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JOY STEPHENS - WORDPOWER COMMUNICATIONS

Joy Stephens, WordPower
WordPower
Location:  Nelson/Marlborough but available for fixed/short term contracts anywhere
Email: joy@wordpower.co.nz
Website:

www.wordpower.co.nz

 

Services Offered

  • Communications and marketing: cost effective public relations which can include media liaison, relationship building, exhibition publicity and communicating your unique brand.
  • Fund raising: identifying your needs, identifying appropriate funders and sponsors and completing applications.
  • Research and text: referenced historical research and text writing for museum information panels, published materials and wider publication.
  • Website content management: development of material and messages, copy writing and content management.


Personal Statement:


In recent years, much of my work has involved telling historical stories and promoting cultural institutions.  My journalism and public relations qualifications and experience mean that I know how to tell a story in the most appealing, effective way so that audiences want to read on and know more.

Don’t hesitate to contact me to discuss how I might be able to help you and your organization tell its stories – whether through research and text writing, website content management or communications and marketing.


Relevant Professional Experience

                         -involved in development of website
                         -research and writing of stories
                         -publicity and promotion of website

  • 2008 - The Nelson Provincial Museum, exhibition publicity for:
    • Da Vinci Machines
    • Unpicking the Past
    • Body in Action

  • 2007 –Voices from the Past
    • researched and wrote series of historical articles based on journals and letters of early European settlers to Nelson for the Nelson Mail.

  • 2005 – The Nelson Provincial Museum/TA 445
    • contracted to research and write information panels and labels for Nelson’s new museum.


Qualifications:


BA, Victoria University, Wellington. 1980
Dip Journalism, Canterbury University. 1984
Dip Business and Administration (Communications Management), Massey University.  2006.


Professional memberships:


PRINZ (Public Relations Institute of NZ)

 

Communications and marketing (P.R.)


Fundraising

Research

Text writing

Website content management

 

 

 

 

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