Editor of the Inflight magazine and the Inflight media portfolio. Reporting on all things IFEC and cabin technology. https://www.inflight-online.com

Editor, Aviation Publications at Real Response MediaResponsible for planning, commissioning, editing and producing the company’s aviation magazines, including MRO Management, Aircraft Cabin Management, Airline Cargo Management and Low-Cost and Regional Airline Business. Editing the company's www.aviationbusinessnews.com website, ensuring content is accurate, compelling and SEO-friendly.• Liaising with aviation intelligence providers such as Cirium to produce engaging content for each issue and the website.• Managing budgets and production schedules for the magazines.• Securing exclusive interviews with key aviation industry figures such as airline CEOs, aircraft manufacturers, lessors and suppliers.• Attending business conferences around the world and reporting breaking news from the events.• Editing copy submitted by external journalists to ensure correct style and tone of voice. Supervising junior staff.• Establishing and maintaining solid relationships globally with key aviation stakeholders.

Contributing to several global aviation publications, including the Airliner World and the Regional Gateway magazine. I also have a regular travel & lifestyle column in hospitality magazine Nova and my other clients include the world's largest renewable diesel producer Neste and 'Big Four' accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

• Responsible for planning, producing and publishing the association’s bi-monthly aviation magazine, Regional International, and its annual yearbook. • Preparing an annual editorial plan for the magazine.• Commissioning articles and generating editorial content for the magazine. • Travelling within Europe to interview airline CEOs and other industry key figures and writing travel features.• Editing the final copy of the magazine, including all in-house and externally generated content. • Responsible for ensuring flawless design of the magazine in coordination with the contracted designer.• Dealing with the printers regarding print runs and the distribution of the magazine.

• Preparing and implementing an annual corporate communications strategy designed to raise the profile of the association, its work and its airline members around Europe. • Establishing and maintaining relationships with Europe’s key trade and mainstream media and scheduling interviews for the association’s President and Director General. • Responsible for preparing and issuing press releases and monitoring media coverage.• Representing the association at events abroad such as the Paris Air Show on press- and PR-related matters. • Arranging press conferences in Europe and dealing with the press at all the events arranged by the association.• Managing the association’s social media strategy and website content.• Maintaining an excellent understanding of the aviation industry and the EU policies affecting the sector.

One-year fixed contract to plan, manage and monitor the charity’s all external communications including PR strategy, events, marketing campaigns and volunteer and beneficiary communications. • Working closely with the Director of Marketing and the Head of Support & Care to plan quarterly communications campaigns on subjects including loneliness, the charity’s telephone befriending service, pensions and benefits guidance and crisis support.• Creating tailored PR plans for each campaign. • Writing and submitting press releases to national and trade press to ensure maximum coverage• Managing website updates and Mailchimp email marketing campaigns• Managing digital and printed marketing materials creation such as Open Arms newsletter, distributed to elderly and socially isolated people• Managing the Marketing Assistant’s workload and working with several external agencies on projects • Planning and managing the charity’s social media strategy and social media feeds• Responsible for managing the charity’s marketing budget • Planning marketing materials for events and exhibiting at conferences to promote the charity and network with other charities and trade organisations, creating strong relationships with Citizens Advice, SSAFA, Turn2Us and others to raise awareness and the profile of the charity.• Arranging fundraising events such as the annual Licensed Trade Charity golf tournament with 10 regional heats around the country. Planning all promotion and communications for the tournament to maximise coverage in media, with an aim to exceed the previous year’s fundraising total.• Monitoring analytics and KPIs for all areas of the charity’s support – loneliness, money, housing, health and education.

• Writing scripts for company executive speeches and preparing presentations for internal and external events.• Copy-editing press releases and internal company announcements.• Creating email marketing shots using Exact Target email marketing tool.• Management and execution of an internal database project that included importing details of thousands of Alliance Boots employees into a workable digital SharePoint database. Status reporting, raising issues, ensuring the project runs on schedule and meets the quality expectations within budget. Liaising with AB offices around the world to ensure data is up to date and correct. • Planning and writing content for internal and external newsletters.• Liaising with international offices regarding international content projects.• Designing newsletter content with InDesign and editing images with PhotoShop.• Proofreading and checking final InDesign/PhotoShop files to ensure they are ready for print/web. • When approved, creating print PDFs and sending them off to press.• Writing copy for the company Intranet and publishing and editing articles online. • Tracking and updating the monthly content calendar for the department.• Creating a daily press cuttings email and sending it to the executive team globally.

