Experience

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  Bath spa university

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2015

  Creating opportunities between business and higher education. Office based and client facing role providing support to over 600 student and graduate work placements in a busy University careers department with a strong communications focus. Liaising with local SMEs across the South West to promote placement schemes, internships and graduate jobs.*Managed 'CareerHub' CRM software used by over 80 HE institutions, to share graduate job postings and internships with a reach of 7,000 students and alumni. Used DotMailer to send email campaigns, promoting careers events and graduate workshops.*Worked independently and in a small team to launch and promote two new Santander and Government-funded placement schemes, successfully placing 54 students with local SMEs in its first year.*Organised a varied programme of in-person and digital work placement events, including employer discussion panels, case study videos, competitions, and networking groups. Delivered each event on time and to budget. Co-organised the ‘Placements Pit Stop’ event on campus, attracting over 150 attendees and resulting in several social enterprise placements being filled by students. Show less

  • Placements Administrator (Enterprise & Employability)

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  • Technical Administrative Assistant (School of Humanities & Cultural Industries)

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2014
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  Manniondaniels

  Jan 2016 - Sept 2022

  MannionDaniels is a B-corp certified, global health and development consultancy practising business as a force for social and environmental good. Led on the delivery and planning of strategic and day-to-day external communications for our client, AmplifyChange, a multi-donor sexual and reproductive health and rights fund, with a global reach of over 900 grants in 62 countries. Key responsibilities / achievements include: *Leading the design and project-management of a new website for the fund*Line management, including external consultants and projects*Developing creative content, campaigns and graphics for social media with a combined audience of +16,500 followers, using the channels to promote the fund’s strategic aims, highlight grantee success stories and share learning and funding opportunities*Creating innovative communications products to demonstrate fund impact. Produced interactive Policy Briefs and reports using Adobe InDesign, targeting donors and civil society to showcase the resilience and experience of grantees. *Co-ordinating communications activities for in-person and virtual events, including virtual SRHR conferences attracting 650 attendees from 250 organisations with high-level speakers, including contributions from the World Health Organization. Provided in-person event comms and materials for ‘AmplifyChange@ICFP’, a youth-focused, live grant-making competition at the International Conference on Family Planning in Kigali, Rwanda*Creating visual annual reports, drafting and proofreading copy for news articles, overseeing production of the AmplifyChange quarterly newsletter with a readership of 4,000+ subscribers (consistently achieving 60% message opening and engagement rates)*Delivering strategic and project-specific comms via third-party email marketing software (GetResponse)*Producing films to share knowledge and improve funding success (e.g. 'Top Tips for writing an application') Show less Provided communications support for core business activities and across the managed funds including AmplifyChange and UK Aid Direct (the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's central funding mechanism to support small and medium sized civil society organisations delivering the Global Goals). External communications included developing website content , social media management, creating and maintaining brand identity assets. Internal communications duties involved developing a staff newsletter, hosting all-staff training webinars and presenting at company events. Show less

  • Communications Specialist

    Jan 2018 - Sept 2022

  • Communications Officer

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2018
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  Pinstone

  Sept 2022 - now

  Senior account manager

  Pinstone is an award-winning PR and marketing agency. Our vision is to shape the future of agri-comms through innovative thinking. We work with our clients to develop and deliver campaigns that encompass the whole spectrum of the media landscape.