Experience

Good Law Project

• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Engagement

  • May 2023 - Present

  The same as below, just a change of job title!

• Head of External Engagement

  • Sep 2022 - May 2023

  Develop and manage a network of politicians, political advisers, non-departmental public bodies, NGOs, regulators, businesses and influential individuals.Oversee relationship management across our entire portfolio of work, including advising our SMT and legal teams on key strategic relationships.Design and implement a stakeholder management system and change management process, integrated to our CRM. Leading on political strategy for the next general election and beyond, including making key political contacts, horizon scanning for relevant events, issues and policies, and conducting a seat-by-seat analysis. Develop messaging to communicate our work to the public, and creating survey instruments and analysis to test the efficacy of our messaging. Working across our External Affairs and Campaigns team to identify key areas of growth for Good Law Project, applying knowledge of the political landscape and public attitudes to determine future cases. Show less



Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS)

• United Kingdom
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Feb 2021 - Aug 2022

  Management and training of a dedicated team and providing leadership on every aspect of running the organisation - from finances and operations to media and political strategy - and reporting to our board Relationship development with campaigners, politicians, academics, trade unionists, journalists, public figures, and funders, and across all political parties, including with senior MPs. Determining CLASS’s suite of projects and interests in accordance with short and long term political and media trends. Mentoring CLASS’s Public Affairs Officer to build contacts in the media, a national media and social media strategy, running an events programme, and dealing with rebuttal. Project managing research reports that make key policy interventions at impactful moments of the political cycle, including working with partners to deliver reports. Extensive research on public opinion on a range of issues, using a variety of methodologies such as polling, focus groups and dial testing, and then translating these findings into strategy, practical tools and research reports. Show less



Freelance

• Strategic Communications Specialist

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2022

  Supporting high-profile figures in public relations and rebuttal at the highest levels of the mediaWorking with senior political leadership on a general election campaign, in an extremely high-pressure and fast-paced environmentCarrying out public opinion research using a variety of methodologies and using the findings to shape media strategy and build communications tools for organisationsBeing contracted by client organisations to mentor the Director of Communications and communications departments and in upskilling and professional developmentSupporting clients to disseminate their work more widely to relevant organisations, press and other relevant figures, including within WestminsterPrincipal advisor to NEON with regards to political strategy, media and communications Running training sessions on press, media training and communications to a range of high-profile organisations and individuals Advising on individual campaigns in terms of media and political strategyCo-organising and hosting an international conference of c.60 communications professionals Show less

• Freelance Journalist

  • Mar 2011 - Feb 2021

  Bylines at: the Guardian, the New York Times, the Times, the Independent, Foreign Policy, Al Jazeera, New Statesman, Vice, and others.I've appeared on The Marr Show, Women's Hour, BBC News, Newsnight, Radio 5, ITV news, Channel 4 News, Sky and others.