Thomas Preston Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for digital across the organisation, leading the development and implementation of the digital strategy to ensure digital services support the Foundation's mission. Managing multiple digital projects while.
• Lead planning, management, reporting and coordination of digital projects and initiatives, including change management and digital transformation.
• Devise, implement and monitor an annual digital plan and budget.
• Liaise with multiple external stakeholders, freelance developers, and develop contacts with industry leaders such as Facebook for involvement in major events.
• Ensure digital activity and data processing complies with industry standards, regulations and legal requirements.
• Provide strategic advice to senior management for all digital matters, reporting to high-level Board members and directly to the Chairman.Key achievements

London, United Kingdom

• Leading on digital change to increase the Foundation's online presence.Key responsibilities
• Content creation and editing on websites, blogs and social campaigns.
• Setting and tracking annual budget with multiple ongoing projects.
• Reporting on successes of campaigns using social and website analytics.Key achievements
• Created new and managed existing social media accounts, increasing the communication reach of the Foundation and successfully building following and reach (e.g. 463% follower growth and 601% engagement increase on.
• Initiated and managed development of interactive data portal at iiag.online enabling complex data to be explored in a web app.

Available for small web projects and editing. Wordpress specialist.

Available for copywriting and editing for web and print.

South Kensington, London

• Dual role responsible for updating and writing for Charity and Trust brands, successfully ensuring different brand guidelines followed and brand-appropriate content added to each website.
• Liaised with various colleagues and departments across a large public sector organisation as well as charity partners.
• Involved in the early stages of a full website redesign and rebuild (from Sharepoint to Drupal) for Trust site.
• Developed Charity social media voices and successfully introduced new channels (e.g. Instagram) while working with strict and limited budgets for promotion.

South Kensington, London

London, United Kingdom

• Web content editing using Drupal CMS
• HTML enews editing (using Mailchimp)
• Used a variety of digital skills including HTML, Adobe CS5 (mostly photo editing in Photoshop), MS Office, Google Analytics, MAMP, video optimisation, embedding and streaming content, social media tools
• Training staff on CMS and Mailchimp, ad hoc IT support
• Liaising with external agencies including developers and SEO specialists
• Leading on social media training, strategy & analysis

London, United Kingdom

Administrative support to elected Members of the council, including IT support and responsibility for updating department web and intranet content.

Mare Street, Hackney

• Contract role assisting in migration of a large public sector website to a new platform. Helped with content structure and migration, including writing copy and liaising with internal stakeholders to ensure crucial.
• Trained members of departments in editing the new platform.

London, United Kingdom

• Building relationships with and writing press releases and articles for journalists from trade, national, regional and consumer press.
• Written communication for a wide variety of audiences from consumer websites to trade magazines, including extensive research.
• Working to publication deadlines.
• Liaising with a variety of corporate clients.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for web content, including use of the CMS.
• Responsible for the management of the digital image library.
• Using Adobe InDesign to create posters and promotional materials for shops and company stands, in line with clients’ brands.
• Event and show planning and organisation, including briefing and liaising with designers and other suppliers.
• Point of contact in the company for public and sales enquiries.
• Sales and promotional support including sales analysis.

London, United Kingdom

• Guided wine tours, private tastings and general wine education for the public and corporate clients.
• Responsibility for stock-control and ordering as assistant to buyer.
• Presenting and selling the products and services of the company daily.

Mmus, Ethnomusicology, Merit

Activities and Societies: Mbira ensembleChapter published in academic book: "Zimbabwean Mbira Music on an International Stage: Chartwell.

Bmus, Music, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Chair - 'Global Cafe' International Student society, University chamber choir, University choral societyWon the.

Advanced Certificate