Clients I have worked for include: Abu Dhabi Ports Company, BBC Television, Discovery, Etihad Airways, Dubai Ports, Gold Fields, HSBC, JCB, Jewish Book Week, The London Literary Salon, Motorola, National Guard Hospital (Riyadh), Nissan, OLB, PwC, Standard Bank, UNCTAD, WWF, Zurich Financial Services.
SKILLS
Communications consultancy: selecting relevant media (mainstream press, TV and radio; online and social) to reach target audiences and tell stories effectively, using appropriate language, tone of voice and images.
Copywriting and editorial consultancy: long and short copy for print, online and broadcast media.
Research: investigation, collation and analysis of information to produce background briefing material, media releases, articles, reports, storyboards and scripts.
Editing and proofreading: checking, correction and refinement of clients’ own copy, documents and digital content.
Video and audio production: video and audio news edits for broadcasters and news agencies, as well as content for corporate and social media. Set up and delivery of live satellite-linked TV and radio interviews and, where required, media training.
Website design: using proprietary website builders (this means that I design the look, architecture and content, but I don’t code everything from scratch).