I’m a writer, editor and Digital Marketing Officer for Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity. The words on this blog are my own, of course, and should not be taken as the position of or any statement of the charity.
I’m also happy to write for others, so please do email me if you’d like a chunk of my keyboard time. I have a Linked In profile you can peruse, too.
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I am a writer and editor with varied experience, particularly in the technology and charity sectors.
I am Digital Marketing Officer for Dogs Trust, currently maintaining our website and specialising in using social media for marketing and meeting rehoming, education and volunteering objectives (among others), establishing brand identity and warmth and occasionally fundraising; see, for example, the charity’s Facebook Page and Twitter feed. I am responsible for blogging regularly about issues related to animal welfare, too.
Despite my job title I usually describe myself as a community manager because that’s my favourite thing to be doing. I’m slightly obsessed with offering exceptional customer service and thoughtful, positive engagement through social channels. I will answer that question I happen to see posted at 2am on our Facebook page. I’ll put a lot of thought into even the shortest answers to make sure the tone is just right. Yes, I’m that type.
I am a keen speaker and have taken part in a number of NFP events to talk about Dogs Trust and social media. Some of those presentations can be found on this very site, under Work.
I have completed – and blogged about - the IDM’s Complete Digital Marketing course. I constantly consider taking the professional Certificate, and can generally be found getting stuck into learning more about AdWords, email marketing and data segmentation.
I am a regular contributor to smart women’s lifestyle blog, BitchBuzz, primarily on parenthood but also on baking, design and culture. My interest in reviews and popular culture has also led to my contributing occasional reviews to feminist powerhouse The F Word. Links to my writing and reviews can also be found under Work, as well as scattered about my blog.
As well as being a thoroughly enthusiastic mother of an endlessly entertaining Whiffle, I love baking and cats (not to be combined) almost beyond reason, and have a complete obsession with Disney, in particular Walt Disney World in Florida. I would love to work for The Mouse one day.
Otherwise I read, write, swim badly, jog slowly and get addicted to social media, as well as obsessing over the fact that media is a plural term.
If you’d like to know about what I did before this, then head over to the Past page. You can also visit my Linked In profile or drop me a line.
Finally, a note on my comment policy:
- People who haven’t commented before are pre-moderated purely as an extra measure against spam. It’s needed.
- Generally speaking I’ll publish anything that isn’t spam or obvious trolling / hate speech. I get to decide what qualifies as the latter. I haven’t yet had to withhold publication of anything other than spam and it would be wonderful to keep it that way.
