Belinda Wavamunno
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Belinda Wavamunno

Senior Communications officerLondon, United Kingdom
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Belinda Wavamunno

Senior Communications officerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
A dedicated and performance-driven professional with a record of leading both internal and external communications strategies for a range of global companies. In-depth knowledge and experience in stakeholder engagement, brand reputation management and senior-level corporate communications. Adept at developing and delivering positive nationwide media campaigns. Confident communicator, excel at building strong professional networks at all levels, interfacing with directors, and forming partnerships through industry events. Resilient, tenacious, and determined with the ability to achieve measurable results within strict deadlines, meet targets, and exceed expectations. Proven history of leading teams, driving employee engagement and improving working practices to maximise efficiency.MA qualified with expertise in the field of communications, international relations and diplomacy, evidenced by several published articles in Diplomat Magazine. Demonstrable success enhancing companies’ social media profiles, public relations, and positive public engagement activities.
Projects
  • YDL Social Media project
    YDL Social Media project As Secretary General of Young Diplomats in London Association (YDL), I manage all social media platforms with an outreach over 10,000 followers. Alongside my experience managing YDL and the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti's social media pages, I edit all digital content including videos and images, write content, create captions, oversee strategies for optimising traffic to the main website
Work history
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    Senior channel marketing & PR ExecMotability Operations
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    A varied role that sits within the Marketing team working on internal corporate & PR initiatives to increase awareness and understanding of the Motability Scheme within eligible audiences. Supporting key stakeholders with relevant and engaging communications to ensure continuity of good reputation of customer satisfaction and advocacy. • Internal Communication & PR strategy: Developing and implement internal/corporate communications & PR strategies, managing the execution of key messages in conjunction with PR agency, managing communications channels, strategic oversight of employee engagement, brand awareness and media campaigns, • Thought Leadership: Interfacing with C-suite executives and other leadership to craft internal and external messaging, deputising in place of communications manager • Reputation Management: Anticipating potential risk and providing support to the communications and leadership team in the areas such as crisis management • Media Monitoring: Managing media relations with key publications, major broadcast and digital outlets, monitoring & responding to press queries, creating statements & press briefing packs, gathering engagement analytics and qualitative feedback to measure the success of external communications initiatives. • Digital & marketing material: Conceptualising and directing design team on the creation of compelling visual assets (images, infographics, gifs, videos, etc.) to support communications goals, creating content and managing social media channels • Stakeholder engagement: Preparing and circulating monthly corporate performance report, managing all internal corporate communications between London, Bristol and Edinburgh offices, writing press releases and news items for website & company-wide intranet, planning and deploying quarterly e-newsletter, engaging with external stakeholders through meetings and conferences, • Event Management: Planning Annual Disability organisation Forum, colleague events, conferences events and Christmas party • Digital: content management system, managing social media platforms, digital content creation, overseeing brand guidance and asset library, commissioning, planning and publication of Rough Guide to Accessible Britain. Experience with Microsoft office 365 programs including SharePoint, Wordpress, MailChimp, Hootsuite, Socialbakers, Google analytics, SEO and all social media platforms
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    Press OfficerBritish Council Arts
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    Soley worked on the Mandarin Excellence Program media campaign and supported the Head of Media with Implementing communications plans and key strategies • Media campaigns: Created and published press releases for the Mandarin Excellence Programme, sourced journalists and media outlets for press engagement. Provided media support to senior executives and creating press briefings for interviews, Actively promoting British council’s brand positively in the media through digital channels. Creating social media content. • Stakeholder engagement: Coordinated with various government stakeholders and managed stakeholder expectation. Executing communications plan • Communications support: Sourced journalists and media outlets for press engagement, created Media Q&A , talking points and media reactive lines of PR stories. News monitoring with Kantar/ Gorkana and producing daily news briefs. Monitored digital and social media outreach
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Skills
  • Media Communication
  • Journalism
  • Socia Media
  • Public Relations
  • International Relations
  • Project Management
  • Diplomacy Skills
  • Content Creatiion
  • Web Content
  • Marketing
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Communication Strategies
  • Brand Communication
  • Brand Communications
Education
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    MA International Communication & DiplomacyUniveristy of East Anglia
     - London, United Kingdom
    Dissertation: The Role of Celebrity Activism in International Relations and Diplomacy – Exploring the Concept of Celebrity Diplomacy (First-Class result).
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    Diploma in MadarinCommunication University of China
     - Beijing, China
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