Communications consultant and contractor. Director, Kalessin Consulting Ltd
Ipswich, United Kingdom
Communications consultant and contractor. Director, Kalessin Consulting Ltd
Ipswich, United Kingdom
A communications professional with extensive experience in corporate and internal communications for blue-chip companies in the financial and hospitality sectors, and a background in newspaper and magazine journalism and contract magazine publishing.
Respected for capability in analysing and understanding communications needs, and in originating, planning and delivering successful solutions from print and intranet to face-to-face.
Passionate about effective, clear communications and good writing at every level of an organisation.
Intranet design and navigation, effective internal communications, magazine & newsletter production
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Contract - global internal communications development
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)
May 2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
Developing new intranet sites for IT function
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Hospitality industry)
November 2006 — March 2007 (5 months)
Launching global intranet
(Public Company; Public Relations and Communications industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years )
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)
April 1997 — April 2003 (6 years 1 month)
Intranet & brand manager, Norwich Union Central Services
Intranet manager, The Pulse
News editor, Norwich Union News
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
1993 — 1997 (4 years )
Contract publisher producing magazines & newsletters for clients such as Saab, Granada and UK government ministries
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
1987 — 1989 (2 years )
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
1985 — 1987 (2 years )
Postgraduate Diploma , Journalism Studies , 1977 — 1978
1974 — 1977
sailing, singing