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Exeter, GB

Exeter, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Working under the name Blah PR, I am a freelance PR Consultant specialising in the Arts & Culture sectors. Recent clients have included British Journal of Photography, Association of Photographers, David Bailey/HENI Publishing, artist Hormazd Narielwalla, Liberatum Culture, Tom Blachford, and the World Photography Organisation.

London, United Kingdom

Introducing the publishing programme to the media in the EMEA and APAC territories. Placing and selling feature stories into the media. Acting as Brand Manager to help promote the company as a whole. Conducting PR campaigns for artists such as Mario Testino, Paul Smith, Issey Miyake, Annie Leibovitz and many others. Maintaining existing and creating new.

• Looking after all aspects of PR & Marketing for the museum.
• Brand Management and leading the company through a major re-brand including name, logo, brand, website, advertising, and changing the positioning of the museum from a little known tourist attraction to respected museum.
• Planning and implementing an effective marketing strategy with minimal budget using cross promotions (e.g. BFI, Film London, 20th Century Fox) and Guerilla Marketing (e.g. TRON-OFF - a Frisbee Flashmob) to… Show more
• Planning and implementing an effective marketing strategy with minimal budget using cross promotions (e.g. BFI, Film London, 20th Century Fox) and Guerilla Marketing (e.g. TRON-OFF - a Frisbee Flashmob) to counter the.
• Planning and implementing an effective PR campaign with minimal budget, focusing on ePR campaigns raising the Twitter followers from start up to over 1200, and the Facebook Fan page from start to over 1000.
• Writing and programming all content for the company website. Unique users are now up on the website by 45% (May 2010 – Dec 2010).

• A free online music festival raising money for Cancer Research UK.
• Dealing with Artists/PR Companies/Management agents to get bands to take part including Stereophonics, Beverly Knight, The Invisible, and The Go! Team.
• Creating content for the festival including artist information, wrist bands, and food and drink options.
• Promotion for the Festival across the internet and other social media including National Radio, The Guardian, artists own websites and listings… Show more A free online music festival raising money for Cancer Research.
• Promotion for the Festival across the internet and other social media including National Radio, The Guardian, artists own websites and listings sites.www.invisiblefestival.org Show less

• Organising a range of events on the boats owned by the company specialising in PR and high profile events up to 600 people. Clients included Vanity Fair, Goldman Sachs, BBC, Comic Relief and Sony Pictures.
• Effectively managing and operating events and ensuring the smooth running of the events. Responsible for managing a team of up to 50 people as well as third party suppliers.
• Creating and managing B2B press relationships and creating both digital and offline press content.