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Amersham, Gb

London, England, Gb

Leading and expanding Digital Marketing at BW. Managing all digital marketing campaigns under the Barnett Waddingham brand. Embedding data-driven performance. Driving advertising, social media, SEO, search marketing, website development and UX. Maintaining brand, voice and consistency through all online channels. Heading digital client-focused initiatives and developments across the firm to drive ambitious business growth and diversification of service lines.

London, England, Gb

Managing the Communications Team, including digital and PR personnel, at one of the UK's leading independent professional services consultancies. Delivering campaigns on brief, on time and to budget. Overseeing the creation of clear, credible and consistent marketing communications to target audiences through multiple channels. Driving the PR, social media, SEO and creative content strategies and ensuring successful implementation. Managing business stakeholders and aligning marketing performance to business outcomes.

Leading the global editorial team across multiple new and established portfolios worldwide. Developing our international presence, brand recognition and subscriber audience through high-quality content. Creating and delivering on dynamic strategic activity to enhance sales, sponsorship and advertising activity. Sourcing and building relationships with prospects, clients and media partners. Recruiting, managing, training and coaching in-house editors, freelancers and sales teams.

London, Gb

Heading the online content strategy, development and delivery for DefenceIQ.com and all associated websites. The role combined traditional and digital journalism and community engagement. Content creation included one-to-one interviews with industry influencers to develop video, podcast and online articles. Field research and reporting. Control of press affairs and journalist roundtables. Involved regular engagement with sales, clients and partners in press, government, military, academia and private industry.

New York, Ny, Us

Leading B2B communications and content strategy and execution across a range of sectors, including Defence, Telecoms, Cyber Security, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical and Process Excellence. Writing, publishing, multimedia creation (including video, animation, infographics and podcasts), public relations, client and supplier engagement, sourcing and developing media partnerships and promotional activity. The role established the template for expansion of OCMs across the business and therefore involved training, recruitment, people management, and the creation of policies and best practice for employees across global offices.

Undertaking contract and volunteer search engine optimisation audits for commercial and charity websites. Providing detailed analytic reports, on-site and code changes, and development guidelines for future optimisation and best practice.

London, Gb

Writing and editing for both print and digital publications. Proofing, design layout and column development for in-house style. SEO and publication scheduling for web articles to increase traffic and subscribership.

London, Greater London, Gb

Contract position teaching graduate-level scriptwriting course, including formatting, development, delivery and marketing.

London, England, Gb

Summer contract based in the former BBC Television Centre in White City, providing global compliance production services, from liaising with media agencies to delivering edits on schedule for broadcast deadlines in Asia and Africa.

Gb

Member of the Focus Team coordinating survey research and analysis across every parish office in Westminster in aid of delivering new policy paper. Conducted outreach across parishes and lay, interviews, research and press coordination. Developed websites for all Westminster parish micro-sites, including UX and SEO strategy.

M.A., Film

B.A. (Hons), Creative Writing & Film