Tim Hart Email & Phone Number

Newry, GB

Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Hart Communications helps organisations better connect with customers, partners, the public and other stakeholders. We offer communications and engagement, and content and creative services. We're proud to have served clients on five continents since 2005. Our top sectors are health and wellness, food and wine, non-profit.

Wellington, NZ

• Lead multidisciplinary team for central government agency in Wellington,Hamilton and Christchurch: strategic communications, marketing, digital, creative,and internal communications
• Responsible for proactive and reactive communications across a diverse agencyportfolio including surveys and titles, Landonline upgrade, Crown propertymanagement, Māori-Crown relations, biodiversity and biosecurity.
• Leading team through comprehensive change programme
• Manage team resourcing and cost centres
• Project managed 2021/22 Annual Report
• Nominated to act up to Tier 3 Head of role on departure of former manager

Wellington, NZ

• Tier 3 leader with responsibility for strategic and digital communications, engagement, marketing, and contact centre services
• Led teams to put a customer-centric focus on agency services and regulatory areas as well as proactively engaging with customer groups, stakeholders and Treaty partners.
• Designed updated team structures as part of agency-wide reorganisation

• Global marketing communications firm providing strategy, creative development, content development, content marketing, campaigns, events, design, marketing and media skills training, and traditional and digital PR.Key.
• Developed award-winning website design/development for nonprofit client Jackson Orthopedic Foundation (jacksonortho.org)
• Repackaged client’s in-person courses to online-only format due to COVID-19, including rebranding, updating webshop, and developing online videos
• Converted client’s annual gala fundraiser to online-only via Zoom and YouTube due to COVID-19, which also exceeded fundraising goals and significantly reduced overheads.
• Launched LoveSmallBiz.com, providing marketing-skills workshops and remote coaching for small business owners
• Designed and delivered in-person and remote small-business sales and marketing workshops for local businesses in Málaga, Spain

As part of Hart Communications, we help small businesses to plan, build and grow through developing the skills they need to succeed.Our budget-friendly workshops, coaching, and short training courses are designed are conveniently held online, so we can work with you regardless of geography.Topics we cover include marketing, sales, negotiations, management.

London, England, GB

• I co-led NEL Healthcare Consulting – the NHS’s own public-sector transformation consultancy – in supporting other NHS bodies across London and the South East of England to improve health services to local populations.
• Led 80-person, multidisciplinary communications, engagement, media, and creative services (web, video, digital), and Freedom of Information teams in a fast-paced, dynamic public sector environment.
• Advised, planned, and implemented strategic and operational external and internal communications to meet strategic priorities for NHS clients and our own organization; advised on crisis and reputation issues.
• Co-led planning & forecasting; supervised budgets/P&L, team resources; directed bids & proposals; advised senior stakeholders; supervised staff development.
• Supervised consultation and engagement on regional health service changes
• Projects included: international GP retention/recruitment; national genomic medicine programme; Health Help Now mobile app; LGBTQ+ staff network

• Instructed PR and business students on industry best practices, sector case studies and career planning
• London College of Communications (UAL), Sheffield Hallam University, Leeds University Business School

• Global marketing communications firm providing strategy, creative development, content development, content marketing, campaigns, events, design, marketing and media skills training, and traditional and digital PR.Key.
• Conducted New York media tours, winemaker press dinners, and broad PR outreach for key brands in the world’s largest wine company, Constellation Wines. Brands included Hardy’s Stamp (Aus), Black Box Wines, and Hogue.
• Promoted artisan, luxury, and specialty food and tourism brands with local and national media, including Aidells Sausage, Recchiuti Confections, Whole Foods Market, 479° Popcorn, LifeCycle Adventures (cycling tours).
• Developed press events, campaigns, content, and media sponsorships for nonprofit clients, including the American Cancer Society, Family Paths (child abuse prevention), AIDS Emergency Fund, Gender Spectrum, Equality.
• Developed speaking opportunities, campaigns, events, content, and award submissions for professional-services clients in marketing, HR services, and product/packaging design.
• Developed content for health, tech, and science clients including Merck, Center for Vein Restoration, Digital Health Summit (part of CES), Tulare Regional Medical Center, and Waves Audio.

