Clients include:

ASDA
Head of Food PR. A dynamic and fast paced role as (maternity cover) part of a busy press office. Work ranged from crisis management to development and delivery of seasonal campaigns, new product launches to trend and news comment and celebrity PR opportunities, plus managing the London press office (Freud Communications).

Morrisons plc
Working as part of the Consumer PR team, as Head of Food PR (four months interim cover). Morrisons required my support to identify and distribute news stories, from local sourcing successes across the UK, to fast news and seasonal tie-ins such as Olympic madness and credit crunch effects.

Mezzo Group
A multimedia production company providing a range of services from motion graphics to short film and broadcast production. A communications strategy is being implemented which includes traditional and new media relations, news generation, internal and client communications and new business marketing.

Premex Group
The UK’s largest medico-legal reporting company. In the last eighteen months Premex has recently acquired a number of companies, as well as launching new companies of its own. With this rapid expansion and growth in the marketplace, media and stakeholder liaison plus internal communication is required to maintain quality coverage, brand awareness and to communicate key messages. We also produce copy for each company’s marketing literature, websites and various seminars and open days. The most recent project has been the Group’s focus on CSR and environmental projects, both regional and national, that the Group is participating in.

Northern Restaurant & Bar
A prestigious annual trade exhibition which takes place in Manchester Central. We build partnerships with key organisations and stakeholders and target the potential delegates through placing interviews (with celebrity chefs”), sourcing features, market research, news generation, and working with stakeholders and delegates in the lead up to the event plus hosting key media at the event.

Northern Hospitality Awards
The awards belonging to the Northern Restaurant & Bar. Timely PR concentrates on generating applications through coverage gained by encouraging discussion around the awards, previous winners, sponsors, cutting edge developments and human interest stories and up to date industry news.

Leading a PR team on a range of high net worth, legal and financial accounts offering media relations, public relations, internal communications, crisis management and marketing.

Duties include:
• Creating and implementing marketing and communication strategies and objectives
• Developing new communication methods for national and international audiences
• Writing press releases and marketing collateral, both inhouse and client side
• Conducting new business pitches and presentations
• Media, print and production buying
• Crisis management

Developing and managing marketing, design and communication briefs for a wide range of clients including: The Big Issue; Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust; V&A, Tate and National Portrait Gallery; Harrogate Theatre; Eureka! The Museum for Children; Royal Armouries; Pavilion Arts; Education Leeds; Leeds City Council; Respect for Animals; Audiences Yorkshire, Thackray Museum.

Duties included:
• Managing budgets
• Ensuring effective delivery of client’s projects; from conception to realisation
• Print and production buying
• Copywriting and checking
• Media liaison
• Managing the studio team

Duties included:
• Managing and producing consumer campaigns for the Complaints &Legal Department
• Managing heavy caseloads, coordinating all aspects of defence up to and including legal level
• Project managing claims and complaints and acting on behalf of the department
• Dealing with media, clients, public and legal teams

The national museum of arms and armour with three museums nationwide - the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth and Royal Armouries at HM Tower of London. Working to increase consumer and trade awareness of the 3 sites in a reactive and proactive role.

Duties included:
• Liasing with government departments over Parliamentary Questions
• Internal communications
• Crisis management
• Producing media plans and strategies
• News generation and organising of photocalls, press previews and exhibition launches
• Project managing events
• Organising press competitions