Event Delivery > International Awards Event

Client: CIC working with UK government, MOD and VIPs

Brief:  Project manage, through to delivery, an international awards event, with VVIP guests, including high office, high rank government officials and celebrities.

Work: Coordinated stakeholders, from event and design agencies, to client’s staff and external parties (as well as supporting with copywriting, CRM and web development), to deliver on time and budget an event for over 500 guests. 

Skills: Gantt Project Planning. Brief writing. Event coordination (timings, budget, print and online content, venue and MOD / Metropolitan Police security liaison). Speech writing.  Talent, VIP and SLT liaison. Relationship building. Internal Communications.

Brand creation > SPOVoice.com

Client: Myself; Alex Kinnear-Mellor

Brief: Create a new movement to support 100,000+ Military Spouses, Partners and Other-Halves (SPOs) to make change to support our careers.

Work: Design branding, copy and website and begin the process of gaining traction with the UK government and MOD. Ongoing in 2022. SPOVoice.com

Skills: Website WordPress (UI and UX). Adobe Creative Suite; Photoshop. Illustrator. SEO. Copywriting. Research. Social Media. GDPR.

Communications, Marketing & PR Manager > National Equine Charity

Employer:  Bransby Horses Rescue and Welfare; one of the UK’s largest equine welfare charities.

Tenure: 2019 – 2021

Job Description:  Manage a graphic design and marketing team, as well as agencies. Working with the SLT to develop PR and marketing strategies which will deliver on the charity’s strategic targets, including fundraising, income generation, HR, operations and welfare, and leading all of the marketing and PR activities.

Skills: Team Leadership. Rebranding (working with agency) online and on site. Brand strategy, including audience profiling, segmentation and targeting. Marketing strategy. Social Media strategy, management and delivery. Fundraising and income generation initiatives. Retail. Internal Communications. Adobe Creative Suite; Illustrator, Indesign and Photoshop. Web design; WordPress. New ways of working conceptualisation and realisation. Copywriting. Press Release writing and distribution. Local and National Press and Television liaison (BBC). Event stand design. Event coordination. GDPR. CRM. Editorial.

Awards: The Legacy Futures Innovation Award 2021

Highlights: 

• Significantly increased brand reach and profile on social media by devising improved targeted, consistent content. This generated an average Facebook engagement rate of 4% compared to the UK average of 0.9%, 8.2% YOY Facebook follower increase and 18.6 YOY Instagram increase.
• Rebranded and overhauled content for the charity website, increasing page per sessions to 5.5 average and 10% reduction in bounce rates.
• Designed and delivered a legacy campaign that won The Legacy Futures Innovation Award, beating shortlist of Alzheimers Society, St Johns Ambulance and Royal Museum’s Greenwich.
• Redesigned and delivered the nationwide charity magazine whilst reworking improved methods for content collaboration, generating increased donations of 53% and sales of 330%.

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Pro Bono: Branding, Marketing, Design, PR > Community Fundraising

Client: Elston Community Pub Ltd

Brief: Help the countryside campaign to save the local pub in any way possible!

Work:  Designed company logo, website, share brochure (including copywriting and proofing), application forms, banner and T-Shirts, and gave advice on PR & Marketing opportunities.

Skills: PR. Press release writing and distribution. Marketing strategy. Fundraising strategy. Presenting. Adobe Creative Suite; Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign. Income generation.

Pro Bono: Brand Strategy > ‘Outstanding’ Primary School

Client: Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ Primary School

Brief: Establish the governing and teaching strategy and support with general communications

Work: As a school governor, this pro-bono work involved workshopping with governors, parents, teachers and pupils, to gather the data to support the creation of an established, authentic brand, including values and vision statement, and ultimately a 5 year strategy to retain their Ofsted Outstanding status.

Skills: Brand strategy. Culture defining. Workshop. Internal communications. Income generation. Fundraising. Website content. Adobe Creative Suite; Illustrator.

Culture Definition, Branding & Website Development> Chartered Accounts

Client: Magma Chartered Accountants

Brief: Define the company culture, create Code of Conduct, gain company wide buy-in, design accompanying company stationary, IT and website pages.

Work: Workshopped with Senior Partners to define current and desired vision and values for the expanding business. Created, and designed accompanying iconography, a Code of Conduct (values and ethics) that encapsulates the business, its clients and employees. Designed company stationary, IT support tools and developed website pages. Presented new vision and values company-wide.

See more:magma.co.uk/our-code-of-conduct/

Skills: Brand strategy. Workshop. Culture defining. SLT liaison. Adobe Creative Suite; Illustrator, InDesign. Website; WordPress. Project Management. Presenting. Internal Communications.