Freelancer with ten years experience in communications, community engagement, event management, digital marketing (paid & organic) and blogging.Areas of interest; healthcare, health and wellbeing, health tech, social networks, peer support.

Responsibilities include: - Managing an online community- Communications- Digital marketing - Managing a network of volunteers and fundraisers- Event management- Stakeholder communications- Managing multiple social media accounts- Training

Responsibilities include: - Providing communications and marketing support to all service with a focus on specialist services- Developing and implementing internal and external communication strategies- Copy writing for internal staff newsletter, e-bulletins, patient leaflets, website, intranet - Web content management including working with developers to brief in new work or ongoing development- Managing staff intranet including training new admin users- Managing and developing the trust's social media accounts including live tweeting from key events such as the trust's AGM and Board of Director's meeting- Producing video content to market the trust and it's services through use of Premiere Pro (www.youtube.com/user/LeedsCommunityHealth) - Working with the media to raise the profile of the trust's services- Patient Reader Group lead - Analysis of digital channels using Google Analytics- Event management - Photography

A large part of this role is internal communications. This includes working with the different clinical services to communicate their information and news, internally and externally. To communicate the Trust’s news externally I work with the regional media, distributing press releases and responding to any enquiries they have. I also look after the communications email account, answering enquiries from both staff and the public. Each month I also write an email which is delivered to partners and stakeholders of the Trust to keep them up to date with the latest news. I currently look after the Trust's external website; this can include briefing and overseeing new design by an outside agency through to using the content management system to keep the website up to date. On a daily basis I look after the Trust’s social media channels i.e. Twitter and Facebook and work with the team to develop online campaigns to highlight the work the Trust does. I also attend regular public meetings to ‘live tweet’, using Twitter as a way of engaging with a wider audience. Each month I analyse the Trust's media coverage and social media engagement to produce a performance report for LYPFT's Board of Directors. I put together two of the Trust's magazines, Imagine and Your Stories, which is sent to over 15,000 members and accessed by people using our services and staff. This task involves contacting individuals, teams and services to communicate their news, copy writing, proofing and photographing the subjects. As well as the magazines I help produce copy for information leaflets and review all materials to ensure they meet with the Trust’s brand guidelines. I am also involved in planning events, which range from fundraisers to awareness raising events as well as attending events to help out with a range of activities. I'm currently involved in the Love Music Leeds, a project using the power of music to help fight mental health discrimination. www.lovemusicleeds.org.uk

This role involves raising the profile of the not for profit organisations Run For All, Swim For All and Walk For All, mass participation sporting events in the Yorkshire region. Responsibilities; - Direct mailings- Digital marketing- Web content management- Media relations- Advertising- Branding

This role involved working with students from FE & HE institutions, encouraging them to gain skills through volunteering and fundraising. A highlight during my time in role was increasing the charities involvement in the FE sector six fold, increasing fundraising income vastly. Responsibilities; - Fundraising event management- Marketing material production from brief to delivery- Web content management- Volunteer recruitment and management- Key co-ordinator of all street collections UK wide- Key lead on all Further Education College activity- Lead on all marketing/publicity for the Student Programme- Budget/ expenditure handling- Management of teams resources

This role involved dealing with several different clients from the East Midlands Territorial Army to Tesco to the Homes and Communities Agency. Duties involved writing and issuing press releases, media relations, organising photoshoots, event management, producing marketing materials, researching PR-able opportunities, presenting and analysing coverage.In my role as PR administrator, I was responsible for the running of the office, ensuring IT problems were dealt with, sourcing suppliers, filing and supporting senior employees with any project or admin work.