Promoting economic justice and amplifying the voices of members of the largest union for healthcare workers in the U.S. using targeted digital, social and traditional earned media techniques. Project manage direct mail and social media outreach to engage members in political action and attract potential new members.

Strategic communications and public information professional with more than a decade of international and headquarters experience. Deployed to Latin America to support the World Vision Zika virus emergency response.Communications Advisor to United Nations Development Programme country office in Liberia during the post-Ebola recovery phase. Liaised with HQ in New York to produce strategic messaging related to the crisis. Deployed to Sierra Leone at the height of the outbreak to strengthen the World Vision response team's ability to communicate its work responding to the Ebola emergency. Significantly increased favorable media placements in a wide variety of international outlets including: CNN, BBC and CTV.I have much experience in negotiating the right balance between saying what needs to be said and saying it in such a way that it will be heard. I am skilled at communicating the work of advocacy and development colleagues so that it is more accessible to the average reader or viewer.

Leading a team of media specialists and developing their strategy for equipping and enabling journalists to write compelling stories about World Vision's humanitarian, policy and development work.Tripled the number of significant media placements during my tenure with a demonstrable impact on fund-raising and influence for the world's largest children's charity. I also managed the team's budget and led on recruiting a new team.• Initiated and managed trips to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somaliland, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone resulting in extensive national newspaper coverage of problems related to extreme poverty, and their solutions.

Managed a team of two other journalists who specialized in Africa and Asia/Middle East, while specializing in Latin America myself. Initiated and researched stories which raised awareness of the effects of poverty in the developing world. Organized trips to Latin America/Caribbean to gather material for media reports. Acted as a spokeswoman for UK-based NGO, Christian Aid, in both English and Spanish-speaking media. Scanned news agenda for opportunities to promote Christian Aid experts in broadcast and print media.• Got into Haiti within three days of 2010 earthquake, ahead of most of my colleagues and achieved extensive coverage for Christian Aid's work there• Ghost-wrote blogs for international and policy colleagues in prominent social media outlets• Achieved a significant advocacy victory in Colombia after organising coverage which led to a multi-national company dropping a major supplier for failing to comply with its environmental and social requirements. Channel 4 film on similar subject that I set up: http://ge.tt/7U0BvtL/v/0?c• Managed reputational risk: worked with fellow NGOs to prepare complaint that eventually led to BBC apology: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11688535

Created and managed multi-media content for the News site on the Channel 4 portal. Performed general production tasks at one of the UK’s premier news and current affairs programmes, Channel 4 News, including guest-booking and producing segments.

Wrote, produced and promoted written background reports to accompany ITN's digital interactive television service. Wrote scripts and editted picture for the (then) ITN News Channel.

NEWSDAY: London stringer. Guardian, Independent, Independent on Sunday, Daily Mirror and Newsweek: Freelance writing assignments.

Generated cover ideas; Managed staff writers and freelances; Secured celebrity interviews; Initiated, wrote and edited crisp, readable features

Covered breaking stories: dispatched to Paris following the death of Princess DianaExtensive interviews and court reporting, e.g. Fred and Rosemary West trial and backgrounderResponsible for expanding the national agenda of Scotland's leading broadsheet