Lucy Dibdin Email & Phone Number

Southampton, Gb

London, Southampton

Acting Director of Communications & Marketing

Leading the marketing and communications team to utilise their creative brilliance to secure sales and build profile. Responsible for delivery of all marketing and communication functions across a growing matrix organisation, across sites throughout the UK and the US.Management of stakeholder engagement with our communities and clients and involvement at sales events across the UK and internationally, covering six services and four markets. Strategic lead on all media relations, PR campaigns, digital strategy and internal communications.

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Leading on strategic relationship building, marketing and comms strategy and business case development on major programmes within the Programme Directorate including the second generation of UK Search & Rescue assets and other vital Coastguard infrastructure.

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Southampton, United Kingdom

Media, PR, Internal Comms, Community Relations, Stakeholder Engagement, Crisis Response at the best airport in the south. Delivering The Masterplan - a major change project to expand the airport & increase our contribution to and support of the region's economy. Exciting times.

Police Headquarters

Manage and co-ordinate response to all media enquiries, operational issues, crisis response and co-ordinated delivery of communications across force area;Manage and safeguard organisational reputation, including management of threat and risk, critical incidents and emergency/civil contingency response;Maintain and manage relationships with local and national media, partner agencies and key stakeholders;Created, developed and delivered successful PR and educational campaigns including the Purple Ribbon anti-drink/drive campaign; the Firearms and Knifecrime Education campaign (FAKE), and Project Kraken, a major initiative to counter terrorism in a marine environment, which became a national brand;Responsible for delivery of training packages in management of media and communications to officers and staff across force;Manage internal departmental content management system and training of staff in its use (Vuelio);Provide strategic and tactical advise to senior leaders and all levels of staff both within our organisation and in partner agencies;Delivery of comms across all conventional and digital platforms.For six years, was chair of the Local Resilience Forum Warning & Informing group and co-ordinated delivery of all comms planning and deliver in times of crisis and civil contingency response;Manage strategy at major events and for potential critical incidents such as large scale protest, football matches and music festivals;Specialist knowledge in operational policing issues.Over the course of 15 years, this has been performed in a variety of roles within Corporate Communications including 5 years as Specialist Operations Media Manager and six years as Media Relations Manager. I also deputised as head of Corporate Communications for periods totalling 18 months.

Southampton, United Kingdom

Researcher/production assistant on a variety of programming for the Social Affairs department. Short-term rolling contracts

Hampshire, Uk

Marketing support to the Direct Marketing Team, which included supporting the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.

Southampton, United Kingdom

General news journalist, with specialisms in music, movies and sport.

Crisis (Response) Communications Diploma, Public Relations/Image Management

Certificate In Security Management Principles (Cismp), Management Information Systems, General, Distinction

Post Graduate Certificate In Leadership & Management, Organizational Leadership, Pass

A Levels, English Literature, English Language, Communication Studies

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