Martyn Davidson Email & Phone Number

Chesterfield, Gb

United Kingdom

Managing student communications issues, especially with literacy and maths. Working with students not only with behavioural problems, but conditions such as: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism & asperger’s syndrome, down syndrome, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia and epilepsy.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Managing marketing including internal and external communications & Press and Public RelationsDevelopment of corporate and local strategic and tactical plans and implementation.Municipal, local government, union and customer liaison management.My responsibilities:Development of Strategic and tactical communication and marketing plans Management of internal, external communications and media relationsMunicipal, local government, union relationship and customer liaison management • Communications Management ◦ Internal and external communications ◦ Media relations ◦ Customer marketing ◦ Brand management ◦ Staff employee engagement to lead through the change journey ◦ Specific responsibility for Communications for the City of Sheffield (550K residents/75K Students)

Chesterfield

Supporting children aged 11-16 to manage an inclusive education; especially supporting students with ‘special needs’ to gain full access to the curriculum alongside their peers. I have taught English, Music & Drama as well as health and social care to year 10 & 11s to GCSE level.

National

Royal Mail Group employs 168,000 people. The letters business, delivers 71 million items to 28 million addresses every day, and 20 million people pass through 11.905 Post Office branches daily, the UKs largest retailer. The parcels business Parcelforce Worldwide handles over 400 million parcels every year. Key responsibilities:1. Development of Strategic National Communication Plan.2. Development and implementation of tactical communications plans a. Brand & Behaviours b. Operational - Mail Centres and Delivery Officesc. Directorate d. People engagement and HRe. Recruitment f. Diversity Royal Mail Group project examples:iT Systems Implementation Internal communications planning for implementation of web-based recruitment system, to improve quality of service and facilitate recruitment cycle cost reductions.Employer Brand Programme Cross business employee engagement strategy for Royal Mail, Post Office Limited and Parcelforce Worldwide.Estates Management Communications programme to dispose of buildings and redeploy employees, resulting in savings to the business of £80m.Christmas Recruitment External attraction strategy, to recruit 25,000 casuals. 170,000 applications achieved. £73,000 spent on attraction, a 70% reduction on previous budget.CSR and Environmental ManagementSustainable development programmes, with the primary objective of protecting Royal Mail’s ‘license to operate’ in local communities.

London Headquarters

• Working from the Press Office headquarters in London, managing eight Regional Public Relations Managers, supporting the operational management and retail development of the network. • Successfully communicated the introduction of a complex subpostmasters pay system, with 90% voting in favour of the proposals. • Launched many financial products new to the network, such as travel insurance, life insurance and introduction of new banking products in partnership with major UK financial companies.• Represented Royal Mail during Christmas postal periods as spokesperson on live TV and Radio.

Europe, Middle East & Africa

• Europe Middle East Africa Design and Brand Manager• Global customer product launch management• Brand and communications management of UK dealer network • UK Internal business transformation and outsourcing communications management• European sales literature and publications management• Sponsorship programmes management – Olympics, Wimbledon, Italian Government virtual Pompeii exhibition, Royal Shakespeare Company, Design Forums in Paris, Brussels and Berlin

Bachelor’S Degree, Divinity

B.A (Hons), Graphic Design

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