Clients

Working with Pineapple Financial Planning

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Alex Stephenson, Managing Director, Pineapple Financial Planning

”Jo has been amazing for me and my business. Nothing is ever too big or too small and her attention to detail is the best I’ve seen.
She has been instrumental at helping my business keep its event calendar on track during a very busy time and the clients who have attended have been exceptionally complementary on the delivery.
I would strongly recommend Jo to other businesses or individuals looking for some support on events or communication planning/delivery and I look forward to continuing to work together.
Thank you Jo and Team!”

Working with YorGuest

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Lorraine Bonner, Managing Director, YorGuest

“I’ve known Jo for 5 years, both through her work helping improve my personal branding and online presence , and through York Professionals, where she’s the administrator and I’m currently Vice Chair, and we’ve worked together on the board for 3 years.

The results from working with Jo speak for themselves. Since we started working together, my LinkedIn following has grown by 700%. What I value most is that she gets me and what I’m about. As a small, family-run business, it would be so easy to end up sounding like every other corporate business out there but Jo never lets that happen.

Having known her this long, I can say with confidence that she’s extremely dedicated and hard working, whether that’s on her freelance communications work or the amazing coordination of the York Professional events she plans, organises and manages.

She’s sharp, easy to work with, and extremely dedicated. I’d recommend her to anyone who wants to grow their presence without losing what makes them, them.”

Working with North of England Bonsai

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www.northofenglandbonsai.com

Richard Reah, Owner,
North of England Bonsai

“Jo has worked with me for the past couple of years, delivering content across my social media platforms.

It has been a pleasure benefitting from Jo’s experience. She simply gets the job done with as little fuss. She soon got to grips with the art of bonsai and has helped grow my social media following substantially.

Coupled with this, Jo managed the creation of my website and maintains content. She created a newsletter schedule for my business and writes regular bi-monthly newsletters to my customer base sharing news of new stock, award wins, exhibitions attended and workshops scheduled.

It’s great to know my social media is in safe hands. I would have no hesitation in recommending her!”

Working with St Leonard’s Hospice

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www.stleonardshospice.org.uk

Emma Johnson, Chief Executive,
St Leonard’s Hospice

“Jo has recently provided executive support to the Board of Trustees at St Leonard’s Hospice.

From initial contact through to her completing the work her professionalism, attention to detail, expertise and compassion were evident.

She has not only provided administrative support but also helped us understand how we can be even better and more organised !

I would highly recommend Jo and it has been an absolute pleasure working with her.”

Working with York Professionals

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Working with York Professionals

www.york-professionals.co.uk

        Elliot Rich, Chair, York Professionals

“Jo is an outstanding professional. Well organised, diligent, and extremely reliable.

Though my position as a Board Director with York Professionals over the last 5 years and currently as Chair, Jo is our rock. Whether it is a monthly business network event, membership applications, Board meetings/minutes, newsletters, social media posts through to single-handedly organising our annual dinner for our 150 York business professionals, Jo looks after everything down to the last detail.

A real asset to York Professionals and all those who are fortunate to work with her.”

Working with Queen Margaret’s School, York

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Working with Queen Margaret’s School, York

www.queenmargarets.com

Jo worked with Queen Margaret’s for three years (2018-2021), providing ongoing support to the Marketing Department. Key responsibilities included the design and co-ordination of various school publications – the weekly Enewsletter and all marketing literature including core school brochures and all advertising collateral. Delivering communications, PR and social media services to communicate the values and ethos of the school were ongoing priories.

During the the time with the school, Jo also project managed the development of a new Queen Margaret’s website, acting as the facilitator between the school, key stakeholders and the website agency. Work involved project management and also the full site population and subsequent launch.

Working with Yorkshire’s Great Houses, Castles & Gardens

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Working with Yorkshire’s Great Houses, Castles & Gardens

www.castlesandgardens.co.uk

Sir Thomas Ingilby, Chairman, Yorkshire’s Great Houses, Castles & Gardens

“Since becoming the consortium’s administrator, Jo has galvanised the membership, created lively and interesting agendas and topics for discussion at our regular meetings, kept the membership informed and involved and used her own initiative to obtain sponsorship and promotional opportunities. Jo combines thorough professionalism with boundless energy and a cheerful smile: before you know it, the job’s done.”

Acting as the official Co-ordinator for Yorkshire’s Great Houses, Castles & Gardens, a marketing consortium representing circa 40 Yorkshire attractions, Jo P Communications delivers functions including Treasury, Secretarial and Marketeer. Main responsibilities include marketing, social media, PR and communications.

Work includes the production of a 24 page A5 guide with a 250k print run, management of an ongoing distribution plan, advertising, promotions and campaign management. Membership retention and recruitment are priorities and the consortium’s annual budget, cash flow and bank reconciliations are managed.

Working with Visit York

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Working with Visit York

www.visityork.org

Head of PR and Corporate Communications at Visit York

“Jo is professional to the nth degree, an expert in her field and extremely personable. She is creative and able to see right to the core of an issue and just one of her many strengths is an ability to bring everyone on board with a project and ensure that as the ‘contractor’ you are left with as little ‘hassle’ as possible – she takes care of everything and is a joy to work with. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending her.”

A number of corporate communications projects have been delivered on behalf of Visit York over the years including the delivery of bespoke training workshops on brand management and corporate reputation.

Working closely with the Visit York Communications Team, work has involved assistance with corporate communications strategy management and core communication priorities.