Experience

92 Minutes

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  Supporting and promoting 'for good' organisations who are making the world better. Social media strategy, delivery and management; website content; copywriting; research and report writing; event planning and delivery; fundraising. Supporting and promoting 'for good' organisations who are making the world better. Social media strategy, delivery and management; website content; copywriting; research and report writing; event planning and delivery; fundraising.



Nuffield Southampton Theatres

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Panel Member

  • Nov 2018 - Jul 2020



British Science Association

• United Kingdom
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Committee Member

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2020



Action Hampshire

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing and Business Development Manager

  • Sep 2016 - Sep 2017

  Fixed term contract. To help the charity become more commercial in order to increase independent income. Main responsibilities included increasing and improving social media activity, creating, populating and analysing nine key metrics, bringing CRM usage up to speed, establishing internal processes to enable organisation to be 'ready to trade'. Recent quotes about my work: 'We were stuck and you unstuck us' 'You genuinely bring people with you; you actually get things done'. 'I learned more sitting with you than I did on this training course and sitting with you didn't make me want to stab myself' ' is fun when you're around'



No Limits

• United Kingdom
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fundraising Manager

  • Nov 2015 - Sep 2016

  Maternity cover. Responsible for managing a team of two fundraisers and volunteers plus own portfolio of bids and projects. Wrote both stages of a winning £500k Big Lottery Bid to continue important and successful work with young people. Radically reimagined online presence and social media strategy. Oversaw specification, build and deploy of new website for a new service and implementation of, and migration to, new CRM. Maternity cover. Responsible for managing a team of two fundraisers and volunteers plus own portfolio of bids and projects. Wrote both stages of a winning £500k Big Lottery Bid to continue important and successful work with young people. Radically reimagined online presence and social media strategy. Oversaw specification, build and deploy of new website for a new service and implementation of, and migration to, new CRM.



Who Made Your Pants?

• Southampton, United Kingdom

• Founder, Managing Director

  • Jul 2008 - Oct 2015

  Imagined, started, built and ran this award winning social enterprise, creating jobs for women who were refugees by turning perfect fabrics left over from the lingerie trade into gorgeous new pants. Day to day responsibility for all marketing, communications and brand positioning including customer service standards, packaging and tone of voice. Built internal structures, procedures and monitoring from the ground up. Trained over 75 women, shipped product globally. Imagined, started, built and ran this award winning social enterprise, creating jobs for women who were refugees by turning perfect fabrics left over from the lingerie trade into gorgeous new pants. Day to day responsibility for all marketing, communications and brand positioning including customer service standards, packaging and tone of voice. Built internal structures, procedures and monitoring from the ground up. Trained over 75 women, shipped product globally.



University of Southampton

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Manager faculty Law, Arts, Social Sciences

  • Dec 2003 - Jun 2008

  Responsible for introducing a new enterprise agenda, commercial footing and the concept of identifying, protecting and commercialising knowledge to the faculty. New business start up, intellectual property Responsible for introducing a new enterprise agenda, commercial footing and the concept of identifying, protecting and commercialising knowledge to the faculty. New business start up, intellectual property



TogetherSoft

• Software Development

• Account Executive

  • Mar 2001 - Dec 2003

  Sales of software development tools to finance sector. Sales of software development tools to finance sector.