Freya Masters

Experience

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  HC-One

  Oct 2016 - Mar 2019

  Housekeeping Assistant

  I was responsible for general housekeeping duties in a dementia unit.

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  University of St Andrews

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2021

  • Student

    Sept 2017 - Jun 2021

  • Artistic Liasons Officer for Open mic society at St Andrews

    Sept 2018 - May 2019
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  CPI

  Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

  Strategic Marketing Placement

  In this role, I researched the marketplace for three key therapy areas, navigated databases such as Pharma Intelligence and GlobalData, presented my findings on antibody-drug conjugates and the diabetic marketplace and wrote feature copy for CPI's website.

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  MyTutor.co.uk

  Nov 2020 - Nov 2022

  Biology, Chemistry & Physics Tutor

  I tutored GCSE biology, chemistry and physics online.

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  Health Tech World

  Apr 2021 - Apr 2021

  Writer

  I wrote on the potential of Alphafold to revolutionise our understanding of protein structures.

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  I, Science

  Oct 2021 - Oct 2022

  Online Features Editor

  In this role, I was responsible for commissioning, editing and writing features for our website using the CMS WordPress. I also ran two science-fiction story writing competitions, and created a new online science creative writing section.

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  NR Times

  Feb 2022 - Feb 2022

  Writer

  I wrote on the complex landscape of medical, clinical and social factors which affect those with life-changing injuries - and how case managers navigate this perfect storm to support these individuals.

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  Enzyme Communications

  Jul 2022 - Aug 2022

  Science Communicator

  During this internship, I worked on several client projects simultatenously, which included tasks such as designing speaker sliders and conference posters using adobe illustrator, marking-up projects using the referencing software veeva and blog writing.

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  UK Biobank

  Nov 2022 - Apr 2024

  Senior Communications Officer

  I was responsible for a range of internal and external communication outputs across print, digital and social media, particularly in writing, editing, and proofreading web copy (news articles and longer science communication pieces), internal copy, case studies to journalists, reports, and social media posts (with video assets). This involved balancing multiple projects and the changing priorities which come with both proactive and reactive communications.-Led the production of UK Biobank's 2023/24 28-page booklet newsletter which is sent to its half a million cohort of participants annually. This process involved writing the newsletter and liaising with multiple teams to incorporate feedback. I applied a fresh emotive science storytelling approach to the newsletter, crafting a metaphor to explain the genome.-Interviewed internal and external stakeholders, such as the research communities using UK Biobank's data, and took the initiative to create a short feature series to showcase the impact of their research.- Conducted outreach to global institutions using UK Biobank data to ensure the communications team were notified of upcoming press, and reviewed press releases.-Led the organisation of a participant event, including venue arrangements and event promotion across different channels.-Wrote the script for UK Biobank's whole genome sequencing animation, which included a fresh metaphorical approach.-Sourced a bank of media spokespeople to help the Press team during a campaign on the release of whole genome data on 500k.-Became proficient on CMS Umbraco. Show less

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  Diabetes UK

  May 2024 - now

  Research Communications Officer