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New Zealand

Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand

Timaru, New Zealand

Communications manager for Canterbury's second biggest city and its amazing district. Working on everything from the bread and butter to the chaos and disaster, with a big focus on developing our social media presence and engagement around political processes.Our district is a real quiet achiever, we're doing lots of interesting things down here. The challenge is helping people find out about them!

Hamilton, New Zealand

Using comms to help improve people's health at the less exciting preventative end of the medical system, where it really matters. Driving systems and messaging helping deliver those incremental changes that enable people to live their lives to the fullest.One of the most forward thinking Primary Health Organisations, the challenge was taking the big, incredible and creative ideas and helping people to understand, harness them and show the opportunities and benefits that they offered.

Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton

Promotion of the scientific work of this large Crown Research Institute and increasing grassroots adoption through media, publications and events.Worked to understand some really cutting edge science, then present it in interesting ways that non-scientists could engage with.Highlights included creating a supermarket with grass shelves, explaining grass endophytes with rye grass staggers with the aid of some Schleich cows and introducting the world to allbirds shoes with the aid of a temperamental robot sheep leg.

Wellington, New Zealand

Provided Communications and Marketing advice for this industry training organisation working accross the Aviation, Tourism, Travel and Museum sectors.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Work on press, stakeholder relations and a major events portfolio for Scotland’s red meat industry body.• Manage a large events budget covering uk conferences, agricultural abd consumer events. Assist in production of foreign trade events.• Deal with press enquiries and generate news to keep stakeholders and the media informed about issues facing the organisation and wider agricultural sector. Produce and edit weekly industry market updates and articles for B2B and mainstream press.• Manage sector-leading website (www.qmscotland.co.uk) and popular social media channels.

Wellington, New Zealand

Provided media, communications and publishing advice to all areas of the National Library, a New Zealand government department.Role included publicising the work of the library, developing publications and promotional materials, as well as all internal communications and Ministerial briefings. Also provided event coordination and support.

Wellington, New Zealand

Main media contact for Barnardos, the child advocacy charity.Managed internal communication via a monthly newsletter, as well as producing publications for carers and donors.

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