Simon Morgan Email & Phone Number

Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

London

Salford, England, United Kingdom

Colchester

London Area, United Kingdom

West London And Berkshire

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Responsible for compiling and presenting hourly news bulletins for this national Welsh commercial radio station. These bulletins were presented live and to clock start and finish during Welsh and network programmes.

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

• Key responsibilities:
• I led a team of 12 staff responsible for communicating to approximately 8,000 colleagues across the Council details of significant transformation restructure and business as usual activities that support corporate.
• I was responsible for the Council’s internal communications channels and frequently gauged opinion on their effectiveness;
• I supported a large directorate to communicate with stakeholders, including health and local voluntary groups and the media, about on-going work and the development of new services and consultations;
• Accountable for a large budget;
• Chaired weekly meetings and conducted appraisals. Key achievements:

London

• Key responsibilities:
• Worked in a team to support the Mayor of London during the London 2012 Olympic Games;
• Responded to regional, national and international media queries;
• Attended high profile events with the Mayor of London and assisted in managing media bids for one to one interviews with the Mayor.Key achievements:
• I assisted in arranging press conferences attended by national and international reporters fronted by ministers, the Mayor and international athletes who participated in the Games;
• I provided the Mayor and his senior staff with regular briefings relating issues of significant interest to the media;

London, United Kingdom

• Key responsibilities:
• I led and developed a range of proactive and reactive media strategies relating to patient safety that were shared with NHS organisations across England and Wales;
• Implemented evaluation reports for directors which reported on media coverage and message impact;
• Prepared and wrote press releases and statements, formulating key messages;
• Advised Senior Management Team on most effective media handling techniques;
• Managed the on-call rota and involved the wider team as part of the out of hours duty service.Key achievements:

Surrey

• Key responsibilities:
• Line managed a team of four, conducted appraisals and set timescales;
• Planned and identified content for inclusion in future editions of the staff newsletter;
• Managed the media on-call service;
• Assessed effectiveness of media activity and produced evaluation reports.Key achievements:
• Wrote the trust's annual report and sourced material;

Wymondham, Norfolk

• Key responsibilities:
• Implemented communications strategies to support the force’s objectives;
• Fronted television and radio interviews in response to major incidents;
• Attended weekly Chief Officer Group meetings and updated senior officers on communications, public affairs and media related activity;
• Organised/chaired press conferences some of which involved victims of crime;
• Delivered media training to front line officers.Key achievements:

West Malling, Kent

• Key responsibilities:
• Produced communication material relating to the amalgamation of Kent trusts;
• Researched, designed and wrote three of the trust’s annual reports;
• Represented the trust at the monthly Community Health Council's media briefings;
• Organised annual general meetings;
• In conjunction with service users, produced suite of information relating to mental health services provided by the organisation.Key achievements:

Medway

Set and planned news stories as well as arranging and conducting interviews for this Kent based radio station. I led a team of three journalists and revamped the daily news magazine programmes which resulted in 20 per cent increase in listeners. I also presented a twice weekly sports show which was sponsored by a local business.

Ipswich, Suffolk

Presented my own peak time evening and Saturday afternoon sports shows for this county wide radio station and increased listenership by 20 per cent during a prime time listening period. Awarded a bonus payment for performance.

Post Graduate Degree In Communications, Merit

Ba Honours In Journalism