Rhammel

Chessington Community College

Leading award-winning campaigns

London, United Kingdom

- Supporting brands to develop engaging integrated marketing campaigns.• Strategic counsel on media relations, crisis management, brand reputation and corporate social responsibility.• Delivering training; helping individuals/ brands listen, understand and engage with diverse audiences.

Self-employed

Freelance Consultant

- Strategic counsel to the Board of Trustees, Senior Leadership Team and the Chief Executive.- Contribute towards the strategic direction of the charity.- Scrutinise the Governance and leadership of the charity.- An active member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the Customer Insights, Futures and Impact Committee

Police Now

Trustee/ Director

- Establishing and driving our multi-channel communications strategy and activation planning. • Leading on the strategic direction of digital and social media marketing. • Responsible for the brand development for our core brand and seven sub-brands. Including developing and maintain brand integrity across all platforms. • Developing and leading on the editorial of external content for campaigns and policy ensuring we carry the view of our 200 members in a consistent and impactful way. • Developing the organisation's media presence in a politically charged environment. This includes coordinating daily and out of hour’s media enquiries for print, broadcasting and online publications. It also includes building and maintaining a relationship with journalists and other distinguished guests for our campaigns and events. • Responsible for stakeholder management: members, local authorities and governmental/ parliamentary contacts. • Supporting and training our pool of UK and International spokespeople. • Coordination of staff, volunteers, freelance consultants and external agency support. • Responsible for budgetary forecasting and expenditure for all team projects.• Working collaboratively with senior leaders to develop and establish new projects and programmes.

The British Youth Council

Communications & Media Coordinator

- Working with leaders in the communications team to provide ongoing strategic direction, advice and guidance on: content, media relations, social media, internal communications, talent management, political engagement, policy and strategy.• Developing the communications strategy to support the organisation’s objectives, extend awareness of our work and increase engagement across the sector and key audience groups.• Oversee strategic objectives from development through to successful execution. • Supporting collective leadership, knowledge sharing and relationship building across the organisation and the sector.• Working creatively with a range of different stakeholders to promote and enhance the work of the Communications directorate and wider organisation. Including brands and public agencies to creative agencies and PR agencies.• Established the organisations policy team, and now lead on policy development process• Building the organisations reputation management capabilities for an event that attracts more than 1.5 million people.• Overseeing the development, implementation, and monitoring of our work plans.• Accountability for communications budget, line management of eight Heads of Department and wider team of forty-six full-time volunteers.

Pride in London

Director of Communications

- Working with leaders in the communications team to provide ongoing strategic direction, advice and guidance on content, PR, social media, talent management and political engagement.• Coordinating the production of content across our channels.• Overseeing the production of talking points and statements for dissemination to media and public.• Cultivating and building relationships with key stakeholders.• Leading on cross-team collaboration for major campaigns and milestones.• Coordinating the evaluation of our communications channels.• Overseeing the development, implementation, and monitoring of our work plans.

Deputy Director of Communications

- Working to ensure our messaging is diverse and reflects every aspect of the LGBT+ community in London and across the world. • Working to develop far-reaching campaigns across our channels. • Supporting the editorial for external content.• Strategic counsel to senior leaders within the Communications Team

Senior Strategic Communications Manager

- Responsible for the brand of our programmes, events and campaigns. This includes the planning, production and curation of digital and social content.• Developing and leading on editorial for external content and materials in print, digital and social settings.• Coordinating daily and out of hour’s media enquiries from local, regional, national and specialist media.• Producing and distributing statements and press releases.• Building and maintaining a relationship with journalists and other distinguished guests for our campaigns and events. • Managing and supporting staff, volunteers and contractors.  [Full-time]

Senior Communications & Media Officer

Senior Engagement Manager

HuffPost

Politics & Current Affairs Writer

- Leading on our media planning for events and campaigns.• Handling day-to-day and out of hours media enquiries.• Preparing, writing and distributing press releases.• Supporting media spokespeople.[Full-time Contractor/ Promoted]

Press Officer

Volunteer Communications Manager

- Manage our strategic goals and objectives. • To oversee the overall direction, coordination and execution of the project.• Lead on the overall planning of the project.• To manage the project budget and evaluation.• To manage our research and policy.• To manage and coordinate the execution of our large events including a residential for 150 participants and various one day events with over 200 attendees.• Developing and implementing the project strategy.• Responsible for all external content and materials.• Create, support and implement the projects campaigns and communications strategy.• Coordinate and support staff, volunteers and the project budgets.[Part-time]

Cambridge House (Charity)

Campaigns & Strategy Manager for One Big Community

To lead the development of The Institute of Mad Science's digital strategy, spanning across the organisations website, forums, social media, and digital channels with an aim of maximising audience engagement and reach.[Contractor]

The Institute of Mad Science

Digital Marketing Lead

I was responsible for: • Coordinating communication for special projects and events. • Supporting the management and coordination of events. • Interviewed and inducted new staff. • Prepared and edited correspondence, communications, presentations and other documents for potential and existing partners and sponsors.• Performed an internal audit for funders. • Looked after some aspects of charity finance.[Contractor]

Development Officer

Responsible for building and maintaining a relationship with journalists and others guests attending the UK Youth Parliament's House of Commons Sitting. • Creating and maintaining our event media plan.• Calls and emails to press and other guests.• Creating a social media plan for the event. • Producing and delivering content for our social media campaign.• Providing live social media coverage of the event.• Supporting journalists in the Parliamentary Press Gallery during interviews.[Contractor]

Communications Officer

- Manage our strategic goals and objectives. • To oversee the overall direction, coordination and execution of the project.• Lead on the overall planning of the project.• To manage and coordinate the execution of our large events.• Developing and implementing the project strategy.• Responsible for all external content and materials.• Develop and maintain the project brand.• Create, support and implement the projects communications strategy.• Direct involvement in the production and curation of all digital/ social media content.• Coordinate and support the entire management team and young campaigners group.

