I work so my family can have a better quality of life...

I'm a people person who enjoys the great out doors and a pub lunch after an adventure: pictures speak a thousand words 

A wife, a mum, a dog owner, an army child, who loves the benefits and flexibility freelance life gives me so I can spend more time doing what we love with family and friends.

Enthusiastic and self-motivated, 30+ years’ experience of communication and project management.

Throughout my career, I’ve worked for a large portfolio of B2C and B2B clients, Public / Private Sector including communications agencies, design / web agencies, manufacturing, property, retail & leisure, shopping centres, FMCG household, health & beauty and fragrance brands to name a few.

High personal integrity, able to relate to and create trust in all. Confident and persuasive team builder, able to motivate and communicate to achieve exceptional business performance.

Dependable and reliable in supporting and enabling team effort to produce genuine long-term mutually beneficial relationships. 

A strategic and creative thinker with, collaborative approach, can-do attitude. 

8 years freelancing helping businesses and their teams:

With set-up, planning, implementation, strategy and management of marketing, creative, design, print, web, live events and motions graphics projects to help get the results and value we all want from our work.

You can read how I’ve helped people get the results they want from our working together on the projects page. 

Helping turn visions into actions.  

And, if you want to know what it’s like to work with me, check out the feedback from people I’ve worked with on my testimonials page.

 Scope of work:

  • Planning and implementing the marketing strategy

  • Brand development and management

  • Project management

  • Social media organic posts and paid Ads (strategy, content creation, writing, Canva created posts, tactical planning, scheduling, and posting)

  • Website content, blogs, capable and familiar with WordPress and Hubspot. Plus, Website, CMS, CRM planning, strategy, and project management

  • Motions graphics, video, photo shoots, and consumer vox pops, 3D animations project set-up and management

  • Print management

  • Campaign ideas

  • Management of operations, processes and procedures 

  • Procurement

  • Budget management: managing spending on behalf of the client, ROI, and provided project evaluation reports for the business owner

  • Media buying; including on-page, radio, and a little TV

  • Communications management including tenant liaison on behalf of clients

  • Experiential marketing

  • Venue sourcing and fee negotiations

  • Events management including strategy in line with client objectives, annual program working to budget, ideas, set-up/breakdown, onsite management, logistics, catering and run.

  • Competitions planning, set-up and run including partnering with third party businesses

  • Relationship building – community groups, businesses, and schools

  • Telecoms/customer research

  • Pitching including presentation planning, writing, and presenting

  • Writing proposals, tenders, and bids

  • Managing clients/supplier relationships and expectations

  • General office paperwork to ensure projects and budgets were met including checking and signing off invoicing

  • Managing/training account executives and PR team

Some of my work history:

July 2016 – Present day Onpoint Connections | Freelance Marketing Project Manager/Consultant 

August 2016 – October 2020 Five Talents Creative Design & Marketing | Freelancer to retained PAYE 3 days per week Client Ambassador / Project Manager

January 2013 – 2016 Touch Media Solutions, Events & Communications Agency | Senior Project Manager/ Event Manager

By now you should have a good understanding of my experience and capabilities.

If you want to go beyond the past 10 years I’d be happy to talk to you through my agency life: The Small Agency, Legard Jepson, HMA New Media, RP&F, WWAV North, plus my print, Prism Graphics Resources, and envelope manufacturing days at Great Northern Envelopes, drop me a message natalie@onpointconnections.co.uk 

I have clients and colleagues who I have worked with for many years in various positions, freelance and agency. I am grateful to have built a trusted network of great connections and have gained many lifelong friends along the way. 

This is me! If you'd like to talk email is the best way to initially contact me. I will get back to you, generally same day.