Rebecca Watson Email & Phone Number

LITERACY AND TRANSITION• Running the library, after school Homework Club and various reading groups• Organising events e.g. Primary Literature Festival, Gifted and Talented writing workshops, PP student engagement trips, author visits• Assisting in delivering various schemes to promote whole-school positive reading culture e.g. Accelerated Reader Program, Read Write Inc.• Producing copy for local press and school newsletter• Leading transition activities e.g. primary visits, Summer School• Handling departmental budget alongside Business Manager• Creating publicity materials and resources for library, English faculty and SENCO using Microsoft Office and Adobe SuitePASTORAL• Working with Educational Psychologist, SENCO and pastoral team to deliver individual and social interventions e.g. Circle of Friends• Using THRIVE assessments to identify developmental disruptions and suggest intervention strategiesKERNOW YOUTH BOOK AWARD (KYBA)• Liaising with authors and publicists (responsible for increased author engagement) and being point of contact throughout event organisation• Creating website and social media strategy (in progress)• Designing t-shirts, liaising with linked agencies e.g. printers, trophy engravers

Falmouth

• Blogging for the Cornwall branch, winning the national Greenpeace Blog of the Year 2013 and keeping other groups and members of the public up to date with current campaigns• Organising fundraiser events e.g. gigs• Coordinating street campaigns, liaising with members of the public to promote awareness of campaigns and gain support• Running the group Twitter account• Networking to help set up new groups, assisting development of future national campaign strategies by attending Skill Shares

• Sourcing and writing up breaking news stories for various Copybook business news platforms, primarily environmental issues and events for Enviro News and medical stories for Hospital International.• Keeping on top of current events, particularly environmental and hospital news.• Adhering to deadlines and word counts, and being able to confidently write about any subject matter necessary for the company's various business news platforms.

Falmouth

• Designing and creating an image to advertise the Summer Showcase as posters, postcards and e-vites, focussing on visual branding of the event.• PR and marketing, promotion and advertising of the event using social media and contacting potential guests.• Ensuring that every student on the English with Creative Writing/Media Studies courses is represented by assisting in collecting work and creating displays.

Truro, United Kingdom

• Writing reviews as part of the Reviewers Scheme to be published on the company's website.• Adapting writing style depending on performance and possible audience.

Tavistock

• Keeping an eye on different areas of the café, taking on multiple roles as needed and training new members of staff in these respective jobs.• Dealing with customer issues and building a rapport, resulting in being commended by customers for being approachable and efficient.

Ba (Hons), English With Creative Writing, 2:1

Nominated to present extract from literature dissertation 'Do My Eyes Displease You Much?' at the Summer Showcase.

A Levels, English Language, Psychology, Performance Studies, (As) Art And Design, A, B, B, (As) C

• Involved in a scheme to bring up the reading ages of children below the national average. • Selected to be a mentor on a poetry trip.