About Miranda Waugh
Professional Summary
I am owner and director of Ask Auk - communications wizard.
My approach is simple. I work with my clients to discover their individual needs before I advocate an approach. Together, we clarify their goals, consider their audience, before we decide the best tools to get their message across.
Taking a creative approach to every job means immersing myself in each project – spending time listening, understanding and planning.
Specialties
- Communications coaching
- Communications strategies and planning
- Branding & identity
- Graphic design
- Illustration
- Writing & editing
- Interpretation of technical and academic material for lay audiences
- Web design
- Photography
- Social Media
- Podcasting
- Video Editing
Professional Experience
My work has encompassed the commercial, entertainment, public, charitable and campaigning sectors. In all my work, be it writing, community involvement design or education, I have tried to do one thing – to inspire enthusiasm – a desire to know more.
I have been running my own creative communications business, Ask Auk, for five years. Prior to that I worked in the charitable sector for a number of years in strategic development and community roles. Prior to that, I worked for three years as a freelance designer.
Education
1994 1997 Wimbledon School of Art, London
BA (hons) Theatre Design
Final Year Dissertation “Dimensions in Learning; The Word, Image and Experience”
1998-2001 Birkbeck College, University of London
Certificate in Ecology & Conservation
Year 1 "Ecological Communities: Structure and Function" Distinction
Year 2 "Species and Populations" Distinction
Year 3 "Conservation: People, policies and practice" Distinction
I have also completed professional courses in:
- Final Cut Pro
- The Interpretation and Presentation of Archaeological Sites and Monuments
- Advanced Writing
- Web Design (Dreamweaver)
- Creative Approaches to Writing
- Screen Writing
- Coaching & Developing Others
- Environmental Communications
- Managing Organisational Change
- Management Planning
Interests
Writing, Yoga, Pilates, Cycling, Walking, Reading, Film-making, Beekeeping, Gardening and Allotmenting.
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