A creative, hands-on PR & commmunications specialist with 20 years of experience working across a range of sectors including travel, charity, small business, books, lifestyle, wellbeing and education. My clients have included Canopy & Stars, Shaken Udder, Dr Mandy Lehto, Wellington College, Nirvana Spa, Natalie Lue, The Creative Duck, Oxford Publicity Partnership and many others. A bit more about what I do:• Produce PR and communications strategies that support business goals • Write creative copy that converts for blog articles, SEO web copy, social media, emails, newsletters, press materials and more • Develop brand tone of voice and social media content plans. • Create targeted PR campaigns and secure media coverage in print, online and broadcast outlets (national, regional and specialist). Coverage for clients has included BBC Breakfast, Woman’s Hour, Grazia, The Times, Country Living, The Guardian, The Telegraph, HELLO!, Startups Magazine, Sky News and more.• Provide a press office function• Create engaging long-form editorial articles and case studies • Secure speaking opportunities for clients at relevant industry events and festivals.

Fixed-term communications role in the Alumni & Supporter Engagement Team - Sourcing, writing, editing and publishing content for Connected, UoR alumni digital magazine- Email and e-newsletter engagement campaigns - Multi-channel fundraising campaigns across print, digital and events - Social media marketing, both paid and organic

Responsible for marketing a large portfolio of print and digital learning materials aimed at a professional business audience.-Developing and executing annual marketing plans -Producing high-impact marketing communications collateral -Writing and distributing press materials, securing coverage in high-level publications including The Guardian, People Management, Cosmopolitan and The Economist-Creating and tracking email marketing campaigns -Collaborating with global business partners to produce cohesive branding plans -Fostering successful marketing relationships with professional associations-Providing a marketing support service to industry-renowned authors through events, publicity and marketing -Managing customer data using Salesforce.com-Using Windows and Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint as well as Dreamweaver, databases and social media platforms.

Organised and promoted seven international recruitment events annually, including The London Graduate Fair which attracted over 4,000 visitors and 80 exhibitors in June 2003