لورا Rainbow, Media/communications officer

لورا Rainbow

Media/communications officer

Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police Alliance

البلد
المملكة المتحدة
التعليم
بكالوريوس, Archaeology and Ancient History
الخبرات
10 years, 4 أشهر

مشاركة سيرتي الذاتية

حظر المستخدم


الخبرة العملية

مجموع سنوات الخبرة :10 years, 4 أشهر

Media/communications officer في Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police Alliance
  • سبتمبر 2017 إلى أبريل 2018

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.

Editor في Royal National Lifeboat Institution
  • يناير 2015 إلى مايو 2017

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.

Communications and PR manager في Moseley School
  • يونيو 2013 إلى ديسمبر 2014

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.

News editor في The Camping & Caravanning Club magazine
  • فبراير 2008 إلى فبراير 2011

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.

Journalist, then editor في Summersault Communications
  • المملكة المتحدة
  • يوليو 2005 إلى فبراير 2008

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.

الخلفية التعليمية

بكالوريوس, Archaeology and Ancient History
  • في Birmingham University
  • يناير 2005

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

الثانوية العامة أو ما يعادلها,
  • في Stratford
  • يناير 2000

grades A, A, B, B), eight GCSEs (A* to C, including English, maths, and sciences).

Specialties & Skills

Copywriting
Press Releases
Proofreading
Digital Media
Journalism
ACADEMIC
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
EDITING
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING MATERIALS
PRESS RELEASES
PROOFREADING
WEB SITE PRODUCTION
WRITING

اللغات

الانجليزية
متمرّس