Mark Ellis

Leading on the development of external communications materials demonstrating the need and impact of Save the Children's UK work. Responding to new external opportunities – donors, media, campaigns, and others - providing communications content. Training staff and developing systems to support the UK programme’s capacity to deliver compelling materials.

Working directly with clients to plan and deliver projects: podcast and video production, consulting on communications strategy and activity. Planning project briefs: budgeting, allocating resources, co-ordinating staff. Adapting duties and work over duration of project.
Leading training sessions in podcasting and social media. Running workshops for community groups and charity service users, charity staff, and in-house groups within specific organisations. Planning training activity, preparing worksheets and learning material, providing one-on-one support.

Responsible for Award winning ‘Nightly News’ programme: selection and treatment of stories; co-ordination of reporters; writing and editing scripts; giving direction to presenter; overseeing live programming. Leading newsroom activity for LBC news 1152: overseeing running orders, chasing breaking stories, editorial control of output. Producer of Jenny Éclair programme: planning and producing live output; selecting guests; co-ordinating listener involvement.

Leading a team of more than a dozen journalists, managing newsroom activity, introducing improved news bulletin format. Holding a series of daily news meetings, newsgathering and maintaining a file of contacts, liaising with TV colleagues. Overseeing training and development of staff. Overall responsibility for two daily breakfast programmes, drivetime and hourly news bulletins. Member of radio station management team making key decisions affecting the entire station output.

Breakfast Producer, acting News Editor. Introduced new breakfast programme format - saw large increase in listening figures. Set up and lead Brighton newsroom, planned and executed outside broadcast programmes, general election producer: co-ordination of multiple reporters and overall responsibility for election-night programming, reporter, bulletin newsreader. Co-ordinated press coverage for programmes and presenters.