Katherine Button Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Working with the campaign manager and scientific advisor to plan the aims, strategy and tactics of the Alliance. I investigated the antibiotics policies and practices of the UK’s main supermarkets, casual dining chains, and food service companies for the next series of Alliance reports. Key Achievements:• Ran ASOA's successful Interview with the Experts interview series• Liaised with trade law experts to research and write the Alliance policy position on new free trade… Show more Working with the campaign manager and scientific advisor to plan the aims, strategy and tactics of the Alliance. I investigated the antibiotics policies and practices of the UK’s main supermarkets, casual dining chains, and food service companies for the next series of Alliance reports. Key Achievements:• Ran ASOA's successful Interview with the Experts interview series• Liaised with trade law experts to research and write the Alliance policy position on new free trade agreements under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules.• Wrote the executive summary of the Supermarket Superbugs report and compiled the key facts into lines to take and infographics, as well as contributing research and copy to the main report.• Updated the Alliance website to be more interactive and image led, liaising with the Ciwf digitalteam and external web developers.• Wrote, designed and launched the Alliance quarterly newsletter.• Thought leader in the Alliance move to assess the Fast/Casual Dining and Food Service sectorssupply chain antibiotics policy and practice.• Received excellent feedback from organisers for a presentation I gave on antibiotic resistance andintensive farming - to a mix of medical professionals and he general public - during Antibiotics Awareness Week. Show less

London, United Kingdom

I campaigned to raise standards in hospital food so that more meals are freshly cooked with care, tasty to eat and made using nutritious ingredients from farmers who don’t pollute our water, air and land, and are respectful of animals.In this role I managed a varying team of 1-3 staff and volunteers and working closely with Kath Dalmeny, Sustain CEO, I was responsible for planning and strategy, as well as the day-to-day running of the campaign. I liaised with NHS England, NHS… Show more I campaigned to raise standards in hospital food so that more meals are freshly cooked with care, tasty to eat and made using nutritious ingredients from farmers who don’t pollute our water, air and land, and are respectful of animals.In this role I managed a varying team of 1-3 staff and volunteers and working closely with Kath Dalmeny, Sustain CEO, I was responsible for planning and strategy, as well as the day-to-day running of the campaign. I liaised with NHS England, NHS Improvement, UNISON and Medact, among others, to increase our leverage through collaboration and joint action. I worked closely with the media to gain press coverage, as well as responding swiftly to requests for interviews and statements from journalists as they arose. I also managed the website and social media content of the campaign, the supporter mailing list and the campaign newsletter. I researched, compiled and published league tables and reports, as well as writing and publishing news stories, press releases and digital campaign content. I also compiled verbal and written briefings for MPs, Ministers and Peers.Key Achievements:• After pressure from the campaign, NHS Improvement established a committee on hospital food standards - which I sat on - with a commitment to work towards standards to be incorporated into the Health and Social Care Act, and monitored by the Care Quality Commission, by the end of the 18/19 financial year.• The Shadow Minister for Health, Jonathan Ashworth, endorsed the campaign’s policy asks and committed a future Labour Government to bringing in legal hospital food standards and ring-fenced catering budgets.• Debated with Chris Snowden on BBC Radio 5 Live.• Arranged a dinner for Simon Stevens, CEO of NHS England, hosted by Prue Leith.• Convincing Simon Stevens to use NHS England national CQUIN targets(Commissioning for Quality and Innovation) to improve hospital food.• Persuading M&S, Costa, ISS, RVS and WHSmith to meet the new food CQUINtargets. Show less

London, United Kingdom

I wrote and distributed accurate and targeted statements, press releases, social media posts, Q&As and briefings. I arranged and facilitated live and pre-record interviews with senior spokespersons, provided press support at events, and worked an out-of-office-hours call rota. I collaborated with the Digital and Design teams to create print and digital assets to support our work, meanwhile developing and maintaining great relationships with journalists, and specialist colleagues across the… Show more I wrote and distributed accurate and targeted statements, press releases, social media posts, Q&As and briefings. I arranged and facilitated live and pre-record interviews with senior spokespersons, provided press support at events, and worked an out-of-office-hours call rota. I collaborated with the Digital and Design teams to create print and digital assets to support our work, meanwhile developing and maintaining great relationships with journalists, and specialist colleagues across the organisation.Key Achievements:• Leading the HS2 media and social campaign for Women in Engineering Day• Boosted low registration numbers for our Supply Chain Conference, by placing almost 100 storiesin local papers and radio stations to promote the event, which was subsequently oversubscribed.• When the incoming Chairman launched his vision for the project to national press, I organised thebreakfast radio and broadcast interviews and managed the subsequent press interviews.• Secured the only positive HS2 news story published, during my time in the organisation, on theopportunities the project will bring for local archaeology.• Providing the media support at a large HS2 public consultation event, attended by five crews ofjournalists and over 500 people Show less

London, United Kingdom

This role supported the press team by assisting with media and administrative tasks.• Media: scheduled interviews, arranged media training sessions, planned senior staff’s media tours, wrote copy for the website, monitored social media, and wrote a daily media summary.• Admin: set up and managed the team’s journalist contact database and media monitoringservices, administered the team’s budget and liaised with Finance to manage procurement.

Cipr Advanced Certificate, Public Relations, Merit

Master Of Arts (Ma), Magazine Journalism

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Social & Political Studies