Ruby Wright Barnes Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Working as part of a fast-paced press office, reacting to breaking news stories, and developing press releases to accompany policy reports.

Remote

• Developed communications materials about Depaul’s humanitarian work in Ukraine, including: press releases, web updates and social media posts.
• Trained media spokespeople, pitched stories to journalists and set up media interviews. Highlights include setting up interviews on BBC UK/World news and BBC Radio 4’s Sunday programme.
• Developed a strong relationship with The Big Issue resulting in four articles about Depaul.

London, England, United Kingdom

• I worked at CAFOD from February 2022 to April 2022 and June 2022 to August 2022.
• Led on regional press outreach around the Walk Against Hunger challenge, including securing five fundraiser interviews on regional BBC radio stations.
• Other highlights include securing 242 pieces of coverage about CAFOD's work in Afghanistan, via the Press Association.

London, United Kingdom

• Managed a busy team of between one to three Press Officers and consultants.
• Worked within an overall communications strategy to ensure my team delivered media coverage which supported fundraising and advocacy objectives. Under my management there was an increase in representation of local.
• Led the media team to deliver impressive and strategic coverage for #March4Women (CARE’s flagship International Women’s Day campaign). Most of the media coverage from #March4women 2019, 2020 and 2021 referenced CARE’s.
• Managed a very successful media relationship with Stylist magazine, which resulted in extensive print and online coverage over a three-year period culminating in an online Stylist event in March 2021.
• Project managed case study collection from CARE’s international development and programmes in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Somaliland, with a focus on representing people in a dignified and respectful way.

• Led on Marie Stopes 90th anniversary media, showing journalists around a London clinic, briefing nursing staff, and securing coverage in Grazia and The Telegraph.
• Led on Marie Stopes UK’s case study collection and preparing clients for interviews.
• Project managed a content trip to Ghana, including gathering testimonies for regional marketing.
• Handled sensitive media enquiries regarding executive salaries and court cases.

London, United Kingdom

• Handled media enquiries around Ebola, securing an interview on Channel 4 News and a four-page feature in Vogue for one of VSO’s health volunteers.
• Project managed a content gathering trip to Bangladesh, commissioning a photographer and interviewing women factory workers and farmers.

London, United Kingdom

• Revamping and restructuring the existing website
• Overseeing the production of the organisations quarterly newsletter
• Writing blogs and overseeing staff blogs

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

• Researched and wrote communications materials such as factsheets and website content.
• Collected high quality media case studies and photographs about agriculture, increases in food prices and labour migration.
• Wrote a communications strategy for VSO and their local partners.
• Coached five Project Officers and delivered photography, case study and press release writing training sessions.
• Organised a field trip for a National Public Radio journalist. The blog appears on NPR’s website, which receives 19 million visitors per week.
• Organised a photography exhibition and roundtable event, to raise awareness of the issues faced by women farmers. I wrote press releases, blogs, and speeches for senior members of staff.

Oxford, United Kingdom

• Project managed content gathering trips to cover the West Africa food crisis in Chad and livelihoods and sanitation projects in Liberia. During the trips I worked closely with the film-maker and photographer. I also.
• Acted as the humanitarian lead in my team: encouraging humanitarian staff to send me photos and case studies. I also made recommendations regarding whether content gathering trips to emergencies were required.
• Worked as a freelance web developer focussing on Oxfam’s ‘Education’ and ‘Running’ pages.

• Facilitated training sessions on writing case studies and taking photographs for Cord Asia’s staff. I provided follow-up coaching and feedback on participants work.
• Wrote case studies and took photographs for Cord Asia’s communications materials.
• Project managed the Cambodia Mask Project. I also developed and delivered a communications strategy for the project.

Oxford

• Organised a digital communications workshop to train staff how to use social media, photography and film in their campaigns.
• Project managed the ‘After the Thaw’ photography exhibition and associated communications and media work. The exhibition received coverage in the Metro, the Guardian, the Huffington Post and Intelligent Life.
• Copy edited and oversaw the production of policy briefing papers, including Yemen: Fragile lives in hungry times.

Oxford, United Kingdom

• Oversaw Oxfam’s humanitarian responses in Libya and Yemen during the Arab Spring. Prepared a distributed situation reports on the wider context and Oxfam’s projects.
• Monitored emergencies in the Middle East and South East Asia. I advised the Humanitarian Directorate regarding the need to scale-up humanitarian programmes.

Oxford

• Collected information on Oxfam’s partners and translated it into an online interactive map for the general public.
• Wrote a monthly news blog and edited other peoples’ blogs on how current affairs impact on Oxfam’s projects and campaigning.
• Delivered presentations on the departments work to Shop Mangers, visiting school children and regional campaigners.

Oxford, United Kingdom

• Wrote and edited donor proposals and reports.
• Delivered donor contract management trainings in Lebanon and the UK.
• Analysed how £11 million pounds raised through sales of ‘Unwrapped’ gifts had been spent.
• Interviewed project participants and wrote case studies.

Chiang Mai Thailand

• Photographed projects and interviewed refugees living on the Thai/Myanmar border.
• Designed WEAVE’s website and on-line catalogue.
• Negotiated partnerships with Thai Tribal Crafts and Burma Campaign UK.

Master'S Degree, International Development Management, Merit

Bachelor'S Degree, Social Anthropology, 2:1 Honours