Experience

Lambeth Palace

• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Manager - Thy Kingdom Come campaign

  • Jan 2018 - Present



CAFOD

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• PR Manager (maternity cover)

  • Aug 2016 - Oct 2017



Young Women's Trust

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

• Press Officer

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Managing charity's press and PR function. Promoting the charity's activities including campaigns and services to range of stakeholders through media relations.



Livability

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Campaigns Coordinator

  • Sep 2013 - Jul 2015

  Responsible for coordinating all campaigns for Livability- the UK's largest Christian disability charity. This includes managing campaigns at national, regional and local levels.



Premier Christian Communications

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Campaigns Manager

  • Nov 2010 - Aug 2013

  Public Relations- Writing and distributing press releases, comment pieces and articlesCreative communications- using multimedia to enhance social issue based campaignsCampaign management- managing national campaigns on social issuesStakeholder Engagement- i.e. working in partnership with other organisations, church leaders and the general publicMedia Relations- contacting and building relationships with journalists to maximise media opportunities and sourcing case studiesCopywriting for marketing materials- both print and onlinePublic Affairs- liaison with MPs, Peers and Civil ServantsStrategy development-creating campaigns, marketing and PR strategiesEvents organisation- organising parliamentary seminars, press conferences, prestigious lectures



DHA Communications

• Communications Assistant

  • Sep 2008 - Oct 2010

  Public Relations- pitching comment pieces, letters and article ideas to media outletsMedia Relations- Liaising with journalists and managing a contacts database for journalistsStakeholder Engagement - engaging various charities, MPs, policy makers, fundersPublic Affairs- engaging parliamentarians Copy writing and writing for web, newsletter, policy briefs, articlesResearch- qualitative and quantitative formsProject Management- this includes project managing the ESSPIN website (DFID funded international development project in Nigeria).



MS Social Care Agency

• Social Workers Assistant

  • Aug 2005 - Sep 2008

  Working with young children and young people who are particularly vulnerable in a variety of formal and informal settings including children's homes, contact centres and in the community.Responsibility for supervising contact between parents (i.e. ex offenders/ addicts) and their children in foster care both within formal and informal settings. Official report writing for the benefit of the Courts and Social Services.Partnership working with child psychologists, social workers and the police.A leadership role where I gained improved communication and interpersonal skills and diplomacy.



PEN International

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

• Volunteer Congress & Communications Assistant

  • Mar 2008 - May 2008

  A three month placement working alongside the communications manager on a part time basis. In this role I was responsible for:Editing/ proof reading materials to be uploaded onto the new website.Corresponding with International PEN centres around the world (mass e-mails/ mailing distributions)Project managing extensive research into the past, present and digital future of International PEN’s visual identity across the 140 PEN centres internationally.Conducting basic administrative duties including faxing and database management. Sourcing potential marketing opportunities for key events for International PEN's debut Literary Festival in London 'Free the Word'.



Penguin Random House UK

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing Assistant

  • Jul 2006 - Aug 2006

  I was successful in securing a placement on this highly popular and competitive 6 week summer placement to attract people from BAME backgrounds into publishing. During this placement I undertook the following activities:Conducting online market research for new books and their target audiences. Drafting press releases and providing events organising assistance for Fruitstock.Providing general assistance on marketing campaigns.Researching and establishing relationships with potential Media/ Business contacts.Collaborating with other departments such as the PR, editorial and design teams.Learnt to work to deadlines more effectively and prioritise workload which was an invaluable experience.Attended a 2 day creative copywriting and learnt how to write marketing copy for fiction.Shadowed the Creative Director of Penguin UK for several days, observed and learnt skills and qualities to be a good leader.