Experience and contacts
I have particular expertise in the arts, education, science and technology sectors, and have produced a full range of audience- and objective-focused materials including:
- features, previews and reviews for Big Issue in the North, Creative Tourist, The Manchester Review, Manchester Confidential, InCheshire Magazine, Chimp, ManchesterMusic.co.uk and The University of Manchester's UniLife and Your Manchester (click for examples)
- media relations, website and marketing for Made Up North Productions
- media relations for the launch of TAPE's film Hi High Rise
- communications and events for the Centre for New Writing: website, brochures and course, summer school and event publicity
- media relations for The University of Manchester (click for examples)
- magazine and news editing for The University of Manchester:
- UniLife magazine: October 2005 / August 2005 / June 2005
- Medical and Human Sciences News: February 2007 / October 2006
- New Writing News
- communications management for business software house Quantiv Ltd, helping brand and position the company and producing websites, brochures, direct mailers, case studies and opinion pieces
- web project management for household names including Legoland, Twinings, Barnardo's, JustGiving, Wedgwood and L'Oreal.
I am based in central Manchester, and have easy access to Cheshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, Merseyside and West Yorkshire. For a free consultation please contact me, on +44 (0)7776 208302 or jo@jonightingale.co.uk.
With grateful thanks to Adam Margison for web development and Ed Swinden for photography.