Maria Thorne Email & Phone Number

Devon

I'm passionate about the value of the web and creative use of digital media. I believe them to be fantastic tools for sharing information and insights with your target audience, be they clients, partners, service users, community members or simply friends. As an online comms consultant, I am able to offer a wide range of services:- Advise small businesses and community organisations on the creative side of their web presence, supporting their online communications and creating relevant and interesting marketing content. - Provide social media set up/management, website (CMS) management and blogging/copywriting. - Business/events photography service. - Set up and manage YouTube channels.- Help businesses to understand what they need from their website or social presence and provide a liaison service between stakeholders and web/design companies. - If I cannot help directly, I have links with excellent local web designers, graphic designers, photographers and film makers who can support you further. - I am a trained creative facilitator and can run ideas generation workshops, helping your business to innovate.Tools of the trade: content management systems (Wordpress, Wix, proprietary systems and others), Mailchimp, YouTube, Audible, Canva, video editing suites (various) and the usual range of social media. In order to keep costs down for my clients, I try to use free/open source software wherever possible.

South West England

I am a humanist wedding and naming celebrant, based in mid-Devon, fully trained and accredited by Humanists UK. I’ll work with you to create a bespoke ceremony, which you can make as traditional, informal, fun or creative as you like.No two ceremonies are the same. I’ll put together a ceremony that reflects you, your hopes and intentions. There are no ‘set words’ or ‘order of service’ and I can always help by making suggestions about things like venues, readings, music and symbolic acts. My ceremonies are often inspired by the natural world.A humanist wedding or naming gives you a great opportunity to gather together your friends and family from all different backgrounds. No matter what your family circumstances, everyone is welcome at a Humanist Ceremony.

Met Office

Manage production of online multimedia content for the Met Office. Develop content strategy helping the Met Office to extend its reach and reputation to both a UK and global audience, nurturing new formats to target as wide an audience as possible. Work closely with design studio, press office, brand, digital performance and social media teams. Manage a team of cameramen, editors and designers, producing very high quality consumer video.

Met Office

Working in the Digital and Global Media Team, I plan and manage media-based and online creative projects getting information about climate science out to young people. These include My Climate & Me, an online digital media channel and a kids' animation concept. My job involves developing creative ideas into structured projects, working in online media, getting great brands involved in new projects and never being afraid of trying something new.

Met Office

Brought into the customer-focused programme at the Met Office to work on researching a more innovative working environment. I was co-founder of the organisation's Think Up movement - a group which encouraged new ideas to flourish. Worked on developing a closer relationship between science and business, drawing through new science into business propositions.

Managing: information flows in large-scale customer service project; implementation of enterprise electronic document capture and records management; business process redesign relating to the introduction of Customer Relationship Management system; development of Local Land and Property Gazetteer and integration of GIS to public website.

Ma, Public Administration With Police Studies

MA Public Administration with Police Studies

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb, Law With French

Diplome D'Etudes Juridiques Francaises, French Law

Diploma in French law