Simon Johns Email & Phone Number

Malmesbury, England, United Kingdom

Sky HQ, Osterley, UK

• Overview
• Sole ownership and responsibility of the internal comms strategy for Sky’s Consumer business, including Sky TV, NOW, Sky Broadband, Sky Mobile and Sky Protect
• Business partner to the Chief Consumer Revenue Officer, Chief Growth & Brand Officer and NOW Managing Director
• Key areas of responsibility include vision setting, message creation, leadership profiling, org restructuring, employee engagement, D&I and culture
• Management of Internal Communications Manager & matrix management of othersKey responsibilities / experiencesStrategySetting the strategic direction of internal communications, resulting in quarter-on-quarter lift in.

Sky HQ, Osterley

• Overview
• Sole ownership and responsibility of the internal comms strategy for NOW (formerly NOW TV)Key responsibilities / experienceso Core responsibilities and experiences similar to my current roleDriving culture
• Evolved and fostered NOW’s unique identity and culture as the business grew from a scrappy start-up to a significant and vital part of the Sky product portfolio
• Led our internal communication approach on two huge rebranding exercises
• Guided NOW through COVID pandemic, adapting our internal communications to ensure people felt informed, supported and connected while in lockdown
• Tailored specific comms plan focused on reminding people of the fantastic campus we have at Sky, with the aim of increasing no. days people work on site each week

London, United Kingdom

• Overview
• Responsible for the communication output of UK, Irish and French offices, with a focus on public relations, internal comms, social media, crisis and corp comms
• Part of the senior management team, involved in business decisions on issues ranging from driving revenue to improving employee satisfaction scores
• Led a small team of comms professionals, including internal comms, social media and videographyKey responsibilities / experiences
• Public relationso Consistently executed successful consumer and B2B media campaigns, resulting in demonstrable revenue growth and new merchant activationso Complete management and day-to-day interaction of multiple PR.
• Internal commso Responsible for all internal communications sent to Groupon’s 400+ UK staffo Managed intranet, monthly/quarterly company meetings, staff socials, asset creation, newsletters, employee morale campaigns.

London, United Kingdom

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London, United Kingdom

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• Overview:
• Seven years working on a wide range of comms activities for clients including Sony, Microsoft, Nokia, Innovation Group, Salt Union and AMD
• Promotion history: Senior Account Manager / Account Manager / Senior Account Executive / Account Executive / GraduateExamples of account work:Sony Professional
• Deputy CRL responsible for thought-leadership campaigns, senior stakeholder relations, corporate and crisis comms and budgets
• Development of quarterly PR and marketing plans, draft company speeches and media training
• Event management lead for NAB and IBC broadcast trade shows. Execution of smaller events for national press including FIFA World Cup trials in Monaco, Wimbledon tennis championships, cinema movie premieres

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Overview:
• Three month placement in the Communication team. Responsibilities included an intranet evaluation project, stocktaking of physical marketing materials, shadowing members of the team and supporting company events

Diploma - Public Relations

Degree - Communications