MEDIA TRAINING
Jess is a fantastic trainer with excellent knowledge of the media and how it works. Jess delivered training to a client of mine with a very specific brief. Her preparation before the session and delivery on the day were perfect in terms of depth and pacing, and everyone found it incredibly valuable. Would not hesitate to work with Jess again.
— Louise Watson Dowell, Definition Group
I had the pleasure of undertaking media training with Jess. She ran a truly excellent day. Provided great challenge and insight… but also fun in the learning process. Jess clearly has significant ‘real’ experience and I found her style and feedback to be very beneficial. Understanding and practising media engagement benefits not just the moments of exposure to the media but also the general confidence and capability to deal with relatively high stress situations. Jess did a great job.
— Bob Andrews, CEO, Benenden Health
Jess provided a super insightful and engaging presentation training course with some fantastic tips - especially for overcoming those unwelcome presentation nerves!. Understanding the biology of why we get nervous and with the help of some breathing techniques and working on posture and vocal techniques, we had the chance to present back to the group with all we had learned. I am pleased to report that myself and a colleague put all this into practice yesterday and speaking on stage for 5 minutes in-front of 250 people! Thank you Jess and your training was hugely beneficial in my development and I would highly recommend you to others.
— Jonathan Walls, Global campaign manager, Jaguar land Rover
An excellent presenter and great course on media management for professionals, with insight from someone with extensive media experience. First class!
— Jeanette Burgess, Partner, Walker Morris
Jess did media training for two of my team who haven't had any exposure to the industry at all. Jess tailored the media training to them to ensure maximum engagement and relevance. Both of them came away feeling inspired by Jess and equipped to deal with their work. Thanks Jess for a great session!
— Victoria Kirby-Keyes, Global Chief Editor, Jaguar Land Rover
Worked with Jess and team on a series of scenarios and we all gained a huge amount from her kindness, patient support and deep understanding of media, presentation and communication skills.’
— Andrew Cannon, Chief Executive Officer, Voyage Care Ltd
Really enjoyed Jess's training, which included lots of interactive discussion and opportunities to practice and receive feedback. The real life examples brought things to life, drawing on her rich experience. I felt I learnt a lot in a short space of time. Jess is highly engaging and fun as well as a great teacher.
— ZOE YEO, PARTNER, HEADWAY CAPITAL PARTNERS
Jess is very personable and extremely knowledgeable in all things media. My favourite thing about Jess' style is her feedback. She is to the point, with specific examples of where someone has done well and how they could make it even better. Over the course of 6 hours we saw a huge shift in how people presented themselves. I'd definitely recommend Jess and Dev to anyone.
— Jo Hayes, Learning & Development Business Partner, Walker Morris LLP
Would thoroughly recommend Jess to deliver media & communications training. The course was fantastic, really well thought through and an opportunity to try out media interviews and use messaging in a supportive but challenging environment. Jess’s media background meant she could give the team a brilliant insight into what the media are looking for and how they work. Look forward to working with her again
— Katrina Davis, Director of communications, Civic Engineers
corporate comms
Jess doubled our followers with content including a creative campaign for Volunteers Week. She also secured a regular thought leadership column for our CEO and placed features in industry journals. Jess is brilliantly efficient and a joy to work with!
— FABIA CROLE, FUTURE FRONTIERS
Fantastic piece! The coverage achieved for this campaign was incredible!
— April Denver, PR Manager, WW
Jess has been great at finding the story - spotting the most interesting angle in the work we do - and using emotion to bring it to life. Her determination to find an audience for our work has also been really appreciated.
— Ewan Bennie, Director of Communications, EY Foundation
Events & production
Jess provided a first class contribution to our annual Summit as we went digital in 2020. She created expert broadcasting insights to provide the technical bridge between our in-house events team and the external production crew, helping to deliver the hybrid event successfully.
— Michael Moore, Chief Executive, BVCA
I would highly recommend working with Jess. She worked with us at ALLOCATE on a digital, three day conference in the venture capital industry and did an amazing job. We really enjoyed working with her and were impressed with her eye for detail, dedication and hard work.
— Lomax Ward, general partner, outsized ventures
We used Jess for a day of media training and as a producer for two days of filming interviews. Her advice was invaluable – she is creative, bold, flexible and highly professional. She has an extraordinary eye for detail, understands the brief and is a huge amount of fun to work with.