Ben Blankley
For five years I ran the digital department at War Child (there was only me in it!).
From building the Drupal website to writing all of its content, to creating the donations system, to managing the Facebook, Twitter, Adwords, email newsletters, YouTube, SEO, mobile site — and pretty much everything inbetween.
Here's some of the highlights of what I achieved along the way:
- The site won numerous CSS design awards, was a .net magazine site of the month, and was described in The Web Designers Handbook as a 'landmark of brilliant art directon'..
- Built the online fundraising system from scratch. Helped the charity to double its overall income in the last four years.
I also spent years working in the Communications team at Comic Relief - one of the UK's most successful and innovative charities. And I've worked as a Digital Project Manager for The Health Foundation.
Since running my own business I've worked with a wealth of charities of all sizes - including Macmillan Cancer, St Mungos, The British Liver Trust, Tackle Africa, The Institute of Alcohol Studies and many more.
Jo Blankley
A highly experienced, professional copywriter, Jo was once the chief copywriter at Comic Relief before taking on a comms role at Cardiff University.
Jo now works with national and local charities, not-for-profits, and higher education institutions to help drive their fundraising campaigns. Not only does she help her clients tell their stories by creating a strong case for support, she specialises in direct mail and mass fundraising campaigns, legacy fundraising, mid and high value donor engagement, and more.
Jo is also an Associate with the fundraising consultancy firm, More Partnership.
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