Tom Craik

Past

• Unpaid work experience at Green Communications
• Administrative Officer at West Yorkshire Probation Board
• Volunteer at Cambodian Organisation for Learning and Training

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Education

• Leeds Metropolitan University
• University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Connections

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

• My Blog

Tom Craik’s Experience

• Unpaid work experience

  Green Communications

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  January 2009 — January 2009 (1 month)

  In a recent break from study, I undertook a placement working on public relations tasks for Wakefield based communications agency Green. I worked on behalf of a number of clients, including Warburtons, the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Yorkshire Housing and the Mental Health Foundation and gained valuable experience undertaking a number of tasks such as creating media lists, writing and pitching news releases; writing other copy and collating and analysing media coverage.
  
  My main responsibility was with the not for profit campaign ‘beat blue Monday’, which aimed to raise funds for the mental health foundation and raise spirits on the years most depressing day, Monday 19th January: the campaign received national and regional media coverage,

• Administrative Officer

  West Yorkshire Probation Board

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  April 2008 — September 2008 (6 months)

  Before starting my most recent degree, I worked in the Offender Management department of the West Yorkshire Probation Board’s head office, covering the responsibilities of two roles and the administration tasks for the whole department. Because of the volume of work, I was required to effectively manage multiple projects and work to tight deadlines which vastly improved my organisation and time management skills. My main responsibilities included writing letters and other copy, arranging meetings, managing schedules, research and information gathering, taking minutes at meetings and answering enquiries.

• Volunteer

  Cambodian Organisation for Learning and Training

  (Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  November 2007 — December 2007 (2 months)

  As part of a six month traveling venture, I worked on a voluntary basis for a local NGO that provides shelter, schooling and training for threatened children and young adults in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I was able to overcome significant cultural and linguistic barriers while teaching vocational skills to local children while working independently and as part of a team on activities outside the teaching and care environment such as producing promotional materials, maintaining an online presence and general management of the orphanage.

Tom Craik’s Education

• Leeds Metropolitan University

  2008 — 2009

• University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  BA (Hons) , English Language & Linguistics , 2004 — 2007

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• My Blog

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