Ann Dewar

Experience

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  Rockware Glass (BTR)

  Oct 1990 - Feb 1996

  Buyer/Fleet Manager

  I had charge of a varied portfolio with an approximate £20m spend. Responsibilities included managing a fleet of roughly 100 non-commercial vehicles, sourcing and acquisition of labels, inks, workwear, photocopiers and stationery.

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  Luxury Lodges Ltd

  Sept 2011 - now

  Director

  Managing holiday lodge rental and maintenance contracts. Latterly, transformed into long term flat rental.

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  Creative Writing Group

  Sept 2011 - Jul 2012

  Creative Writing Tutor - Adults

  I ran a course that combined lecturing with advice and analysis in order to help students improve their creative writing skills across a variety of genres

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  Leeds Jewish Representative Council

  Sept 2014 - Jun 2019

  Programme Director

  The LJRC is the umbrella organisation for the Jewish Community in Leeds and surrounding districts with 50 affiliated organisations covering Leeds, Bradford, Harrogate and York. Our affiliates and our remit cover the full spectrum of religious and secular bodies and activities. My role is diverse and dynamic, at one moment organising hustings on behalf of the Community, at the next arranging an interfaith event at the Civic Hall. I recently worked with a developer to relaunch the LJRC website, which I run and expanded our presence on social media. I design marketing and promotional material for all of our events and have helped some of our affiliates with this when time has allowed. I have been able to bring my experience garnered in Central Purchasing, of pulling together disparate departments and individuals and enabling them to work together, to my current role, bringing together groups, whether in intrafaith or interfaith projects and helping to meld them into a team.Some recent projects include:Interfaith 6th Form InitiativeGeneral Election hustingsAll-Festival interfaith cookery bookEstablishing an LGBT+ organisation for the Jewish community - JPrideLeading on the Shabbat UK Leeds 2016 Challah Make Leading on Shabbat UK Leeds 2017The role is growing with me; watch this space! Show less

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  BigChange

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2024

  Working as part of the Innovation team within a fast-moving, digital environment, I have responsibility for the Help Centre. I ensure that a very complex technology is explained in a way accessible to all, using a mixture of articles, annotated images and videos, for which I provide scripts and voiceover. Since I took charge of the Help Centre, almost 4 years ago, I have grown usage traffic by over 3000%.Ours is a dynamic product and much of the content I create has to be ahead of release since it is used to explain new developments to both internal and external customers. Show less

  • Marketing Copywriter and Content Manager

    Aug 2022 - Aug 2024

  • Documentation Manager

    Jul 2018 - Aug 2022
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  Dewar Creative

  Sept 2024 - now

  Founder