Stephen Webb Email & Phone Number

London, England, GB

Providing senior level corporate communication and engagement consultancy services to NHS, higher education, private sector and service-provider organisations - examples below.

London Area, United Kingdom

Sixth month role providing leadership and stability as UUK recruit a permanent communications director. Remit includes media relations, internal communications, political affairs and digital teams, and part of the executive team. Activity includes successfully campaigning to maintain international student visas despite hostile pre-election political.

London Area, United Kingdom

Provided communication and consultancy support for new commercial venture linking two major property developers with Crick-designed lab spaces and advice to boost UK innovation. Phase one now live. - https://www.crickregentsplace.co.uk/

United Kingdom

Director of Communications for Operose Health, the country’s largest private provider of NHS-funded primary care services. Operose Health also operates commercial data & tech and research divisions. Responsibilities include: media, marketing, public affairs, staff and patient engagement, and social values. Key activities: refreshed brand and narrative.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Implemented new external communications strategy; merged existing marketing and communication teams to drive up impact and value; successfully recruited new permanent MarComs Director.

Essex

Developed new identity and more effective messaging and channels to strengthen staff engagement through merger / produced new team structure and supported recruitment / supported leadership through official scrutiny processes.

Colchester, United Kingdom

Supported successful merger of two NHS hospital trusts. Working with in-house team, developed and implemented communication and engagement strategy and high impact internal and external messaging, channels and activity to reach stakeholders, staff and other key audiences.

North West London

Provided interim communications and engagement leadership and expertise supporting a major change programme to reshape hospital and local health services for over two million people. Significant interaction with local and regional political bodies through scrutiny process.To boost public interest, especially with younger audiences, introduced first NHS.

Cambridge

Provided leadership to in-house communications team and advice to Board, with particular focus on providing effective media management across a number of significant reputational issues and corporate priorities. These included the roll-out of major IT implementation; high-profile safeguarding case; Care Quality Commission 'inadequate' rating; financial.

Huntingdon

Supported Trust with messaging and media management during transition from private sector to NHS management and subsequent change of Chief Executive. Provided strategic communications advice and support, with emphasis on staff engagement and development of the in-house team.

Developing the agency's health business and providing senior-level communication advice, expertise and support to a range of clients. Responsibilities included director-level advice to Chief Executives and Boards on communications strategy; organisational reputation, vision and objectives and; national and local stakeholder engagement. Supported in-house.

London, United Kingdom

Executive Director providing strategic advice, high quality corporate affairs services and wider leadership and support across 75 NHS organisations in the capital. Influence broader NHS communications activity as part of nationwide leadership. In-house team delivers media and stakeholder relations, campaigns, internal communications, social and digital.

London, United Kingdom

Lead the corporate communications activity to support the Mayor’s strategic transport plans including greater control of overground rail, roll-out of Oystercard and funding for Crossrail. Responsible for government & stakeholder relations, internal communications, publishing, events, performance and communicating with London’s Black, Asian and minority.

London

Developed and lead strategic planning, performance, evaluation and training for the press office. Role expanded to include in-house publishing team following internal review.

London

Promoted to Deputy Head of News in March 2004. Responsible for effective media management for issues including fares and ticketing, major infrastructure projects, TfL's £10bn Investment Programme and Spending Review settlement, the Oyster smartcard, 2012 Olympic bid, business planning, and equalities and inclusion. Key role in media response to 7th July.

London

Managed a team of three press officers covering London Buses, tram schemes, black cabs and mini-cabs, rail and equality issues.

London

Created opportunities to maximise positive coverage of the government's policies on art, museums and galleries.

London

Managed proactve and reactive media management for aviation and marine, rail and road policy issues, including UK-US ‘Open Skies’ negotiations and the NATS PPP. Provided media support for Air Accident Investigation Branch.

London

Supported development of child road safety marketing campaigns and coordinated ministerial launches with the media team.