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Brighton, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for strategic and creative communications to build an engaged support base:Achieved substantial audience growth across organisational communications platforms, including the e-newsletter (65% growth), Twitter (85% growth), Facebook (55% growth) and Instagram (990% growth), through producing visually-engaging branded content, consistent tone of voice, and developing a strategy based on engagement metrics. Project managed the website redesign working to a tight budget, driving… Show more Responsible for strategic and creative communications to build an engaged support base:Achieved substantial audience growth across organisational communications platforms, including the e-newsletter (65% growth), Twitter (85% growth), Facebook (55% growth) and Instagram (990% growth), through producing visually-engaging branded content, consistent tone of voice, and developing a strategy based on engagement metrics. Project managed the website redesign working to a tight budget, driving increased engagement and donations.Placed over 200 impactful stories in a range of media to reframe public discourse on migration, through building excellent relationships with journalists, understanding and targeting outlets, and producing quality press releases. Improved supporter relationships, tripling supporter donations.Facilitated collaborations with influential individuals to connect with new audiences, including a project with artist Caroline Walker exhibited at Kettle's Yard gallery.Managing a strategic communications research project, including message development with refugee women then tested through interviews, focus groups and quantitative audience insight.Monitoring and evaluation of our communications work, including social media and website analytics.Digital and print design, and scripting, producing and editing video content.Line management of a team of three paid staff (two fundraisers and a spokesperson) plus volunteers and consultants. Show less

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Focus on attracting corporate sponsorship and grant funding by developing key messages, powerful stories and strong relationships with prospective funders. Made use of video to share the voices of project partners. Actively created opportunities to pitch to potential corporate funders and wrote proposals to Trusts and Foundations. Created a fundraising strategy and administrative systems, including the use of Salesforce to develop a fundraising pipeline.

London, United Kingdom

Content management, copy writing, photography and design briefing for print and online communications. Development of communications strategy to maximize fundraising potential. I led on the production of a fundraising appeal that raised £40,000 from a small donor support base, far exceeding all targets. Political and public advocacy across eight countries, including high-level political meetings and advocacy strategy design and development. Building relationships with and providing… Show more Content management, copy writing, photography and design briefing for print and online communications. Development of communications strategy to maximize fundraising potential. I led on the production of a fundraising appeal that raised £40,000 from a small donor support base, far exceeding all targets. Political and public advocacy across eight countries, including high-level political meetings and advocacy strategy design and development. Building relationships with and providing briefings to Parliamentarians.Supporting the organisation through a time of strategic review and development. Including evaluating current practices and suggesting improvements, writing a case for support document, and working on building stronger supporter relationships.Field research in Sudan, South Sudan, Nigeria, Nagorno-Karabakh and Myanmar. Providing advocacy and communications support to international partners. Advocacy report writing and media engagement. Managing and supporting the personal development of interns.Youth engagement and outreach work in schools and universities including the delivery of presentations and workshops; design and management of the HART Ambassadors Programme, a volunteering awards scheme; and oversight of the international youth competition, the HART Prize for Human Rights.Responsible for online content, social media and email engagement with supporters.The small size of the organisation has enabled me to gain experience in a broad range of areas, for example, in the absence of a Fundraiser, I have been involved in producing Trust funding applications and reporting to donors. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for office administration and supporting the CEO in all aspects of her work. Prepared Parliamentary briefings and Press Releases on the countries in which HART works. Accompanied the CEO to talks and conferences as a representative of HART. Prepared and designed reports to funding bodies. Travelled to Myanmar and Nagorno-Karabakh to visit partners for advocacy and aid purposes. Produced the visit report for the May visit to the Thailand-Myanmar… Show more Responsible for office administration and supporting the CEO in all aspects of her work. Prepared Parliamentary briefings and Press Releases on the countries in which HART works. Accompanied the CEO to talks and conferences as a representative of HART. Prepared and designed reports to funding bodies. Travelled to Myanmar and Nagorno-Karabakh to visit partners for advocacy and aid purposes. Produced the visit report for the May visit to the Thailand-Myanmar Borderlands. Distributed follow-up press and advocacy reports.Demonstrated the adaptability to take on any role at short notice due to the small size of the organisation. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Created regular blog posts focussed on current issues in HART's partner countries.Country lead for Myanmar (involved staying informed and reporting on the daily situation in Myanmar)Created a campaigning guide and resource pack for dissemination around universities.Presented at HART events.

Administration and IT; maintaining confidentiality and data protection; patient recruitment; accurate data entry; phone, email and letter writing; handling samples; troubleshooting patient queries.

Master’S Degree, The Politics Of Conflict Rights And Justice

Dissertation: 73% ‘Resistance through survival: asylum-seeking women’s critique of British state harms’ Assessor’s comments: “A brilliant.

Bachelor'S Degree, Geography, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Students Opposing Violence Against Girls (Founder and President), Bristol Hub (Campaigns Coordinator), Bristol.

A-Levels

English Literature - A* Geography - A Biology - B World Development (AS-level) - A*

Education record

7 GCSEs at A* Grade (English Literature, English Language, Geography, History, Graphic Design, Media Studies, Religious Studies) 6 GCSEs.