Offering Social Media management services to small, local food businesses and enjoying sampling their delicious goodies along the way

My flexible professional career mixes my love for food, Social Media and my gorgeous family

Responsible for Project Managing a large print & digital commercial project across six monthly titles spanning six months:-Good Housekeeping-Company-Red-Zest-Cosmopolitan-PsychologiesThe project was assigned to a brand new department without precedent or process. My role was to manage the internal teams & freelance team members, budget, photoshoot management and client relations. The end of the project coincided with having my first child.

Project Manager responsible for the efficacy of the entire production team on an extremely high volume of commercial projects covering four monthly titles:-Red-Elle-Psychologies-Elle DecorationNotable projects included:Pandora (jewellery) Pan-European print promotion in 6x European editions, Elle: -5-day photo shoot in Copenhagen- location and still life -Budget negotiation with external contributors-Liaising with translatorsWaitrose, 6x issues, Red-Created and produced a competition for readers to submit their favourite recipes. -Winning recipes were consequently produced into recipe cards in-store-Curating a creative team from overseesInternal Communications-Developing best practise for working with the digital departmentMy decision to leave was based on seeking a more flexible, freelance careerHachette Filipacchi has since been sold on to Hearst Magazines in the UK

My role as Project Manager was to manage the internal creative, copy-writing and sub-editing process for print-based commercial projects. Projects were featured in the following titles:-Loaded-Marie Claire-Woman & Home-Grazia

News UK launched their own consumer magazine division in 2006, named New Magazines, as a stand alone business based in Chelsea. I was employed from its launch to manage all commercial projects across all titles:-Love It!-Inside Out-Sky (TV) Magazine-Sunday Times Travel-Plus several weekly titles in developmentMy role was to install all processes and best practice to the company, and educate internal stakeholders accordingly. And as the client-facing contact for the company, there was a huge responsibility for me to ensure that the client was educated and expectations managed to the highest standard. Being a new business, there was a real buzz around everything that we did and it was exciting times. But sadly the decision was made to close down the office and so with a heavy heart I looked for work elsewhere as soon as the closure was announced.

Group Project Manager at The Young Womans Group-She-Company-Zest

Group Promotions Executive at The Cosmo Group -Cosmopolitan-Cosmo GIRL -Cosmopolitan Hair and Beauty

I spent one year in industry as part of my sandwich degree course. I interviewed and was successful in gaining an Internship at one of New York fastest-growing PR agencies in the fashion and lifestyle sector.