Trainer – Catrin Rogers
Are you new to a press or PR job, running a one-person comms team but lacking confidence or support, or thinking of moving into a comms, PR or press officer role?
If you’re keen to learn what a comms role involves, from what’s expected of you, to how a run a press campaign, write a press release, host a press event or any of the myriad things that come as part of a being a press/ PR officer, then this is the course for you. As well as all the above, you’ll learn about essential GDPR rules, funding obligations and opportunities, storing and archiving digital material, compiling press cuttings, and how to cope in a comms crisis.
The course will have an arts focus, but the lessons apply more widely, and all experience levels are welcome.
About the trainer
Catrin Rogers is a bilingual Communications Consultant, working mostly in the arts.
She trained as a journalist and worked in the media for eight years before turning to arts PR, where she has worked for the past 15 years. She started as Press & PR Manager at National Theatre Wales for 10 years, then Communications Manager, later Senior Communications Manager at Wales Millennium Centre. As a freelancer, she has managed press and communications campaigns for Arts Council of Wales, Sherman Theatre, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Llenyddiaeth Cymru/Literature Wales, Cwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru/National Dance Company Wales, S4C and many more.
Catrin is also a volunteer student counsellor for Mind Cymru and is a registered student member of the British Association of Counselling Practitioners.