Accountable for managing the development, launch and promotion of the www.type2diabetesandme.co.uk and www.diabetesinhealthcare.co.uk e-learning programmes in partnership with Bupa. • Managing relationships with key stakeholders, liaising with digital agency and agreeing requirements, scope, milestones and budget.• Coordinating content creation and review cycles, copyediting content, managing video production. • Ensuring that all stakeholders in the projects are fully consulted with and chairing weekly project meetings.• Managing testing and tracking raised issues and change requests using an online tracking tool.• Website admin, setting up user profiles, collecting data, validating registrations, monitoring the website back end to ensure that all collected user registration data is useful and fulfils project requirements.• Tracking site usage and registrations, generating and analysing reports. • Monitoring project KPIs.• Arranging target audience focus groups with volunteers to ensure that the product meets the needs of people with diabetes.• Planning the launch marketing activities with Bupa to ensure maximum publicity and reach. • Working with the office of Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health, to raise publicity.• Planning and writing follow up online communications for site users and setting up satisfaction surveys in SurveyMonkey.

• Accountable for the overall quality of content on http://fi.hotels.com, constantly monitoring the site for improvements.• Copywriting (marketing, merchandising and promotional copy).• Managing terminology, glossaries, reference materials and style guides. • Updating the website content using internal content management systems.• Raising issues and tracking bugs using JIRA (online tracking tool).• Managing the creation of marketing content, newsletters, SEO material and content for mobile and tablet apps.• Managing the user acceptance testing for the website, Android, iPhone and tablet apps.• Ensuring internal and external content teams follow Global Supply Operations quality processes and guidelines.• Creating strong internal and external business relationships in support of business objectives and leading a culture of continuous improvement and quality monitoring.• Developing close 1-2-1 relationships with the Point of Sale Trading Desk to ensure tone, style and brand guidelines are adhered to. • Working in conjunction with Point of Sale on content reviews and audits.

• Managing the complete publishing process of telecoms-related books, booklets and other printed material produced by the department, including writing, reviewing, copyediting, proofreading, typesetting and printing. • Ensuring that complete and high-quality content is delivered into production, to deadline. • Managing the digital publishing of books on the company website.Website projects: • Managing the creation of content for the Horizon website. • Managing the project team (web designers, app developers, testers, writers). • Arranging app reviews and internal and external UATs for the website. • Creating marketing content for each app (descriptions, videos, blogs). • Constantly updating the website by writing new HTML content and uploading new material. • Creating change requests using JIRA. • Monitoring and controlling all aspects of the project (cost, scope, quality, risks, deadlines).PR and Marketing: • Organising the department’s promotional activities and the stand at the mobile industry event SEE in Amsterdam. • Travelling to local and international events to promote the Horizon website and to build a network of contributors in the Symbian partner community (members include international blue chip companies such as Vodafone, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, NTT Docomo).• Arranging workshops and focus groups to determine suitable material for the company website.• Planning and executing promotional campaigns for the department’s products and writing articles, product descriptions, marketing blogs, press releases and social media content.

• Responsible for the timely, ongoing creation of high-quality mobile engineering books in conjunction with publishers John Wiley and Sons. Managing the creation of other printed material such as booklets and promotional leaflets. Responsible for all operational aspects of publication creation, from planning to promotion. • Commissioning titles and managing all stages of the project: writing, reviewing, copyediting, proofreading, typesetting, printing and marketing.Digital projects: • Ensuring the department’s website is up-to-date with the latest products. Writing product copy, editing images and uploading new content on the website. • Managing other online projects such as the creation of a Japanese website for the Developer Network, attending meetings in Tokyo and ensuring the site and content meet local requirements.PR and Marketing: • Visiting company’s international offices and coordinating company-wide publication projects regularly. • Running workshops and focus groups at the offices of partner companies such as Motorola (Italy offices). • Writing press releases, online blogs and newsletter material • Organising and attending local and international events such as Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to promote the department’s products. • Planning and executing promotional campaigns for the department’s products.

Client: Panasonic MobilesProduct: Panasonic mobile phone manuals for various models; production of localized multilingual versions for international markets.Project Management• Managing the translation, production and delivery of mobile phone user guides into several languages and making sure the end product is of highest quality• Liaising with the client’s national sales representatives around Europe: managing the reviews and making sure they are being done according to correct procedures; ensuring localisation requirements are being met for various countries (22 languages in total)• Managing the development team - specifying functionalities, resolving problems andsupervising a large team of translators, DTP operators and proofreaders• Producing project reports weekly and ensuring the project is running to schedule• Managing smaller projects for clients specialising in advertising, law, engineering, finance and medicine