Experience

Campaign for Real Ale

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

• Communications Assistant

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  As part of the very busy Communications Team for the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), I help run the Press Office as well as assist both CAMRA’s Campaign and Events teams. My role includes:• Proofreading CAMRA's online news platform What's Brewing (https://wb.camra.org.uk/), BEER magazine (https://wb.camra.org.uk/publications/beer) and Press Releases. • Run CAMRA's social media channels, from creating copy and images for posts, scheduling the content on Hoot Suite software and responding to CAMRA members' questions. • Edit and maintain the CAMRA website (https://camra.org.uk/), uploading new content such as local CAMRA branch diary entries, official statements and press releases, as well as editing webpages and designing images. • Contacting journalists across the UK during the release of the annual Good Beer Guide and Great British Beer Festival.• Writing Press Releases.



Paperchase

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Creative Freelancer/Sales Assistant

  • Dec 2017 - Jan 2021

  Whilst working at Paperchase, I have pursued passions and creative projects in my own time. These include:• ‘CAMRAngle’ magazine editor (swm.camra.org.uk) - I write and proofread articles, interview publicans, create illustrations and organize the magazine page design and layout in Adobe InDesign. I have been nominated for the ‘Adnams Awards for Best Beer Writer (Regional Media)’ and the ‘Fuller, Smith & Turner Award for Best Young Beer Writer’ by ‘The British Guild of Beer Writers Annual Awards 2021.• Designing mock User Interface (UI) images for The Gap Partnership, in order to develop future improvements for the company’s software.• Proofreading a PhD thesis, restructuring and compressing copy and thus improving the readability of the text.• Editing and condensing text on a photographer’s website (Erolski.com) by improving and refining the client’s original writing, making the copy as concise as possible for web users to skim read. • Animating for Optimum Physiotherapy in order to educate DHL warehouse staff about muscle recovery. I enjoyed researching the topic and adapting it into something entertaining and creative.• Animating logos for various companies, conveying their businesses in an inventive and striking manner. For examples see jengsdesign.com and thinklesticks.com.



Adsensa Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Assistant

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2017

  As the sole in-house designer for the company, I worked closely with the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) to visualise his ideas and proposals for the Adsensa Software. • Created an animation which was shown at a business conference in Monte Carlo, aiding the sales team to grab the attention of potential clients as well as convey the Adsensa software in a simple, yet humorous way. • Designed mock User Interface (UI) images to convey the CTO’s ideas around improvements and updates to the software developers. It also aided communication within the software team as my designs provided a visual aid to prompt discussion.• Produced graphic schematics which were used in conjunction with my mock UI images to create complex PowerPoint presentations. These were then presented as part of pitches to potential clients such as Credit Suisse. • Created icons to be used within Adsensa software which successfully communicated the function of a button through a small, simple illustration.



High Octane Sport

• Website Content Editor

  • Jan 2013 - Jul 2014

  Edited the content of a sportswear website supplying both visual and written copy to webpages.• Wrote relevant text for products, proficiently describing the item and coherently explaining its traits to potential customers.• Used Photoshop to edit images so that the background colours matched the website and made it look more attractive to users. • Designed company advertising, including a banner and fliers, for the first High Octane Sport sale at the Holiday Inn.• Adept at market research; comparing rival sportwear websites to High Octane Sport and making adjustments accordingly.• Online retail experience of posting and packaging items to customers. This included operating the online shop independently, when the owners were on holiday.