• Founder of specialty food business selling American-style, gourmet cookies in Yorkshire UK via market stalls and local retailers
• Developed recipes with focus on luxury, local, or organic ingredients
• Designed branding and packaging
• Supervised marketing promotions
• Developed wholesale relationships with independent retailers

San Francisco, California, US

Media relations and account management for public relations agency focusing on technology clients.

Media relations and account management for public relations agency focusing on food & wine, travel & hospitality, consumer lifestyle clients.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Supervised a team of six marketing directors, managers, and creative services staff in media relations, corporate communications, field communications, and event support for a field of 50,000 volunteers and 200 staff.
• Developed and executed multi-channel marketing, advertising, and public relations campaigns to position the Society as a leader in cancer education, research, patient services, and advocacy with consumer and business.
• Supervised marketing-related field communications across a network of local offices (brand guidelines, messaging, training, etc.).
• Emphasis areas included breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, tobacco cessation, nutrition, physical activity, patient services, research, environmental cancer links, and legislative advocacy.
• Secured and supervised media sponsorships for fundraising and awareness events and campaigns (print, radio, TV, outdoor, and transit)
• Developed sponsorships of community events including the Frameline International LGBT Film Festival and the Fresno LGBT Film Festival

New York, NY, US

• Supervised team of 15 account directors, supervisors, managers, and coordinators in media relations, corporate communications, product publicity, trade-show support, and corporate communications for enterprise and.
• Shared P/L responsibility for $10 million San Francisco office
• Led new-business pitches (acquisition of new clients and incremental growth of existing client accounts)
• Position eliminated during simultaneous “dot com” economic downturn and agency merger (The Weber Group + Shandwick).

Chicago, IL, US

• Supervised account teams on two primary public-relations agency accounts:Ronald McDonald House Charities (www.rmhc.com)
• Supervised international media relations, corporate communications, and event production for global health and family wellness charity.
• Developed PR campaigns for signature Ronald McDonald House programme and its international children’s health grant-making activities (cancer research, home-accident prevention, disaster relief, hospital facilities.
• Developed charity-related local-market field publicity guidelines for 25,000 McDonald’s restaurants.
• Wrote speeches for President Ken Barun and prepared Board of Directors presentations (scriptwriting, graphics).Argonne National Laboratory (www.anl.gov)
• Supervised US government laboratory’s first-ever externally supported media-relations effort with emphasis on biotechnology, high-energy physics, advanced meteorology, and environmental clean-up technologies.

• Launched and managed creative services function for PR/investor relations firm specializing in emerging biotechnology, medical device, and drug-delivery companies
• Produced, wrote, designed, and managed projects in print, video, broadcast, digital media, including corporate brochures, executive speeches, 3-D scientific animation, trade/public affairs advertising, and websites

New York City, New York, US

• Wrote and edited B2C, B2B and internal communications materials, presentations, speeches and online content for global agency’s food & nutrition, healthcare and corporate communications practices
• Story development and media pitching for category leaders in food and agriculture (grocery and foodservice, agriculture boards, food packaging), healthcare (diagnostics, medical devices, therapeutics, biotech).
• Traveling media/demo chef for top grocery and agriculture food clients
• Recipe testing/development: Solicited recipes from top chefs and adapted for consumer and foodservice cooks
• Award Winner: Ketchum Catalyst, top agency staff award

US

• Writer: Newspaper food articles
• Catering Cook & Pastry Cook: Hotels, museums, restaurants, events
• Consulting: Advised new restaurant on the pastry menu

US

• Reporter: Covered breaking news and features on wide range of topics – crime, government, business, schools, features, and food – at daily newspaper
• Award winner: 1st place journalism awards from the Associated Press and UPI

Ba, Journalism

Trinity Certtesol Level-5, Accredited By Trinity College London