Our Work

New client! Netcopy

Delighted to announce that Illuminate Communications will be working with Netcopy from February 2012 for the next few months.

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Confused.com

Helen is currently working on projects together with Confused.com’s press office in Cardiff. See www.confused.com for news and updates from Confused.

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Lasa

Lasa is a charity that helps charities with technology and also with welfare rights advice and expertise. From the BBC Politics Show, to Metro, to the charity press, Illuminate helps Lasa to raise its profile in the media, so that more charities are aware of the work it does to help support the sector.

See www.lasa.org.uk

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shopzilla

Shopzilla is an online shopping search engine which connects shoppers with more than 100 million products from tens of thousands of retailers. Shopzilla reaches a global audience of more than 40 million shoppers each month

Illuminate is setting up and kick-starting a brand new PR function at Shopzilla's European head office in London, to raise their profile with retailers. From media training to instigating research-led campaigns and exploring customer data, the project will reach both trade and national media.

http://www.shopzilla.co.uk/

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The Clore Leadership Programme

Helen's interactive half-day sessions on PR and Communications are fun and practical, using PR theory and tools to create a useable plan for any organisation. Her techniques, once learned, can be used effectively in any office.

http://www.cloreleadership.org/

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New York University (in London)

Guest lecturer in 2008; 2009; 2010 to communications students visiting London
Specialist subjects include charity PR and public sector PR.
Presented: ‘How to eat an elephant’ (PR when your audience is everyone)

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Directgov

Directgov (official government website) receives up to 29 million visits per month

I set up the press office and managed both the PR agencies and in-house team, securing 4,000 pieces of media coverage in a year, with 99% positive or neutral
From crisis comms (eg: pandemic flu) to proactive consumer communications, such as a national agony aunts campaign, and launching a national TV advert. Primary point of contact for journalists and internal customers (such as Cabinet Office)

www.direct.gov.uk

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Current Clients

  • Netcopy
  • Confused.com
  • Shopzilla

Previous Clients & Experience

  • Lasa
  • Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS)
  • BDO Stoy Hayward
  • The One Account
  • Directgov
  • First Active
  • (RED)
  • Media Trust
  • The Post Office
  • Christian Aid
  • RNLI
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