I am a degree qualified communications professional with 19 years’ industry experience, including 14 within the health sector. I have a real passion and interest in the importance of high quality communications and marketing solutions to help organisations achieve their key goals through increasing awareness of their services, improving engagement with their stakeholders and improving their reputation.Profile:• Experience of working at strategic level to ensure key goals are met and reviewing best practices within the marketing and communications field to assist organisations achieve their key objectives• United Kingdom, nationally qualified journalist - National Council for the Training of Journalists • First class writing skills with excellent news sense to identify and develop stories for internal and external communications and help promote the reputation and raise awareness of the organisation through social media channels and websites• Experience in coordinating public relations campaigns and activities, developing media relations and managing social media sites on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube• Demonstrated leadership abilities in improving team culture and motivation levels to deliver improved level of service for the organisation• Proven ability to operate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, from members of the public to chief executives and national politicians• Experienced in the Adobe Suite: Premiere Pro, InDesign and Photoshop• Web design and management experience, including HTML coding and wide range of Content Management Systems for web development, including Joomla, Sitefinity and Sharepoint • Winner of the Individual of the Year Award for 2013 at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital• Graduated with Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Sciences with History and Sociology (2.1 - Upper Class, Second Division).