Experience

DARTINGTON HALL TRUST(THE)

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• External Communications and Stakeholder Relations - Lead

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  Working as part of a large team to raise the profile of Dartington Hall Trust as an educational charity, reaching new audiences, managing relationships with a wide range of stakeholders both on an off the Dartington Hall Estate and developing new partnerships. Role involves writing and pitching stories to 'sell in' to regional and national media, generating written, audio and video content for multiple platforms as part of a wider marketing strategy and organising engagement events on the Estate.



Exeter Community Initiatives

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications and Marketing Officer

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2017

  Role involved raising the profile of the charity, increasing engagement to support fundraising, ‘selling in’ stories to local media, event organisation, managing social media accounts and digital content, writing and editing quarterly newsletter, supporting CEO with speech and report writing. Much of the work involved simplifying the jargon of the social care sector for a wider audience.



TELEVISIONARY LIMITED

• Media Production

• Television Producer

  • Feb 2012 - May 2017

  Various factual programming for BBC TV including "Living in 66" with Angela Rippon, "On Stage" at the Northcott Theatre, Restoring England's Heritage. Researching for initial pitch to TV commissioners through to finding contributors, booking and managing crew, budgeting, drawing up shooting schedule and general trouble shooting throughout production. Corporate work included 50 plus educational films for the British Dyslexia Association.



Western Morning News, Devon Life Magazine, The Times.

• Writer

  • Oct 2008 - Jul 2013

  Pitching and writing stories for various publications, specialising in food and countryside matters.



Western Morning News

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Writer

  • Jun 2000 - Aug 2004

  Writer, Western Morning News: Specialist writer on food and rural affairs, lead writer on award-winning ‘Buy Local’ campaign, backed by HRH Prince Charles, supporting local producers, lead writer covering the foot and Mouth Crisis through to the subsequent inquiry in the European Parliament. Previously as a senior reporter I managed a team of three people.