I currently work within the School of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton as the School's Events and Communications Coordinator. Within this role I have to ensure the delivery of all events is of the highest standard, build effective relationships with clients and delegates and act as a main point of contact on the day. I also have to maintain a system of review for all events to ensure that improvements are continually made and details amended for future events. This all leads to the delivery of a number of high-quality events across the year from the planning stage through to implementation and evaluation. The communications side of my role is both internal and external. This includes writing, designing and disseminating newsletters, social media updates, stakeholder mapping, and website updates.

I worked in the Communications team at NETSCC which is home to five research programmes and is part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) from 2009-2013. My role was varied across all 5 different programmes. Day-to day responsibilities included planning and attending conferences and events, designing adverts and publications (using Adobe InDesign), organising presentation slides, writing press releases and news items, analysing advertising, managing outside agencies such as printers, social media and updating the website using TeamSite CMS and Dreamweaver.I believe that my key achievements included organising a number of large scale events to launch key organisational activities, managing the organisations attendence at a number of high-profile events and designing and disseminating marketing material.

I worked as an administrator with the Themed Calls stream of funding in the Science Support Directorate. Responsibilities included assisting with the planning and running of board meetings and events; making sure all the equipment was booked at the venues, writing agendas and chairs briefs; communicating with applicants, academics and senior colleagues in person, by email and on the phone, and sending invites to board meetings and events.

I had a short term contract with Octopus Communications who are an award winning Technology PR agency. My duties included writing feature articles, press releases, reports, organising diaries and meetings, attending client meetings, playing a part in the press office, speaking to clients, and attending brain storms to help come up with ideas for other teams. My key achievements within this role were organising teleconferences between clients and journalists at National papers, and also writing and pitching feature articles into trade magazines.

My work ranged across a number of different capacities across the Revenue and Benefits environment, mainly during my breaks from University but also as a 'home' worker where I would type transcripts of the interviews conducted under caution for the Fraud team. Experience / SpecialismsIn May 2007 I undertook a work experience placement with Civica PLC (a multi-national IT company) in London. During these three weeks I worked in the marketing department where my duties included report writing, competitor analysis, designing e-mail blasts (e-mail advertising) and event management. My placement also included being seconded to Chameleon who are Civica's Public relation consultants where my duties included writing press releases and undertaking research on their client base for live projects. I also spent two weeks helping the organisers of the 'Real Brides Show' (the biggest wedding fair in Devon). Duties included working on advertising the show, helping to arrange the fair by communicating with the clients in addition to working on marketing and PR material.

I helped to organise part of the show, write press releases, had meetings with exhibitors, dealt with marketing