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I am a senior and experienced PR consultant, copy writer and media trainer. With experience as a BBC and Yorkshire Post journalist, I have an industry background stretching over 20 years, including 10 as PR Officer at financial services giant Bradford & Bingley and 11 heading account teams at the largest Leeds consultancies, Ptarmigan and Brahm. I also had a successful spell as deputy MD at a smaller agency and have worked successfully as a freelance consultant. I have delivered the goods for organisations from global brands to SMEs in sectors including financial and professional services, energy and utilities, technology, logistics, the public sector, sport and manufacturing.Specialities: I have a particularly strong background in business-to-business (B2B) and corporate PR. I have very well-developed media relations, internal communications, event management and copy writing/editing skills and am an accomplished media trainer, receiving regular testimonials from clients to the quality of my work in all these areas.
Tim Curran Public Relations
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Freelance Pr ConsultantTim Curran Public Relations Jan 2015 - PresentBradford, West YorkshireMy direct clients include well-known organisations in the data communications, sporting and educational sectors. I am also employed by leading Yorkshire-based PR and marketing agencies.
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Account DirectorBrand8 Public Relations, Leeds Sep 2012 - Jan 2015I was an account director working successfully with brands including the law firm Gordons, for whom my achievements included producing numerous successful award entries. My other clients included accountants Garbutt + Elliott, SIG Building Solutions, property consultants Sanderson Weatherall, world-leading sensor-based sorting systems specialist TOMRA Sorting Solutions, major cash plan provider Sovereign Health Care and revolutionary laundering system developer Xeros. -
MdTim Curran Public Relations Jul 2010 - Sep 2012Bradford, United KingdomA freelance PR practitioner, whose clients included Wall Street-quoted multinational Transaction Network Services, premier sporting venue York Racecourse and leading multi-utility connections provider Energetics, plus leading PR agencies.
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Deputy Md/Account DirectorQuest Public Relations, Harrogate, North Yorkshire Jun 2009 - Jul 2010Responsibilities included leading the operations team and being responsible for all day-to-day client service matters, plus functioning as hands-on account director across a range of relationships, including those involving the widespread use of social media tools. Achievements included introducing new business, demonstrably enhancing the agency's efficiency and developing colleagues. Performance was recognised through significant rewards from the owners, financial and otherwise.
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Account DirectorBrahm Ltd, Leeds Oct 2007 - May 2009Led a team working across a range of client relationships, including those with public sector bodies the Homes & Communities Agency and RDA Yorkshire Forward, plus AIM-quoted mobile communications specialists 2ergo, leading business software provider Sage, accountancy group PKF, and global indemnity provider the Medical Protection Society. Achievements included developing new business and expanding existing accounts, through delivering additional results.
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Account DirectorPtarmigan Consultants Ltd, Leeds Sep 1998 - Sep 2007I was the initial head of Ptarmigan's B2B PR team, playing a senior and influential role in its revenues growing from a standing start to a high proportion of the 45-person agency's income. Other achievements included being a key member of the organisation's senior management team when it became the only consultancy outside outside London ever to win the PR Week National Agency of the Year award. Clients whose business I managed successfully included banking giant National Australia Group, international law firm Irwin Mitchell, leading accountancy organisations BDO Stoy Hayward and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the Football Association, multinational manufacturer Wheelabrator Group and Government agency the Waste & Resources Action Programme. I was also Ptarmigan's designated media trainer of clients across the business, working successfully with leading brands such as Portakabin and Asda.
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Deputy ManagerTony Whiting Public Relations May 1997 - Sep 1998This was the role in which I made a successful start as a PR consultant, winning business from Bradford & Bingley and Great North Eastern Railway. I also worked successfully for other major brands, including Big Four accountants Ernst & Young, law firm Addleshaw Booth & Co, executive recruitment specialists Theaker Monro & Newman and a range of leading financial service organisations, including NatWest and Barclays.
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Public Relations OfficerBradford & Bingley Jul 1987 - May 1997As half of Bradford & Bingley's initital PR management team,I played a key role in developing the organisation's media relations, during an era when building societies found themselves under journalists' scrutiny like never before. The success of these efforts was indicated in various ways, including quantified feedback from the media and public. Other achievements included recording demonstrable success as an internal communications practitioner and becoming a national award winning copywriter and editor (responsibilities included the customer magazine, which was mailed quarterly to 500,000 recipients). I was also a member of a four-person team which finished second in a field of over 100 entrants in the national Chartered Building Societies Institute annual management game.
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