Julia Walton Communications

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With more than 20 years media experience, Julia is an expert in strategy and delivery. Her career started in government media relations and now spans higher education; schools and trusts; charities and local government.

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Julia has delivered communications both in-house and for clients across:- higher education
- schools and multi-academy trusts
- government departments and agencies
- local and regional government
- charities and third sectorTopics covered include urban planning and development; health; social care; education; drugs and crime policy and transport operations and policy.

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Work

Recent work includes leading the communications for a £10M research programme across six universities and 40 academics at the University of Bristol. With Julia's support, the Tackling the Root Causes of Unhealthy Urban Development (TRUUD) programme was successful in developing the right profile in a short time and influencing government policy.For the Department of Health and Social Care she managed communications planning for the adult social care sector during the the Covid-19 pandemic.With multiple schools and trusts Julia developed partnerships across education leaders to bring communications into termly planning and delivered local and national media coverage and advertising campaigns.These are just three examples from a varied career in communications working with senior politicians, civil servants and academics as well as professionals delivering services such as teachers, bus drivers and social workers.Julia has held senior communication roles with the University of Bristol, Bristol City Council, Transport for London and the Home Office.

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Testimonials

"Julia has been outstanding communications support on the TRUUD research project at Bristol University. She is proactive, strategic and personable. Julia has helped us with social media, events planning and our website. It has made me realise what a difference it can make to have a dedicated communications manager on a project." Professor Sarah Ayres, University of Bristol"Julia has provided consistent and timely communications support. Thanks to her commitment we've had great national and local coverage for our achievements across all forms of media. She has offered expert advice on our own publications and, on occasion, with handling challenging media situations." Gary Schlick, CEO Futura Learning Partnership"Julia did a great job helping Transform Drugs improve its communications functions. She supported the development of new strategic approach to media engagement and worked really well with the team to build capacity. She also helped source some excellent media training, which had a real impact on the way we work." Dr James Nicholls, former CEO Transform Drugs Foundation

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