Media/communications officer
Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police Alliance
Total years of experience :10 years, 4 Months
Working across two newly merged police forces to communicate serious crime to public and media in a legal, proportionate and useful way.
•Managing and writing all components of national campaigns, including press relations, social media, celebrity ambassadors, internal comms and partner relations.
•Single point of call for out-of-hours emergencies (critical and major police incidents), offering PR support to senior police and media, and running crisis social media.
•Writing and managing content for websites, social media and staff intranet.
•Winner of the 2018 Director of Police Services Commendation for a PR campaign.
Writing magazine content (print and digital), campaigns, adverts, internal communications, reports, books, manuals, children's resources and technical copy.
•Proofreading and editing to protect strict brand and tone profiles, including sub-editing a series of history books and a quarterly magazine (circulation 275, 000).
•Ensuring all outward facing written materials measurably boost supporter engagement to increase revenue, change behaviour and raise awareness.
Managing the marketing and promotion of a large state secondary school to achieve regular, positive publicity nationally and locally.
•Writing internal and external communications - website, magazine, press releases VDU network, e-newsletters, social media and materials for special events.
•Boosting community engagement and successfully winning the Leading Parent Partnership Award certification, a key award in the education industry.
•Managing students, stakeholders and staff to promote and run PR activities.
Managing the busy news desk of the world's largest membership organisation of its kind to ensure a regular flow of relevant news about travel, technology and motoring.
•Researching, writing and proofreading features, reviews, interviews, web pages, digital and print campaigns, press releases and adverts.
•Managing freelancers, celebrity contributors and designers.
Writer and editor in charge of several staff and consumer publications for TUI travel, Siemens technology, Salvesen logistics and the Welsh Assembly Government.
•Coordinating a small team of journalists, account staff, freelancers and designers to make sure content was perfectly targeted to its audiences.
Passed Police training in advanced media law. •Passed PMA Media Training courses in feature writing, news writing, writing for web, proofreading and media law. •Passed Cambridge CELTA qualification to teach English as a foreign language
grades A, A, B, B), eight GCSEs (A* to C, including English, maths, and sciences).
