Experience

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  Welbeck pr

  Jun 1986 - Aug 1988

  Account executive

  Clients included Gallaher Tobacco, Foster's Lager, Kraft Foods and British Telecom

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  Whsmith

  Aug 1988 - Jan 1990

  Senior pr executive

  Working predominantly in consumer relations, crisis and internal communications.

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  Cohn & wolfe

  Feb 1990 - Dec 1993

  Account director

  Clients included Visa International, Abbey National, Foster's Lager and Delta Air Lines.

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  Telstra

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  Corporate affairs manager

  Head of PR and corporate affairs for Telstra's Payphone Division. Led the internal team and external PR agency to ensure management of high profile issues and development of external and internal communications program including community and media relations, schools programs, publications, advertising, sponsorship and promotions.

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  The rowland company australia

  Jan 1995 - Dec 2000

  Board director and group director of leisure and communications

  Now part of Edelman. Client list included IBM, NEC, NCR, Samsung, Bose Home Theatre, NEC, Reuters, AGL and Thomas Cook. Responsible for new business strategy. Instrumental in new business pitches and subsequent program development. Clients' counsel for strategy, issues management and internal communications. Responsible for all aspects of staff recruitment and management.

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  American express and burson marsteller singapore

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2011

  Freelance pr executive

  Freelance PR executive for companies including American Express and Burson-Marsteller, Singapore.

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  Marylebone high school

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2014

  Careers department assistant

  Work experience has included: Auditing and reporting on 'employer engagement' as part of the careers provisionYear 11 and 12 1-to-1 interviewsAssisting Year 9 group work on GCSE choicesDeveloping and implementing Year 8 careers clips programPreparing draft lesson plans for National Apprenticeship WeekObservation of Year 7 Family of Work presentationsWorkshop on the value of languages to bi-lingual Year 12 studentsAssisting at Careers Fair DayParticipating in alumni mentoring programDelivering work experience sessions to Year 10.Also shadowing a number of South London independent schools. Observations have included:Careers assembly on career pathsPSHE class on Year 10 job placement initiativeParent talks on careers in science, gap year options, applying to US universities, the HE application process, applying to OxbridgeLaunch of Morrisby psychometric profiling and follow on guidance interviewsIntroduction to Centigrade psychometric profiling. Show less

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  Independent careers consultant

  Jan 2015 - now

  Career advisor

  As well as being a careers adviser, I am a qualified coach and I offer career guidance and coaching for clients leaving school and university or wanting to return to work or a new role after a period of extended leave.I have also mentored through Careers Academy at Lambeth Academy and have mentored at Morpeth School Tower Hamlets through Inspiring Futures.

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  Burntwood school

  Jan 2015 - now

  Sixth form and year 11 careers lead and careers adviser/co-ordinator for year 7-10

  Work to date has included:Ensuring the school is meeting the Gatsby benchmarks. Regularly auditing the careers provision at the school among department heads and head of years to ensure best practice. Updating the careers policy, strategy and careers programme.Year 11, 12 and 13 career guidance interviews.Developing extensive employer engagement across the school including speaker visits to present careers opportunities in various sectors, as well as related to employability skills, networking, CVs etc, student trips to employers, setting up ongoing partnerships with key corporates.Preparing information sheets on careers in various industries such as biosciences for students.Supporting enterprise activities between the school and external organisations.Organisation of annual Careers event and networking events with 40 exhibitors for 800-1000 students including all participant liaison, student activities, teacher and parent communication and range of workshops. Supporting Year 10 work experience programme including visiting students in situ and enterprise challenge.Writing careers related communication for school website, newsletter and parent information evenings.Setting up LMI monthly update and careers newsletter on school intranet with careers and work experience opportunities.Updating sixth form noticeboards with careers and work experience opportunities.Maintaining careers and university resources. Show less