Joe O'Brien

Joseph O'Brien is a skilled media relations, communications and PR expert with extensive experience in directing PR campaigns, media & investor relations, corporate comms/reputation management, and internal communications. He is highly ambitious and driven, bringing proven success in developing, managing, and implementing media strategies and measuring results across traditional media and digital channels. With a strong network of global media contacts, Joseph has a remarkable background as a journalist with experience in writing for various mediums. He has worked for national titles such as the News of The World and The Scottish Sun and two prominent news agencies in the West of Scotland. Joseph is accredited by the CIPR and PRCA.

As an experienced Corporate Communications and PR Manager at Shawbrook Bank, Joseph has led PR campaigns and managed various media projects. Before joining Shawbrook Bank, he was a Marketing Copywriter/PR and Media Executive then promoted as a PR & Media Relations and as a Creative Copywriter/PR & Media Executive at Ideagen Group Ltd. He also worked as a Bureau Chief at Centre Press News Agency and a Senior Reporter at PRESSTEAM SCOTLAND. Joseph studied HND, Journalism: Broadcast and Print at Glasgow College of Building and Printing.