Karen Blanchette Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, Gb

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Volunteer: working with young people in social care

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Working with SME's to provide communication solutions in line with their business plans/goals

London, England, United Kingdom

Led change communications strategically and operationally for JLL’s real estate government agency client.Created and delivered communication strategies and plans to support the mobilisation phase of the client’s Programme. Worked with JLL’s Account Director to maximise communications opportunities for the client.Created communications content including online workshops, training materials, presentation slides and articles.Managed the relationship between the client and their facility suppliers’ communication leads.Worked collaboratively with JLL’s Workstream Leads and the client's Senior Leadership Team across the Programme to manage/resolve problems with communications solutions.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for advising and creating communication approaches/strategies to support the work of the directorate regionally.Managed stakeholder relations for directorate’s communication matters internally and externally - working with senior staff and collaboratively with partners. Worked with marketing and PR agencies on directorate campaigns.Developed strategies, processes and workplans to deliver communications goals for the directorate. Worked closely with the senior strategic communications manager and the wider communications team.

Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom

Managed all internal and external communications for a major waste and recycling transformation project. Delivered campaign work – marketing collateral, key messages, planning, delivery, and measurement.Created and delivered the launch of a new commercial paid-for garden waste service.Managed all internal and external communications for the council’s parks, cemeteries, and crematorium services.Media relations management – wrote news releases, pitched news stories, crisis communications, and drafted media statements. Led stakeholder and partnership liaison – councillors, residents, and employee relations. Responsible for digital communications – website copy, newsletters, staff briefings, intranet articles, email bulletins and social media content.

London, England, United Kingdom

Speaking live on air to the nation, providing a bridge between BBC programmes and the news. Writing concise, creative and engaging scripts. Voiceover for pre-recorded promos and trailers for TV programmes and series.Worked to tight deadlines.Used scheduling and continuity technical systems. Worked closely and collaboratively with producers.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Management of content for all digital communications.Analysing web and social media analytics to inform communication campaigns and plans.Management of proactive and reactive media relations. Copywriting.Photography and video creation. CMS responsibilities.

West Bromwich

Management of all media relations and communications issues for a NHS Clinical Commissioning Group including crisis and relationship management.Stakeholder management - patients, local community groups, and GPs.Reputation management.Copywriting. CMS and website responsibilities.

Birmingham

Crisis media relations management. Managing, promoting, and protecting the council’s reputation.Writing news releases, drafting statements pitching news stories to the media.Dealing with local, regional, national, and international media enquiries.Social media content.Public affairs responsibilities. Stakeholder and partnership liaison.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Responsible for creating and delivering communication plans.Lead on stakeholder liaison engagement with Councillors, MPs, and other rail companies.Dealing with media enquiries, writing news releases and media statements.Crisis management and public affairs responsibilities. Social media content. Website and intranet management.

Creating and delivering communication plans. Stakeholder liaison engagement. Public affairs responsibilities.Dealing with media enquiries, writing news releases and statements.Crisis management. Social media content. Website and intranet management.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Creating and delivering PR campaigns.Reputation management. Managing all media relations activity.Stakeholder management. Delivering internal communications in a variety of formats.Organising internal and external events.

Assisted with the development and implementation of brand, PR, marketing, and communications of the national organisation from Watervoice to Consumer Council for Water.Creating, delivering, and measuring marcomms campaigns.Writing news releases.Copywriting. Organising and hosting staff briefings and external staff events.CMS and website responsibilities.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Writing news releases and media statements.Proactively selling-in news stories, organising photocalls, dealing with global, national, regional, and local media.Writing for in-house publications and external magazines.Writing and editing the intranet and website.Collating data to write and edit a daily news digest.Media representative for all external RoSPA events.

Writing concise compelling links and segues for shows. Contributed to show ideas for features and segments. Research skills.Sole responsibility for putting callers on-air using the studio’s telephone balancing unit (TBU).Carried out pre-recorded and live interviews with guests. Responsible for planning and researching items for live and pre-recorded shows.