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PortlandSenior Consultant
Nov. 2021 - Jul. 2023HybridManaging strategic communications and media engagement for clients including global foundations, academic institutions and international development organisations spanning Africa, Asia, US and Middle East. Managed client relationships and global teams of up to ten. Responsibilities included devising communications plans and strategies, messaging, editorial and content, media training and advisory, press and media engagement, and business development.
International Social Service - - Protecting Children and Reuniting Families across Int'l BoundariesFreelance Communications and PR Consultant
Sep. 2020 - Dec. 2020Partnering with Heron PR, developing communications and media strategy for 120-member umbrella organisation working in issues of migration, cross-border repatriation and international adoption and surrogacy
Queen Mary University of LondonFreelance Media Consultant
May. 2020 - Jun. 2020Pro-bono work for friend, Adrian Martineau, respiratory diseases specialist who is leading a 5-year Covid-19 national study. Developed press release, identified relevant journalists and proactively pitched to them to get him national and regionalised BBC and other press coverage. Boosted survey participant sign-ups from 3,000 to 11,000.
UNICEFCommunications Consultant
Nov. 2018 - Nov. 2019New YorkWorking for this UN-administered Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, an umbrella organisation works to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 16.2 (ending violence against children). The organisation also administers a £40 million UK Home Office grant to tackle online child sexual exploitation. My role included:
• Building media and communications strategies and relationships, developing and pitching content, co-ordinating reactive media • Writing CEO speeches, briefing documents, talking points, thought pieces, blogs, TED talk
• Stakeholder management and partnership working (including DFID, Home Office, UNICEF, UNESCO, WEProtect)
Save the Children InternationalConsultant - Alternative Care for Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Emergencies
Dec. 2015 - Mar. 2016South Sudan, EthiopiaField visits to South Sudan and Ethiopia to document best practice in alternative care for unaccompanied and separated children in emergency settings, focusing on internally displaced people and refugee camps in respective countries. Developed research tools and methodologies, conducted focus groups with children and caregivers, and interviews with staff and other relevant agency members. Final report intended as a learning resource for programming, also highlighting gaps in current approaches and recommendations.
Save the Children UKAlternative Care Advisor
Sep. 2014 - Jun. 2015London, United KingdomWorking as maternity cover providing technical advice on alternative care to a number of programmes across the world. • Project managed high profile Signature Programme in Indonesia: working with and managing country team and relevant partners to develop prevention service to their emerging child protection system, overseeing budgets and proposals, drafting work plans • Co-developed and produced film and web portal on Indonesian programme with internal media team to develop compelling and accurate communications materials to further fundraising efforts • Provided remote technical advice to Ebola response across Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea on issues pertaining to alternative care • Provided training and technical expertise on alternative care systems building: conducted workshops with INGOs and national government officials on developing emergency foster care services in Tanzania and Zanzibar, drafted Standards of Practice/ delivered workshops at Alternative Care Learning Event in Ethiopia on topics including foster care in emergency and non emergency settings and UN Alternative Care Guidelines
Skating Panda LtdCommunications Consultant
Aug. 2013 - Aug. 2014London, UKSkating Panda is a small strategic communications agency focusing on social change. • Managed a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation project where we developed a campaign strategy to mobilise a targeted group of the population to eradicate polio. Forged multiple partnerships with NGOs and corporations across the UK and Germany, and prepared presentations for the client • Developed media strategies for other NGO health related clients • Managed organisation’s social media
Internews NetworkReport writer/ editor
Mar. 2012 - Mar. 2012London, United KingdomResearched, translated and edited a media guide on Colombia aimed at instructing international humanitarian professionals how best to use the country's media landscape to communicate effectively using mobile, social media print and broadcast channels.
The Institute of Art and IdeasTalks Producer HowTheLightGetsIn
Mar. 2009 - Jun. 2009London, United KingdomHeadhunted to project manage a then inaugural philosophy festival in Hay-On-Wye debating political and social issues. The festival is now a celebrated success and media partnered by BBC Four. • Developed a five-day festival programme covering topics including the benefits and perils of freedom, reason and equality, among others • Sourced speakers including AC Grayling, Simon Blackburn, Will Hutton, Phillip Blonde and Geoff Mulgan • Managed team of eight.
BBCProducer and reporter
Mar. 2006 - Mar. 2020LondonFreelance producer across news, current affairs and features at BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service, my role has entailed producing and reporting national and international content to tight deadlines. I have predominantly worked on the live flagship daily magazine programme "Woman's Hour", as well as live producing "You and Yours" and "Saturday Live". I have produced pre-recorded feature-length content including “The Forum”, “Assignment” and "The Why Factor”. In doing so, the usual production cycle has been followed, from ideas inception, research and development, conducting interviews, writing and delivering presenter briefings, writing programme scripts, editing, and drafting web and social media copy. I have also worked as a reporter and have produced a tv documentary for BBC World's “Our World”. Specialisms: child protection, women, mental health. Skilled at working with sensitive interviewees. Some samples of my reporting and programmes I have produced can be found below.
BBC World ServiceResearcher and Acting Producer
Jul. 2003 - Oct. 2005London, United KingdomThis daily 45-minute radio programme covers human interest stories worldwide for broadcast to audiences from Nigeria to the U.S. Primarily produced stories on human rights issues, from forced sterilisation in Peru to child marriages in India, my role mirrored that of my Radio 4 role. On top of daily producing duties: • Part of small team that produced five hour-long feature programmes on location from an AIDs hospital in Chennai, India. Programmes examined hospital’s approach to treating the epidemic, without anti-retrovirals • Reporting • Developed, managed, produced and edited series for World Service season "Who Runs Your World", exploring power dynamics in families. Programmes explored finance, mental illness, polygamy, absent parents and child prodigies. Entered for a Sony prize.
BBC World ServiceBroadcast Assistant
Mar. 2002 - Jul. 2003London, United KingdomWorking in Spanish, I assisted producers on programmes focusing on and broadcast to Latin America. I also worked across English-speaking current affairs programmes including "Newshour" and "World Briefing".
ArmorGroup International plcResearcher and Investigator
Mar. 2001 - Mar. 2002London, United KingdomConducted investigations into corporate fraud on behalf of commercial clients. Managed my own cases, wrote reports, and liaised with and advised clients.
Jubilee 2000International Coordinator
Dec. 1999 - Dec. 2000La Paz, BoliviaWhen Bolivia was one of the first countries to receive IMF and World Bank debt relief, I formed part of a team conducting a Civil Society Consultation into health and education across the country. Views ascertained instructed the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, which made suggestions around how to spend the $450 million debt relief on poverty alleviation.
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