About me
Communications specialist with over 6 years of experience in both agency and in-house UK & global fashion PR, sportswear and lifestyle PR, event planning, influencer partnerships, social media management and freelance writing. Currently an Account Manager on the adidas sport account at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, working on global running and tennis campaigns.
Email: hannahedwards55@hotmail.com
Writing Portfolio: https://hannahedwards.contently.com/
Work history
Account Manager, adidasHill+Knowlton Strategies
London, United KingdomFull Time
Client: adidas - Sport Performance (Global)
Skills: Campaign Management · PR Strategy · Global PR · Event Management · Written Communication
Senior Account Executive, adidasHill+Knowlton Strategies
- London, United KingdomFull Time
Client: adidas - Sport Performance (Global)
• Working on creative launch plans for global running and tennis campaigns
• Creating press toolkits (press releases, Q&A's, tech sheets, assets) to distribute to newsrooms across all markets
• Coordinating Virtual Media Days, including interview schedules, market liaison, writing interview questions and hosting calls
• Liaising with and briefing in content calendars to UK and global newsrooms
• Organising the bi-annual Press Preview, which is a snapshot of key seasonal brand stories for global media
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Skills
- Writing
- Fashion Writing
- Music Writing
- PR
- Communications
- Press Releases
- Social Media
- Organisation
- PR Campaigns
- Event
Education
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Master of Arts in Communication StudiesCalifornia State Univeristy, Sacaremento
- Sacramento, United States
• Classes undertaken: Rhetorical Criticism, Communication and Public Opinion, Communication and Religion, PR Planning and Management, Qualitative Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, Visual Rhetoric, Communication and Social Change.
• Completed a research project for Prof. Mark Williams on rhetorical education in Ancient Rome.
• Wrote a 110-page thesis in two months during my final semester. The title of the thesis was: "Ritual, Tradition and Performance: The Rhetoric of Sacred Spaces in Ancient Greece".
• Achieved a 3.90 GPA overall in my degree (maximum GPA is 4.00).
• Awards: Track Team - Full Sports Scholarship.
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2:1 Bachelor of Arts in Classical StudiesThe University of Liverpool
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
• Subject: ancient Roman and Greek literature, archaeology, history, philosophy and architecture.
• Classes studied: Greek Mythology, Visual Culture, Latin Language, Homer's Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, Homer's Iliad, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Roman Personal Poetry, Ancient Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, Statius' Thebaid, Greek Religion, Augustus and the Roman Empire.
• I completed a 10,000 word dissertation during my final year. The title of the dissertation was: "Epic Mothers: Homeric Thetis and Virgilian Venus", comparing the roles of Thetis (mother of Achilles in the Iliad) and Venus (mother of Aeneas in the Aeneid).
• Skills learnt: researching, planning and writing essays, creating portfolios of work and giving PowerPoint-assisted oral presentations.
• Awards: Track Team - Partial Sports Scholarship.
• Extra-curricular achievements: Athletics & Cross-Country Club Track Captain 2013-14 and Athletics & Cross-Country Club President 2014-15.
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