Hamlyns of Scotland

I provide a range of marketing and communications support for Scottish porridge brand, Hamlyns of Scotland.

This includes managing their website and social media channels, trade and consumer advertising, PR, working with chefs, bloggers and influencers, events, sponsorship management, recipe development and photography, consumer competitions, brand partnerships, working with schools and universities, producing leaflets and publications and much more.

Society of Personnel and Development Scotland

For the past five years I have managed the SPDS Annual Conference, a two-day residential conference for people professionals working in Scotland’s councils. I am responsible for end-to-end management of the event including all venue management, programme and speakers, website.

I also project managed the SPDS website which was launched in May 2024.

CIPD

I have worked with the CIPD for more than 20 years, both as a freelancer and in-house.

As a freelancer, I managed the CIPD Scotland Annual Conference and other events including the CIPD Scotland Student Conference, a networking event for HR directors on the HMS Duncan with the Royal Navy, a conference on employee engagement in partnership with Investors in People, and a round-table event on tackling youth unemployment for HR directors at the Scottish Parliament.

In-house my role involved marketing communications for the CIPD in Scotland and Northern Ireland including PR, managing six social media channels, live social media at conferences and events, and marketing for the annual conferences in both nations.

Tarmac

I started working with Tarmac in 2015, managing a two-day conference and dinner at Birmingham Town Hall, for Tarmac’s Executive Board and senior leadership team. The conference was enhanced with a two-way video stream from the USA, and delegate interaction throughout via a live Google community.

I subsequently managed conferences for Tarmac’s leadership and HR teams, as well as undertaking project management for the official opening of the Tunstead cement packing plant, and managing a two-day onboarding event for graduates at an outdoor activity centre.

NEO Energy

I provided project management for NEO Energy’s first ever health and safety conference.

This included venue sourcing and management, sourcing speakers, branding, and AV and technology which included delegate interaction via a live Google platform.

DIGIT FYI

I managed the inaugural Scottish FinTech Awards for DIGIT including venue management, host management and script writing, event branding, design and decor, trophy design, entertainment and managing the event on the night.