Rachael Warner Email & Phone Number

Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

● Business change consulting at a global healthcare plc through a five-year digital transformation, engaging stakeholders across the business to address concerns and adapt comms strategy. Work has included developing an overarching business change narrative that all business change comms stem from and developing a cascade strategy to engage colleagues around the change. I’ve also developed comms guidance for change project owners to ease the pressure on the in-house comms team.● Ongoing consultancy with a large UK utility company with 7,000+ employees. I’ve developed an overarching corporate narrative and digital brand narrative, from which I’ve crafted all content to bring the new brand to life, including their new careers website copy, job advert templates, social media content and candidate communications, as well as a written guide to empower internal teams to apply their new employer & digital brand in-house.● Supporting various SME and start-up clients in developing their brand story and tone of voice, their employer brand and their candidate and employee experience, designing external and internal communications strategy and delivering employee engagement group coaching programmes to help create highly engaged, high-performing workforces.● I also became a certified coach, a qualified yoga teacher and had a baby!

Leicester, United Kingdom

● Led a multidisciplinary studio team of creatives, creating a collaborative environment to produce award-winning, innovative storytelling campaigns. ● Managed the end-to-end execution of client projects, ensuring high-quality communications strategy and delivery that met clients’ objectives, on time and in budget.● Collaborated with clients in financial services & logistics across the UK & Europe, APAC and the Americas to understand their unique needs, providing expert consultation and tailored solutions to strengthen their corporate and change narratives and ultimately overcome their business challenges.● Crafted compelling change narratives for international corporations, aligning storytelling with their values and KPIs to enhance global engagement and make change work.● Designed and delivered a writing training programme for 100s of auditors in the professional services, enhancing their communication skills and storytelling abilities.

Uk

▪ Acted as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector’s (HMCI) adviser and writer for high-profile communications, including annual report, speeches, advice notes, commentaries and research reports.▪ Advised on engagement strategies and drafting high-profile communications to gain maximum coverage for HMCI and Ofsted.▪ Advised on research report production, including producing a comprehensive guide to communicating research findings and writing research reports. ▪ Briefed HMCI in preparation for speeches, events, select committee and media interviews.▪ Created and rolling out a package of written guidance and training to improve inspectors’ writing skills, with a focus on plain English.

London, United Kingdom

Working to the DD of Communications, I was responsible for maintaining a strategic overview of the Department’s overall approach to communications and engagement to ensure the communications function effectively supported the delivery of Departmental objectives.I provided Ministers, Special Advisers and senior officials with strategic handling advice on campaigns for high-priority policy areas. I led and directed communications and engagement campaigns, co-ordinated teams and drew on resources from across the Communications Group and the wider Department to support campaign delivery. Responsible for championing innovative, low-cost communication approaches, which supported delivery of the Department’s policy priorities.

London, United Kingdom

As Strategic Communications Adviser, I was responsible for providing expert advice to Ministers and senior civil servants on how communications can help deliver and explain key reforms to all of our audiences. I also led teams of press, social media and public relations specialists to develop, deliver and evaluate integrated communications on issues ranging from teacher training reforms, industrial action and workforce engagement. I was a team leader of a high-level team that guided all communications activity by the Department and its delivery partners, and a champion of low and no-cost approaches to communications.

- expertise in print and online communications methods;strategic approach and operational eye for detail in managing the transfer and closure of QCDA's website and brands; managing online communications specialists, print production professionals and editorial specialists; developing and managing successful relationships with colleagues at all levels to ensure all communications support QCDA's objectives; managing the work and development of team members so individuals can feel confident in contributing effectivel

- overseeing the content generation of QCDA's print and digital publications; leading and developing an in-house team and managed a supplier framework of expert writers and editors; developing and implementing content development strategy for new QCDA website; developing an organisation-wide editorial strategy for all communications; raising profile and extending roles and responsibilities of Editorial team and wider Publishing Services team across the organisation, winning work and allies; developing house style, tone of voice and web writing guidelines; managing the editorial, design/production and web team work scheduling and resourcing; managing high-profile publishing projects through the print process; building up strong relationships with communications and policy colleagues at all levels, print and web teams and external suppliers; copywriting internal communications for HR across various channels

- managing the editorial team and overseeing production, design and commercial teams, coordinating workload of staff and and commissioning features, building strong affiliations with contract partners and key clients, developing and promoting the brand and the magazine's profile, managing the editorial calendar within tight deadlines and within budget, overseeing entire print process of multiple publications, chairing content planning meetings and planning features list with key clients, editorship of additional guides and supplements, writing features, listings and reviews and conducting interviews with famous faces

Post-Graduate Diploma In Internal Communications, Leadership Communications In Change Environments, Merit

Coaching Certificate, Health And Wellness, General

2:1, English

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