One Big Community

Projects & Partnerships Manager

- Developing and planning our sponsorship plan for 2013/14.• Identifying and targeting potential funding partners for events, campaigns and our programmes of work.• Prepare and edit correspondence, communications, presentations and other documents for potential and existing partners and sponsors.• Conduct research, assemble and analyse data. • Develop reports (or reviews).• Liaising with corporates.• Supported the development of our corporate strategy. • Developed packages to attract new sponsorship. • Looked after some aspects of charity finance.[Contractor]

Executive Officer for Fundraising & Development

Responsible for building and maintaining a relationship with journalists and others guests attending the UK Youth Parliament's House of Commons Sitting. • Calls and emails to press and other guests.• Creating a social media strategy and plan for the event. • Maintaining relationships through social media.• Creating and delivering content for our social media campaign.• Providing live social media coverage of the event.• Supporting journalists in the Parliamentary Press Gallery during interviews.• Supporting New Media & IT Officer with interviewing special guests and Members of Youth Parliament.[Contractor]

Communications Assistant

- Leading and managing the social media communications plan for the Young Mayor's office.• Planning and creating content throughout the campaign for Young Mayor's election.• Evaluating social media engagement.• Advising other members of the team on the social media.[Contractor]

London Borough of Newham

Social Media Lead

- To deliver all social media elements of contracts.• To deliver social media training for adults working with young people. • To advise clients on social media best practice and strategies.• To research and analyse the best ways to engage with the client's target audience.• To produce reports analysing social media coverage after events and/ or campaigns.[Contractor/ Partner]

Participation People

Partner

- To help individuals/ organisations listen, understand and engage their audience. • To create and deliver social media content on behalf of brands/ organisations.• To inspire captivating and innovative use of social media.• To help individuals/ organisations to share their stories in a creative way, at the right time, with the right people and on the right social media platforms.• 13 consultants working together to support client needs.

Rhammified Media

Founder/ Director

Representing young people across the UK on national and international level. Statements for newspapers/online publications have included:• MSN News on votes at 16.• Evening Standard on votes at 16.• The Guardian on votes at 16.• The Daily Telegraph on votes at 16 in the Scottish Referendum. • First News• Scottish Hearald• Various other regional and local newspapers.TV/ Radio appearances have included:• BBC Radio 5 live interview on votes at 16.• BBC Radio 1's Big Conversation.• BBC Radio 1 interview on votes at 16 (2012)• BBC Radio 1 interview on votes at 16, after MPs voted 119 to 46 in the House of Commons (2013)• BBC Radio 4 interview on university fees.• LBC interview on votes at 16• Sky News interview with Sarah Hewson on A-Level results, Uni fees and the UK riots.• Channel 4 News interview with Krishan Guru-Murthy on university fees.• BBC Radio 4 interview on votes at 16.• BBC Two's Daily Politics Show with Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn on votes at 16 in the Scottish Referendum. • Sky News interview with Kay Burley on votes at 16 in the Scottish Referendum.• BBC Two's Daily Politics Show with Andrew Neil on votes at 16 after MPs voted in favour of voting from 16 in the House of Commons. • BBC Two's Daily Politics Show with Jo Coburn as their 'special guest' commenting on the recent allegations made against Lord Rennard, the recommendations made by Lord Justice Leveson, and young people in politics.• Sky News interview with Jayne Secker on the retirement age and pension funds.I have also attended many events on behalf of the organisation including a visit to 10 Downing Street.[Volunteer]

Media Spokesperson

Supported Kingston Council's investigation into children and young people within the borough, aiming to inform the borough's executives on their children and young people's plan. This included consultation training, developing a survey, leading on several events including the South of the Borough Cluster meeting, visiting schools to consult young people and compiling the results so they could use all the data within their report.[Self-employed]

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Policy Advisor on Children & Young People

I was tasked with sales, customer service, developing digital & social media content and the production of marketing material in a busy vibrant centre. These responsibilities included administrative tasks like data entry, phone calls, email enquiries, updating our website and social media channels, and taking payments for the various courses and membership schemes we offer. Other tasks include opening and closing the centre, stock take and IT support.[Self-employed]

All Star Tennis

Sales & Marketing Officer

I coach junior tennis to 5-12 year olds at Wandsworth Common Tennis Centre. My role, is to create an inviting, fun environment, ensuring all of our junior players have an enjoyable experience while learning the correct technique's for competing and playing tennis. I'm often responsible for administering first aid during our courses.[Self-employed]

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