About me
PR enthusiast with a real passion for Television, Radio and Online content. I discovered quite early on in my degree that PR was definitely the route I wanted to go down and was delighted to begin my first job, just two weeks after finishing University, as a Publicity Intern working on Channel 4 soap; Hollyoaks. Since starting my career I have had so many amazing experiences such as attending BAFTA and NTA's, chaperoning cast to Disneyland Paris with victims of the Manchester Attacks and working with a range of issue led storylines that have raised awareness for mental health. I am now really keen to take a big leap in my career and lifestyle and move to the United States to not only develop my publicity skills but to also take myself out of my comfort zone and build relationships with the US media. It's a passion of mine to see the world and to be able to work in a career you love whilst doing so, would be a dream come true.
Work history
PublicistBBC
Birmingham, United KingdomFull Time
Working on a variety of regional and network programmes including: BBC Two’s Back in Time for School, daytime dramas’ Shakespeare and Hathaway and Father Brown, and daytime soap opera; Doctors.
• Managing campaigns for network and regional programmes for television, radio and online
• Pitching to national and regional media outlets
• Managing Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for BBC Birmingham which includes creating and producing varied content on a daily basis
• Building and obtaining new relationships with a range of different journalists
• Producing press releases and PI
• Managing senior management expectations and relationships
• Crisis management – creating LAE’s, story spiking
• Organise Q&A panels and exclusive public screenings ahead of launches
• Promoting major interviews and breaking newslines from key news programmes whilst working under tight deadlines
• Working with a range of talent to promote output from BBC England
• Managing and attending media interviews and media events and preparing briefing materials for interviewees for key spokespeople including high-profile talent.
Programme Publicist/Assistant PublicistLime Pictures
- Liverpool, United KingdomFull Time
Working day-to-day on publicity for Channel 4 soap, Hollyoaks, and Netflix Original Series; Free Rein.
• Managing 60 cast members character publicity as well as chaperoning and managing press at high profile events including NTA’s, British Soap Awards and BAFTA
• Managing campaigns for issue led storylines such as: Male suicide, male rape and a variety of storylines on Mental Health
• Producing PI information and billings on a weekly basis for national Media Outlets
• Pitching storyline peaks to national magazines, newspapers, television, radio and online.
• Producing press releases regarding announcements, departures, new storylines, sensitive storylines, issue led stories.
• Supporting digital team to help push online content and work with external digital platforms to promote content to a range of audiences
• Arranging and overseeing interviews with cast members and senior staff
• Event management for press days which include coming up with creative ideas to encourage unique and diverse publicity
• Creating press packs to distribute to national and regional outlets
• Keeping a good relationship with journalists as well as always trying to connect with new journalists.
• Award submissions
• Choosing priority scenes for on set photographer and edit selections for press
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Skills
- Press Releases
- Social Media
- Communications
- Crisis Management
- Creative Pitching
- Talent Management
- Copywriting
- Event Communications
- Award Submissions
- Public Relations
Education
Awards
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Best Use of Facebook LiveDIGIDAY
I assisted the Digital Team in a 6 week summer half hour show on Facebook featuring Hollyoaks cast, exclusive stories, exclusive clip contents etc.