Why me?

I’m known as someone who gets things done and makes things happen. But don’t take my word for it. Here’s a taster of comments from my clients with whom I have had the pleasure of working:

“Nicki provided superb assistance to our communications and marketing strategy during a period of huge growth for our business. Her professionalism and experience played a crucial role in the success of the rebranding of the business, including the delivery of a new website. All her hard work and professionalism assisted the company to navigate through a successful sale process in 2019. She slotted seamlessly into the senior management team, again her experience at this level being very helpful.  I would have no hesitation in recommending her.”

Helga Chapman, Founder, Chapman IP, acquired by Murgitroyd in 2019

“Nicki co-ordinated and managed our company rebrand from selecting the name to the launch of the website and printed materials. Nicki demonstrated excellent attention to detail, commitment and reliability as well as being innovative. She worked efficiently within the highly regulated financial services industry. We are delighted with our new brand.”

Sonia Wheeler, Managing Director, Essential Wealth

"It was a pleasure working with Nicki and getting to know her. Her calmness, passion and diligence to her work and this project has ensured we delivered high quality comms and a website."

Jessica Thom, Former Children’s Emotional Health Alliance Programme Director, Surrey & Borders NHS FT

“Nicki was a colleague trustee of mine at Trinity Winchester, where she added much needed value by leading the rebranding, creation of new website and the establishment of strong relationships with local stakeholders. As Vice Chair, Nicki helped put Trinity’s fundraising on a sustainable path and was a joy to work with as part of a close-knit team.  I would strongly recommend Nicki for her expertise across a range of marketing and PR areas but also for someone who is particularly personable to work with.”

Peter North, Former Chair, Trinity Winchester

“I coined the phrase ‘Nickify’ which became common parlance throughout the organisation to mean ‘improve’, ‘polish’ or ‘make clear’. An instinctive and accomplished communicator, Nicki has impeccably high standards, warmth and compassion which brings her success in all that she does. She has a no nonsense, common sense approach to PR and Communications.”

John Derben OBE, Founder, Club Hampshire

“We have now worked with Nicki over a four-year period. As a medium-sized charity with a long history and a strong local reputation PR is important to us as a care provider as our continuing strong reputation is key to attracting great carers, funding, good trustees etc. Nicki proved herself very adept at getting under our skin and understanding how our culture works and then reflecting that in all that she does. This has been key to relationship building with us and delivery of advice and support. We have found that Nicki’s work is of a high standard with commitments always delivered timely.”

Clive Cook, Former Chief Executive, St John’s Winchester

“I had the pleasure of using Nicki’s content creation skills for the past eight years, on our company websites, case studies and promotional literature. The content has always been of the highest standard mainly due to Nicki’s attention to detail but also how she takes time to fully understand the requirements and tone required for our specific audience profiles. Nicki responds at speed when required and has a pragmatic view when it comes to managing our expectations within the timeframes set.”

Chris Rose, Marketing Director, HIT Training

“I have worked with Nicki for over 20 years and I have always found her a hard working, inspiring and dedicated professional. An excellent communicator and team player with a “gets things done” approach. She has the ability to deliver high quality results time after time as well as being an absolute pleasure to work with.”

Marc White, Founder, March Creative and White Comms Group

“Nicki’s calm and professional approach helped us to deliver more than we could have hoped during a time of significant organisational change. She worked well with all members of the team who liked and respected her for the way she gets the job done with style, patience and good humour. We would be very happy to work with Nicki again.”

Heather Hauschild, Former Chief Officer, NHS West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group

“Grateful thanks to Nicki for her valued input into our new website. While the look and functionality are very important, undoubtedly the words and what we are trying to convey are crucial. Nicki captured our key messages and communicated them skilfully. Nothing was too much trouble; she was always available to discuss key points and share ideas and her commitment to delivering our new site was fantastic.”

Adam Sparks, Director, Sparks Ellison

“Working with Nicki is like a breath of fresh air. She is talented, with a great mix of professionalism and charm. She is persuasive and manages people deftly. Above all she knows what she wants from a shoot, and she gets it.”

Peter Langdown Photographer

“As a small but fast-paced food business we can often struggle to think strategically. Thyme & Tides manages most of its short term marketing needs in-house, however Nicki gives us so much advice and support using her great depth of experience, vision and uplifting outlook in the PR industry to help grow our business.”

Iain Hemming, Founder and Former Owner, Thyme & Tides Deli

“Nicki has an amazing talent and a way with words that is exceptional. Her experience, knowledge and skills make her a thoroughly safe pair of hands.”

Julie Lamont, Former Volunteering Manager, Brendoncare

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