazine dealing with technical aspects of construction
• Delivering paid-for partnership publishing pieces
• Established new links with the construction plant industry after taking over from two negatively received predecessors – the upshot being new commercial sponsorship opportunities

Dubai

Online editor for the highest-profile construction magazine in the Middle East, Construction WeekResponsibilities and achievements:* Managing a team of journalists to provide news, features and analysis on a daily basis* Breaking key news stories* Creating original and innovative content to boost readership * Representing the Construction Week brand at key.

Dubai

Lead position on two titles for ITP, Security Fire Safety Middle East and Leisure Manager.Responsibilities and achievements:* Generating all content and copy (interviews, profiles, features, news research etc.)* Launching and promoting the magazine* Supervising all stages of magazine creation, from flatplanning, to generating copy, to supervising design.

Dubai

Editorial position on two launch titles from ITP, Middle East Architect and Commercial Outdoor DesignResponsibilities and achievements:* Researching and writing copy for both magazines, including news, case studies, interviews and features dealing with all elements of outdoor design and architecture in the GCC region* Liaising with major developers, design.

Cheltenham

Part of a PR team that handled accounts for major UK and international brands, including E.On, First Great Western, Specsavers (Central Region), Lowepro, Manfrotto, B+W Filters and Impey UKResponsibilities and achievements:* Writing, distributing and selling in press releases to local, regional and national media.* Attending and media-managing public.

Editorial and PR executive position. Handled production and content of a local lifestyle magazine from planning to distribution. As a PR executive, dealt with writing and distributing press releases and selling in to a variety of media. Initial 3 months was a voluntary position.Responsibilities and achievements:* Planning and producing each issue of the.

Ba (Hons), English, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Journalist for student paper, publicity officer for independent music society

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