Lesley Paine-Miller MCIPR
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Professional working proficiency
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Credentials
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MCIPR - Accredited Practitioner
CIPR – Chartered Institute of Public Relations
Experience
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Communications Consultant
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Germany
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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PR and Communications Professional
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Sep 2012 - Present
I provide consultancy/freelance PR and communication services to a variety of clients including large PLCs, NGOs/Not-For-Profits, smaller start ups and corporate clients. Specialising in:• All aspects of corporate communication both internal and external including stakeholder, client and media handling• Media Training• Event Planning• Marketing• Copywriting• Digital, web and social media development• Industry recognition/promotion• Staff and customer surveys, consultation and engagement
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St Lawrence College
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Head of Marketing & Communications
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Jul 2019 - Sep 2020
Strategic Marketing and Communications lead for an established independent day and boarding school in Kent. Key successes include:• Establishing and overseeing dynamic growth in social media activity for recruitment, alumni, and digital marketing.• Devising and producing fast turnaround virtual content - Open Days, Student & Parent Engagement events, for website and social media feeds.• Event Planning - including running a very well-attended new Junior School Magical Morning event for prospective families.• Marketing - review of existing traditional print marketing and made significant budget savings moving to an enhanced digital marketing model.• Working with Development team on fundraising campaign collateral for a new pavilion and special bursary appeal.• Crisis communications and working with internal and external stakeholders in response to COVID issues.• Facilitated a highly-rated visit by 20 international school agents to showcase the school to increase recruitment of international boarding pupils.
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International Communications Manager
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Jan 2013 - Jul 2019
Strategic communication lead for the world’s largest humanitarian aviation service – a global NGO operating in more than 20 territories across the world including a number of developing countries.Key work streams include:• Devising and driving a global Communication Strategy to significantly improve both external and internal communications and to enhance stakeholder/ staff engagement• Creating a communication hub to ensure a better flow of creative communication material throughout the organisation for PR, marketing, recruitment and fundraising purposes• Managing and motivating a large and remote team across the globe, providing training and mentorship to staff and volunteers with a variety of skills and experience in addition to day-to-day tasking to improve standards and capacity• Advising the Executive Leadership Team and Board on all aspects of internal and external communication including crisis communications• Significant successes including leading a global fundraising campaign following the earthquakes in Nepal in April 2015, resulting in raising over £1 million in under a month; conducting the first staff survey in 16 years which saw a 73% response rate; completely re-designing the Annual Report and scoping and implementing an ambitious web re-development project to create 16 new interactive linked sites.
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Kent Police
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United Kingdom
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Law Enforcement
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700 & Above Employee
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Media and Communications Officer
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Mar 2007 - Sep 2012
• PR and media relations• Crisis communications• Internal and key stakeholder communications• Newsletters/publications• Audio/video production including radio campaigns• Event management including Open Days and Award Ceremonies• Media and communications lead for the launch of the joint Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, the collaborative serious crime agency formed by Kent and Essex Police forces. Responsible for devising and implementing all the internal and external communication strategies including branding, staff and change management communications and a successful national launch including peer and industry recognition
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BBC
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Italy
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Producer & Director
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Sep 1998 - Mar 2007
• Devising and producing a wide range of programming from national and international news output, high profile primetime consumer and current affairs programming including Crimewatch and Watchdog, observational documentaries, lifestyle and entertainment programmes and also events and live programmes including the 27 hour record breaking broadcast over the millennium.• Between Sept 2002 and Sept 2005, I was posted to the USA to develop and produce a number of BBC format programmes for US networks, including the Emmy-nominated While You Were Out and the US version of What Not to Wear• Managing teams of staff, freelancers and on screen talent, which included dealing with recruitment and staff development• Managing production budgets and all health and safety and legal and compliance issues• Self-shooting DV director and editor
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Education
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City, University of London
Bachelor’s Degree, Journalism & Economics
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