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Heathrow, England, United Kingdom

Contract Communications Channel Manager at International Airlines Group Global Business Services (IAG GBS), the central business services platform for one of the world's largest airline groups.Role includes leading on celebrating internal success, news gathering and reporting, creating and managing new channels, comms planning and strategy, copyediting, content writing, interviews and comms consultancy on best practice.

Bath, England, United Kingdom

Contract Communications and Engagement Lead for National Highways, the government organisation charged with operating, maintaining and improving motorways and major trunk roads in England.Project role focuses on leading comms and engagement for the replacement of HAPMS, the main system used for storing information on the condition of the nation's major roads.

Bath, England, United Kingdom

Contract Communications Consultant for Lloyds Banking Group. Focus on language, layout and creating greater empathy throughout its range of communications, from sensitive, individual customer comms to commercial banking.

Malmesbury, England, United Kingdom

Contract Communications Manager at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), working in the specialist Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Borders and Boundaries communications team to support GB agrifood trade following Brexit.

Malmesbury, England, United Kingdom

Contract Communications Consultant at the Planning Inspectorate (PINS), an executive agency of the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), working with the communications team during the Covid-19 crisis to ensure its internal and external comms are clear, consistent and compassionate. Role involves transitioning comms support for programme and project managers into a new Change Portfolio; creation of national messaging to all staff; providing comms support and guidance for directors and chief executive; creation of an updated strategic narrative for the agency in light of the global pandemic, and leading comms on the subsequent Virtual Events project.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Contract Change Portfolio Communications Lead at the Planning Inspectorate (PINS), an executive agency of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), leading communications for a multi-million pound transformation and change programme, the biggest in the agency's 100-year history. Role involves creating a full comms strategy, detailed comms plan and agency narrative above all the major projects covering the agency's performance, restructure, technology, processes and systems. Responsibilities include creating positive, proactive and tactical communications for the agency's nationally-dispersed workers, being the voice of the Change Portfolio and managing national messaging to all staff.Role includes working closely with managers of the Change Portfolio, Communications team, individual project leads, senior leaders, business owners and representatives from other core functions, such as HR and Finance. Shaping, delivering and evaluating project communications; managing internal and external stakeholders; supporting directors and directorate line managers with tactical, bespoke, tailored Change Portfolio project comms products; reinforcing key messaging and explaining benefits of phased change to inspectors and supporting case-working teams; building an engagement approach with supporting materials to make best use of directors and senior leaders when visiting the workforce around the country.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Contract Operations Communications Lead at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), an executive agency of the Department for Transport.Role involves writing, coordinating and issuing communications to more than 2,500 front-line staff in Operations, working as driving examiners and vehicle standards assessors at more than 1,000 testing locations across the country. As well as running several internal communications channels within the directorate, the role includes writing tactical, proactive and reactive comms, developing new channels and providing communications advice and guidance for directors. In addition to internal news reporting, the role includes feature writing, staff engagement and working with stakeholders at all grades in all directorates.

Bristol

Contract Internal Communications Manager at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), an executive agency of the Department for Transport. Main focus working as an internal journalist, writing and editing news stories, features, Q&As and blogs for the intranet and other channels. This includes conducting interviews with stakeholders at all levels in all directorates and seeking good news from across the business and the frontline.

