Emma Nobes

Writer and Editor

United Kingdom

I am currently being a full-time parent to our children as we navigate international moves, cultural integration, language acquisition and learning, and of course living in the pandemic. I've learnt a multitude of essential and transferable skills along the way.

I have sought out volunteer positions in causes close to my heart, including women's rights, the humanisation of refugees, and local community volunteering to be able to work towards a common goal with people from totally different cultures and backgrounds from me, learn more about myself and my place in the world, and build upon my hard and soft skills in brand and communications, and storytelling and writing.

I have taken the opportunity to go beyond my comfort zone to pursue long-held interests, including learning the ukulele, longboarding, improving my spoken German, and studying improvisation theatre.

Portfolio
UNICEF UK Fundraising Pack
Welcome to Team UNICEF

I project managed all nine components of the pack from initial brief to delivery. This was a mammoth piece of work with a challenging brief and a strict budget, I am particularly proud of: - coming up with the highlighted tab idea at the top of each page of the booklet to reflect the fundraising journey of the supporter. - my copywriting. The text supplied for this project was provided by a number of team members. In some cases, it required a complete rewrite to separate it into sections,...

UNICEF UK
Your UNICEF supporter magazine, Issue 1

Editor in Chief - Edited substantively to keep focus on Emergencies and maintain flow - Wrote original copy, including 'Emergencies: UNICEF in action' and 'Haiti: an update' - Collaborated with stakeholder to identify theme in keeping with UNICEF's current goals - Worked with designer to define look and feel inline with brand, including suggestion pop out boxes to highlight facts and calls to action - Researched and placed photographs to show the positive work carried out by UNICEF -...

UNICEF UK On Campus
Your Society Handbook

Developed cross-selling opportunities that helped raise more than £2,000 above target - Collaborated with designer and stakeholder to define look and feel in keeping with brand - Edited substantively to lead the reader on a journey - Wrote original and engaging copy - - Researched and placed images to demonstrate UNICEF's work and to show involved students - Found ways to increase interaction with university societies and push traffic back to UNICEF website - Adapted case studies to fit with...

UNICEF UK
Fundraising Initiatives Events Calendar

Project managed this series of attractive postcards packaged in a stylish box from initial idea to delivery, to remind previous events fundraisers to participate in upcoming events for UNICEF UK - Researched and identified images that would work well together in a suite - Researched and wrote original copy to describe each event in no more than 50 words to remain within Plain English and RNIB guidelines - Collaborated with designer to define look and feel within UNICEF UK and Fundraising...

UNICEF UK Church Congregation Fundraising Pack
Jar of Grace: Child Protection

Project managed from brief to delivery: Leaflet, Information Sheet, Posters, Fundraising Ideas and Distribution Envelope. I substantively edited the Leaflet to give the children's photographs room to breathe and to demonstrate UNICEF UK's work in preventing child trafficking, in line with the brand - Heavily edited the case studies in the Information Sheet to cut the word count for layout, and give a consistent tone without removing the voice of the child - Researched and placed photographs...

Linkedin
Women: the ongoing struggle for equal rights

As a borderline Generation Xer with a university education, who wasn't forced into marriage, chose when to become a mother, is in good health and was encouraged to do any job I wanted, I could be forgiven (and I am sure that I am not alone) in somewhat naively thinking that women's equality had more

Expatgiving
Could you be a blood hero?

Last week, millions of people across the world took an hour out of their day, overcame their fears, and let a stranger stick a needle into their vein. In doing so, these people were helping to save a...

Linkedin
Volunteering: it's a family affair

As parents, we want to raise responsible and empathic adults who will think of the environment around them and the people in it, who will overcome struggles and strive to be the best they can be, and who will, ultimately, be emotionally and physically happy and healthy.