Nicola O'Connor Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Autistica are the UK’s leading autism research charity. A multi-award winning and growing charity, they most recently won Disability Charity of the Year at the Charity awards. I’ve led their digital growth including:- co-designing and writing content for the launch of their new website in September 2017, with Autistica’s digital agency, including developing and testing the new site architecture and usability testing with autistic people and autism researchers- identifying user needs… Show more Autistica are the UK’s leading autism research charity. A multi-award winning and growing charity, they most recently won Disability Charity of the Year at the Charity awards. I’ve led their digital growth including:- co-designing and writing content for the launch of their new website in September 2017, with Autistica’s digital agency, including developing and testing the new site architecture and usability testing with autistic people and autism researchers- identifying user needs for their digital products through audience research via interviews, surveys and social listening- ran a full collaborative content audit to establish business goals for content and interrogated data and evidence to set KPIs- building organisational content capability through a series of workshops on modern digital content creation including analytics, user centricity and paired writing techniques- launched Molehill Mountain, an evidence-based app to help autistic people self-manage their anxiety, working with a small team of product manager, UX designer and software developers - planning and managing evaluation using analytics, surveys and qualitative interviews Show less

London

Cancer Research UK fund scientists, doctors and nurses to help beat cancer sooner. They receive no government funding and rely on donations. As their Digital Content Lead, I developed and implemented a digital content audit process which underpinned the delivery approach for a large digital transformation project:- developed organisational personas, identified strategic opportunities for competitive advantage based on findings, and ensured personas and user-led practices were adopted… Show more Cancer Research UK fund scientists, doctors and nurses to help beat cancer sooner. They receive no government funding and rely on donations. As their Digital Content Lead, I developed and implemented a digital content audit process which underpinned the delivery approach for a large digital transformation project:- developed organisational personas, identified strategic opportunities for competitive advantage based on findings, and ensured personas and user-led practices were adopted across the rest of the organisation - provided the strategic content vision for a £2m+ business case which instigated a wide ranging programme of digital transformation - drove the organisation’s content strategy capability forward, developing the people, processes and tools needed to achieve excellence Show less

London, United Kingdom

- Content lead for major information architecture restructure project- Managed the team responsible for editorial oversight and day to day management of a large cancer information website- Managed the award-winning Science Blog team

London, United Kingdom

- Spokesperson for numerous TV, radio and print interviews, and PR launches and sign off for press releases- Produced plain english briefings, articles, print and website copy about cancer research portfolio- Managed content for the scientific yearbook, annual review, BA Festival of Science, Tomorrow’s World Live and other science festivals

London, United Kingdom

Engaged visitors to the museum and encouraged them to interact with exhibits throughout the museum. Answered scientific questions and explained complex concepts in simple terms to children and their families and school groups.

London, United Kingdom

Continued involvement in research into the genetic basis of Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia

Greater New York City Area

Conducted research into acute promyelocytic leukaemia using knock-out technology. Managed day-to-day support for a large research laboratory. Research led to peer-reviewed publication in Nature Genetics.

Pgdip, Science Communication

Science Communication

Bsc (Hons), Molecular Biology

Molecular Biology

European Baccalaurate

European Baccaleaureate