I manage a team of 10+ to deliver all online and offline marketing and communications inc managing all social media channels, digital, print and outdoor advertising, alongside marketing strategy and planning for one of the biggest colleges in the UK with an £80 million turnover and over 40,000 students.

Main duties include:Managing marketing for ncn’s business to business team, in particular the college's apprenticeship offer.Online advertising on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google.Using CRM and segmented audiences for campaigns.Creating email marketing campaigns.Producing advertising for local print and industry publications.Managing and developing ncn b2b website.

Managing Communications and PR for The Creative Quarter Nottingham.Main Duties:• Managed and developed all of the Creative Quarter’s communications channels• Managed all aspects of CQ Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram)• Managed CQ Public Relations (local and national)• Managed website development and content on several sites including CQ, Sneinton Market, Nottingham Screen Partnership.• Gathered content, wrote and designed the weekly E-news• Provided communications support on CQ events programme• Managed national PR firm (PHA media) who dealt with national and international stories• Managed and recruited several members of staff on CQ communications team• Recruitment Brief writing• Commissioned photography and videographyKey achievements• Achieved exponential social media growth, improved twitter followers from 3.4k to over 9.6k, more than doubled Facebook from 1.7k to 4.3k likes. • Achieved consistent coverage for the CQ in local media, including East Midlands Today, Radio Nottingham and the Nottingham Post.• An integral part of the team that recently won both UK and European Business awards• Recruited and managed national PR firm – an £80k contract.• Project managed the development of celebrated Explorers’ Guide to the CQ.• Developed CQ website redesign and improved content to grow page views to over 30k per month.• Successfully developed several apprentices and graduate interns under my management.

Marketing and Communications work for SME's and larger companies on a consultancy basis.Duties include: Communications - both internal and externalGeneral Public Relations. Web content management via numerous CMS systems inc - GOSS, Terminal 4, SAP, & Rhythmyx amongst others.Writing marketing copy that increases business and public awareness of a product or campaign.Writing both news and feature articles for online or print purposes.Social network setup/management for businesses on Facebook and Twitter.Design work using Adobe InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop amongst others.

Looking after internal communications for Nottingham Trent University. Main duties included: Writing news articles and copy for staff intranet and external websites, producing e-newsletters, handling the promotion of upcoming news and events across the uni, helping to organise events, press releases and other PR tasks.

Managing media relations for the company - with a particular emphasis on dealing with negative stories and upholding the company’s image. Writing press releases for the different departments to generate positive coverage.Writing articles for the both the external newsletter sent to over 30,000 people and the internal newsletter sent out to 1,000 staff.