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Project management of the Law Society's development and member engagement projects.

Providing expertise in Development and Governance projects for a number of charities in a freelance capacity, including: - Relationship Management with key stakeholders- Designing and implementing events programmes to engage stakeholders- Creating and producing communications strategies - Creating organisational fundraising messaging - Training new members of staff - Supporting a Trustee Board

London, United Kingdom

Managed individual giving to the Museum including running the Patrons’ Circle (£2,000+ p.a.) and Friends group(£40+p.a.), one-off gifts, project support and Legacy and In-Memory giving. - Relationship management: engagement, cultivation and stewardship of several hundred donors and stakeholders, managing cultural partnerships with other arts organisations- Strategic redesign and relaunch of the Friends of the Soane and the Patrons’ Circle membership groups- Communications: redesigning fundraising communications for membership schemes, writing regular communications (e-newsletters, project updates etc) for supporters, redesigning Legacy giving communications- Event design and management: developed and ran c. 35 events per year, including Patrons’ events programme, fundraising cultivation and engagement events, planned and organised annual Patrons trip. - Data and Due Diligence: Wrote the Museum’s donations due-diligence and ethics policy, managed a programme of GDPR compliance, data integration and digitisation

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Multi-faceted role as part of the Garden Museum's 15 month, £7.5million Heritage Lottery Funded redevelopment projectProject Management- Oversaw communications with the project team and ensured project progress was reported to the Board of Trustees and the project's Steering Group- Managed communications regarding progress of the project with key stakeholders including Museum staff and volunteers, neighbours, Lambeth Council, etcFundraising and Events- Managed communications with over 50 Trusts, Foundations and Statutory Bodies, writing and submitting applications and managing grant drawdowns - Managed and administrated the Patrons group, managed Friends’ scheme strategy and all supporter communications- Devised and administered a number of fundraising schemes to encourage additional donations from both new and existing supporters, including an Adoption Scheme which encouraged over 50 donors and raised over £27,000 in a two-month period- Developed and managed a busy programme of fundraising events ranging from private views to four-day trips to Europe for major supporters. - Oversaw a team of volunteers who ran the annual programme of garden visitsMarketing and Communications- Planned and wrote communications about the Museum's activities and Development Project via the newsletters, website updates and social media platforms- Designed and produced marketing materials such as events leaflets and programmes

Community management and development: - Ran community events- Developed and ran training for all participants in how to use the Archaeological Recording Kit on site during the 2014 Leiston Abbey excavation- Co-authored the post-excavation report for the 2014 Leiston Abbey excavation- Supported the development of the Digital Dig Team project- Wrote content for the DigVentures website and social media channels A fixed-term role funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (now National Lottery Heritage Fund).

- Coordinating the Activity Plan for the successful £2.4m Heritage Lottery Fund Round 2 application towards the Saving the Studios project (the first phase of the Limnerslease restoration project)- Organised major fundraising and promotional events and wrote funding applications for the Saving the Studios project - Assisting in the management of the expanded Watts Gallery Estate- Wrote and developed various key organisational documents, including staff manual- Site Duty Management, including supervision of volunteersIncluded a three month secondment to the position of Curatorial Administrator: - Assisted in the production of exhibitions including The Making of Mary Seton Watts and John Ruskin: Photographer and Draughtsman - Collection Management: condition checking collection items and loans, updating the collections register and various research projects.

Investigated the effects of participating in the excavation the engagement of the Digging participants, at the first DigVentures excavation at Flag Fen.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Public Archaeology, Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A. Hons), Archaeology And Anthropology, 1St Class

Activities and Societies: University of Bristol Ladies Hockey Club