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A communications professional with over 13 years' experience specialising in internal and external communications for both the public and private sectors.

Working freelance since 2000, offering a wide range of communications services.

Five years' experience as Communications & PR Manager for one of Scotland's largest public services organisations - its largest acute services NHS Trust - with responsibility for developing and implementing internal and external communications strategies, public, community and media relations, and managing a busy press office.

Five years' experience as Account Manager and Account Director with one of Scotland's leading public relations firms, with responsibility for developing and managing PR and communications programmes for clients in a diverse range of industries.

Three years' experience in corporate communications as editor of in-house newsletters for a major international corporation, with responsibility for writing and producing staff publications, which were commended by the British Society of Industrial Editors.