Head of Global Communications > Manufacturing and Engineering

Employer: Doncasters Ltd

Tenure: 2022 – present

Job Description: Define and execute Doncasters’ transformative global communication strategies, supporting the strategic priorities of this £500M turnover Group.

Skills: Strategic Counsel · Investor Relations · Media Relations · Presentation · Communication · Internal Communications · Event Management · Copywriting · Creative Development · Writing · Editing · Marketing Strategy · Brand Development · Social Media · Team Leadership · Corporate Communications · Strategic Planning · Public Relations · Strategy Development · Change Management · Public Speaking · Strategy · Creative Direction · Management · Brand Management · Press Releases · Leadership · Project Management · Business Strategy · Strategic Communications · Market Planning · Influence At All Levels

Highlights:

• Building and delivering world class internal and external communication strategies supporting the global business strategy.
• Raising the profile of the 245 year old manufacturing and engineering business via external and internal channels.
• Working alongside the C Suite, advising on strategic direction and global projects, supporting over 3000 employees across three continents.
• Conceptualising, designing and delivering the new global communications platform, giving the global workforce who are predominantly deskless access to communications first hand.
• Researching the company history and delivering the extensive new historical website experience.
• Writing and delivering internal and external corporate films.
• Delivering global corporate events and exhibitions.

Internal Communications > Entertainment / Nightclubs Industry

Client: Luminar Group Ltd

Brief: Design and develop new internal Communications mechanism for National business; with ongoing copywriting and editing.

Work: Working with CEO, Marketing Director and IT department designed and branded new internal communications mechanism; The Connection. Moving on from previous PDF mechanism, this weekly online site, with over 3000 subscribers was co-written and edited by me.

Skills: Internal communications. Branding. Stakeholder management. Intranet, Sharepoint. Copywriting. Culture defining.

Testimonial

Global intranet / portal design > Glenfiddich

Client: Glenfiddich – William Grant and Sons

Brief: Project Manage update of company internal Sharepoint intranet site.

Work: Developed the updated intranet site wireframe. Project managed the delivery of this global employee competition brand site with in-house IT, Glenfiddich team, Design and Sharepoint development agencies.

Skills: Project management. Internal communications. Branding. Stakeholder management. Intranet, Sharepoint. Copywriting. Culture defining.

Global Competition and Streaming > FMCG (internal comms)

Employer: William Grant & Sons

Project: Design and direct a simultaneous global celebration and competition – Design competition mechanism and advertising, direct delivery and distribution of all materials globally, write, direct and produce live streamed prize draw video, featuring the CEO.

Skills: Brand strategy. Employer branding. Copywriting. Script writing. Internal Communications. Live streaming. Video. Project management. Creative direction. Stakeholder management.

Global intranet / portal design > FMCG

Employer: William Grant & Sons

Project: Create and develop the intranet / portal brand.

Skills: Branding. Intranet Portal. Sharepoint. Copywriting. Culture defining. Project management. Internal Communications. Stakeholder management.

Continuing on from the project I helped deliver whilst employed at William Grant and Sons, as a consultant I supported the development of this innovative and exciting employee intranet.