Experience

Calderdale Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Partnership Enforcement Officer

  • Feb 2021 - Present

• Community Safety and Resilience Officer (Emergency Planner)

  • Mar 2018 - Feb 2021

• Neighbourhood Co-ordinator (Flood Recovery)

  • Jul 2016 - Mar 2018



The Mill Group

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Jul 2016

  Working closely with key stakeholders, creative teams and third party suppliers to define key messages, script and produce engaging corporate communications.• Developing and maintaining client partnerships• Providing communications consultancy to recommend solutions to achieve client objectives• Producing quotations and managing budgets to achieve financial targets• Chairing creative and project meetings and briefing colleagues• Producing tight, well honed copy tailored for a variety of audiences including presenter scripts, releases and social media• Planning and producing creative concepts, themes, styles, storyboards and scripts in conjunction with creative producers• Producing and managing production schedules to achieve key milestones and delivery• Arranging print and filming logistics, resources and clients to hit deadlines• Researching to maximise creativity, visual variety and editorial content• Attending shoots and producing, directing and client liaison• Providing customer service and client care when booking and interviewing contributors and eliciting good performances from contributors on camera• Overseeing production to ensure the brief is achieved• Maintaining strong communications to ensure clients are informed of progress• Developing areas of new business development from existing clients and contacts



Calderdale MBC

• Borough Councillor

  • May 2010 - Jun 2014

  Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Performance and Use of Resources 2011-2012Chair of the Use of Resources Scrutiny Panel 2012-2013Set up a Select Committee to assess the longterm (20 year) financial state of the council involving the Chief Executive, representatives of local business and the NHS. Conclusions included the need for the council to streamline the planning process to benefit local business and boost the council’s Ran objective and subjective public consultations.Successfully supported and objected to controversial planning applications in Calderdale Planning Committee.



Community Foundation for Calderdale

• United Kingdom
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Aug 2010 - May 2013

  Raised £60,000 to set up a permanent endowment for the Upper Calder Valley



Liberati Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing and PR Manager

  • 2008 - 2012

  Copywriting, editing and marketing services for West Yorkshire companies.Designed, project managed and quality controlled complicated technical sales and marketing documentation for national and local clients.Drafted content for website, social media and print for a variety of clients from manufacturing, B2B and B2C.Worked closely with design agencies and freelancers to provide a full marketing service.



Heights (UK) Limited

• United Kingdom
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Communications Manager

  • Aug 2003 - Aug 2008

  Technical copywriting, designing and producing documentation for a wide range of audiences including end consumer, specifier and support teams.Working closely with agencies and third party suppliers to project manage the delivery of marketing materials for B2B and B2C.



Pinsent Masons

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Litigation Paralegal

  • Apr 1999 - Jun 2003

  Project managing large document control excercises for multimillion pound litigation cases in client offices across UK and Europe.Writing articles, case reports and analysis for the legal press, clients and in-house magazines.