Anita Hamilton
Communications Specialist

Anita Hamilton

Worked with GSK, Bayer, Standard Chartered, & Barclays.
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About

Anita Hamilton is a communications, marketing, and organizational change strategist with over 25 years of experience across a range of organizations and industries, including pharma, healthcare, business, entertainment, public sector, financial services, and armed forces. Her work focuses on strategies and programs to manage reputation, increase awareness, improve performance, productivity and well-being. She also has an extensive background in media, having worked with Express Newspapers, Capital Radio, LBC Radio, and TV production with Planet 24. Her past clients include GSK, Bayer, Barlcays, and Standard Chartered.

Employment

5 roles
Oct 2016 - Present 9 years 7 months
Consultant Communications Director
Central School of Ballet (Conservatoire for Dance & Drama)

Central School of Ballet is a member of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama, a group of world-leading schools delivering education and vocational training in the performing arts.

  • Appointed to conduct a communications review and execute a strategy for the higher education organization and related touring company, Ballet Central.
  • Raised the organization’s profile with a wider stakeholder group, specifically to support the £9 million fundraising campaign for new premises in the South Bank.
  • Supported new student recruitment and worked with new director on internal change programs and leadership development. 
Jun 2019 - Present 6 years 11 months
Organizational Change & Communications Consultant
Stephen Perse Foundation

Stephen Perse Foundation is a group of leading independent schools in Cambridge going through significant expansion and change.

  • Provided strategic communications advice to raise their profile, to support the ambitious growth and change program, to boost admissions and underpin a significant new development program.
  • Assisted in communication of strategies or messages from senior leadership.
Sep 2018 - Dec 2019 1 year 3 months
Communications & Marketing Consultant
Moor House School & College

Moor House is a registered charity providing life changing education and therapy to students aged 7-19 with language disorders, including Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), helping them to achieve extraordinary outcomes.

  • Reviewed all communications activities for this specialist school for children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder, to provide a strategic plan to meet marketing and organizational goals, specifically a £3 million finance campaign for new onsite development.
  • Involved in all marketing activities, stakeholder communications; USP development, PR strategy, website review, content marketing, social and digital communications.
Mar 2013 - Jul 2016 3 years 4 months
International Communications Director
Templeton Prize (John Templeton Foundation)

The Templeton Prize is an annual award granted to a living person who, in the estimation of the judges, "has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works". 

  • Led the international communications campaign over four years for the annual £1.1 million prize awarded by the US-based charity John Templeton Foundation; winners included Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and the humanitarian and founder of L’Arche, Jean Vanier.
  • Developed a cohesive communications strategy and ensured quality control of all information released.
Feb 2013 - Jan 2016 2 years 11 months
Director, Marketing & Public Relations
CTN Communications

CTN is communications consultancy and media hub providing world-class strategic counseling, message development and the foremost range of new media platforms available in London today.

  • Advised clients on personal impact, performance and messaging, delivering coaching and content for speeches to communicate business challenges and strategies for internal and external audiences, including Olswang, Bayer, GSK, KPMG, PGI (Protection Group International), Royal Navy, Templeton Foundation, and Barclays.
  • Introduced a fully integrated PR capability focusing on reputation management resulting in new streams of revenue.
  • Pitched and won campaigns including luxury retail development Pasha Construction (Port Baku, Azerbaijan) and the annual international Templeton Prize for the US-based Templeton Foundation.
  • Managed creative storytelling and employee engagement film and video content for clients’ internal and external communications strategies such as filming globally for Tetrapak and in London for Latymer Upper School.

Education

Sep 2017 - Sep 2018 1 year
Master of Science, Organizational & Social Psychology
London School of Economics & Political Science
Sep 1977 - Jul 1980 2 years 10 months
Bachelor of Science (Hons), Human Psychology
Aston University Birmingham

Portfolio

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