Ruth Francis Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

I specialise in communications, media relations and strategy development, and offer coaching, training, writing and editing. I have over 17 years experience working in science, medical, health, education and publishing.

London, England, United Kingdom

Member of the board of trustees for a children and parents' centre, working in the community to support local families.

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for external and internal communications and marketing, digital and development projects including websites and databases, and donor relations. I lead a team who plan and deliver promotional activities for IIS books and educational programmes using an array of digital and print channels and work strategically and creatively to strengthen.

London, United Kingdom

I was responsible for communications strategy development and execution, reporting to company directors and owner, providing advice, support and feedback. I led and motivated a cross-communications team to deliver accurate and high quality communications for the company and partners: Wellcome, Gates Foundation, African Academy of Sciences and others.

London, United Kingdom

After the merger of Springer SBM and Macmillan Science and Education, I was part of a small team liaising with International and UK publishing organisations and communicating with European and UK parliaments in relation to publishing issues. We also oversaw corporate social responsibility for the newly-merged global publishing organisation

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for communications for open access at Springer Science + Business Media, including managing the BioMed Central communications team. I developed and delivered media relations and digital communications strategies for BioMed Central including media training for key spokespeople in order to further strategic objectives.My team and I delivered.

London, United Kingdom

Led and oversaw media relations strategy to gain coverage and respond to media interest. Communicated peer reviewed primary research across the scientific spectrum accurately and without hype. My team and I achieved worldwide coverage through strong contacts in science and the media and coordinated content for digital media including the Nature Podcast.