Cirencester

Contract Internal Communications Channels Manager and Writer for St. James's Place Wealth Management, brought in to design, build and launch a company intranet for employees across the UK. In addition to managing, developing and measuring existing channels in the business, the role includes exploring new channels and communications methods, introducing improved ways of working, and writing content on various internal comms platforms to various audience groups in different tones of voice.This includes building, maintaining and managing relationships with key stakeholders at all levels across the business, as well as providing communications consultancy and regular support.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Contract Transformation Communications Lead for DVSA, leading communications for the biggest transformation since the agency's merger, in support of its new five-year strategy. Creating a full comms strategy and detailed comms plan to sit alongside the project plan for the full eight-month duration, as well as designing positive, proactive and tactical communications for the agency's 4,500 staff. Working closely with Transformation team colleagues and staff at all levels of the business, as well as collaboratively with subject matter experts, business owners and representatives from HR, OD, and Finance. As 'the voice' of the agency's transformation:Shaping, delivering and evaluating project communications; managing internal and external stakeholders (including as necessary with press, trade unions, MPs, DfT, customer and industry partners); supporting directors and directorate line managers with tactical, bespoke, tailored transformation comms products; reinforcing key messaging and explaining benefits of phased change to front-line and non-frontline personnel; building an engagement approach to make best use of directors and corporate senior leaders when visiting operational sites throughout Great Britain.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Contract Communications Business Partner for DVSA, working with management and the heads of internal, media, external and project communications to design positive and proactive comms for the DVSA's work across the country.Working collaboratively with communication team colleagues, policy and project teams, business owners and subject matter experts; building and maintaining trusted relationships with directors, corporate senior leaders and project personnel to deliver timely and effective internal and external comms activities, using a range of channels.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Contract Communications Manager for Health Education Thames Valley (HETV), a local education and training board for Health Education England, an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health, within the NHS. Responsible for delivering national communications policy, practice and priorities within the local area, including: developing comms plans and strategies, providing comms guidance to director and senior leadership team, managing a range of on and offline channels including HETV website, social media and traditional corporate materials, media monitoring and risk mitigation, supporting national campaigns/projects, forging strong working relationships across the organisation, coordinating promotion and offering strategic advice to workstream leads.

Various, United Kingdom

Copywriter and communications consultant for a number of companies in the design, construction, tourism, sports, leisure and retail industries. Each of these private sector clients has required digital content in the form of individually-tailored web, marketing and promotional copy for a range of products and services. This has included social media channels, branding, longer/feature copy, articles, blogs, websites, banners and SEO.• The Rip Curl English Surfing Federation, award-winning UK surf school.• DRAW Limited, acclaimed Welsh design firm.• Sticky Chai, chai tea wholesaler, Sydney, Australia.• Malbrook, specialist conservatories and orangeries, London.• Newquay Activity Centre, premier provider of coastal activities in the South West.• The Bodyboard-Depot, top British extreme sport retailer.

Reading, United Kingdom

Contract Media Manager in corporate communications for central government, based at the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).• Managing the Agency's proactive media campaigns, developing communications strategies and supporting reactive media enquiries, including; drafting handlings, conducting interviews, writing press releases and composing case studies, building industry advocacy, strengthening media lists, analysing agency data for local/regional news pegs, augmenting stakeholder relationships and assessing internal developments to mitigate external media risks.The RPA has undergone a very large and successful change programme to improve its service for customers, value for taxpayers and reputation both in the UK and Europe. Owen has played an integral part in overhauling the Agency's internal and external communications during this period. He has worked closely with local, regional and national media; department, government and industry stakeholders; and all internal RPA directorates to promote the Agency's work and successes through myriad communications channels.

Reading, United Kingdom

Contract Internal Communications Copywriter for central government, based at the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). • Copywriting, editing, proofreading and consulting on a broad range of internal communications, including; agency bulletins, operational notes, executive team messages, leaders'​ briefs, monthly messages, promotional posters, hot seats, team talks, project pages and ad hoc agency news.• Writing and editing One Agency, the RPA's internal magazine, including stakeholder and senior management interviews, articles, news, features and photography. • Training copywriters in channel-specific internal communications, news and feature writing.

Cornwall, Uk

Contributing writer for Carve Surfing Magazine, Britain's leading surfing publication.

Interviewing international figures for Japan Airlines' in-flight magazine.

Writer, interviewer and reporter for the most respected bodyboarding publication in Europe. Additional news and competition reports, feature articles and travel writing.

Cornwall, Uk

Local News Reporter for West Briton newspaper and environment writer for West Briton, Cornishman and Cornish Guardian newspapers.

Sydney, Australia

Writer and reporter for the AP out of its Sydney bureau, covering international news and events from Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Manhattan, Ny

Entertainment reporting and editorial research for weekly print editions. Blogging for website; A-list event/premiere reporting and celebrity interviews; polling; fact-checking; transcribing; intern duties.

Ma, International Journalism

Professionally trained in all four mediums of journalism; print, web, radio, and TV, including British and international law, passed.

Ba, Product Design

Educated with honours in Product Design, from initial concepts to manufactured prototypes. Including all current computer programs.