Manager - PR & Communications
Core Savills
Total years of experience :24 years, 5 Months
Preparing press releases and handling media enquiries on behalf of our CEO. In the short time I have been with the company I have increased our online media presence by over 350%.
Producing the monthly staff newsletter. I organised a press conference for the launch of the Rugby World Cup 2015 coverage and regularly assisted in writing and editing press releases.
New title launched, I was responsible for writing and editing an 80-page magazine, sourcing interviews and content, liaising with photographers and designers.
Updating the website on a regular basis to ensure fresh content. I regularly hit 800, 000 visitors per month to the site. I also assisted with writing industry articles for the weekly magazine Construction Week.
Covering all aspects of local journalism and deputising for the editor when he was on leave, which involved writing and designing a 40-page (minimum) weekly newspaper.
Reported on Blackburn Rovers, Burnley and Accrington Stanley FC, covering matches and press conferences. Was involved in designing the sports pages and sub-editing articles.
Covering all aspects of local journalism - council meetings, court cases, sporting fixtures. All types of on and off diary news
Covering local news, on and off diary stories, courts, council meetings, sports matches. Interviewing politicians.
Day release university course covering law, shorthand and writing skills
The course included outcomes on law, economics, shorthand and politics.
English CSYS B Higher English B Higher Modern Studies B Higher History B Higher Accounting C