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Head of PR and Marketing
Anna is a marketing communications and PR professional with a strong track record of promoting small and medium-sized businesses across many sectors.
For nine years, she drove B2B communications for the business lobbying group, London First. As Marketing and Communications Director for its subsidiary, foreign direct investment agency, Think London, she developed promotional campaigns targeting international companies of all sizes through media relations, publications and events. She achieved widespread press coverage, including the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal Europe and Newsweek.
Previously, at London Weekend and Granada Television’s world-wide programme sales company, she managed all marketing, media relations and advertising and wrote and produced 100 publicity brochures.
Eight years ago, Anna set up a freelance consultancy business. Her clients have included UK Trade & Investment, The People’s Bank of China and Think London. She was assigned by Central London Partnership to manage communications and events for the ‘Legible London’ pedestrian wayfinding initiative, funded by Transport for London.
Anna was responsible for two successful business projects on behalf of Camden Council: raising the profile of jewellery start-ups in Hatton Garden and creating a communications plan to increase engagement with the local business community.
More recently, she was a PR account manager for international workplace provider, Regus. She also worked on a freelance marketing project for a newly-built international academy in Catalonia.
Anna has an honours degree in French and Spanish from London University and also speaks Catalan.
Environmental Policy
Skelly & Couch is committed to conducting our business in an environmentally responsible manner. We are committed to complying with and seek to exceed the requirements of relevant legislation associated with activities within our practice. We continually look for ways to improve our environmental performance and attained ISO 14001 certification for environmental management systems in June 2014. All employees are kept informed of our methods and encouraged to look for ecologically sustainable solutions where applicable.
Current examples include:
- Use of bicycles to and from work-place, and meetings where practical (Skelly & Couch won the Transport for London – Workplace Cycle Challenge 2008 in the category of small organisation)
- Recycling of packaging materials, and other office waste
- Efficient use of water and energy including using a “green” electricity supplier
- Purchase of recycled or fair-trade products where possible
- Use of electronic means of distributing project documentation
Skelly & Couch encourage similar standards from the suppliers, contractors, consultants and clients with whom we work.
Equal Opportunitues Policy
Skelly & Couch Ltd is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment. We seek to ensure that no applicant, employee or member of the partnership receives unfavourable treatment on the grounds of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, disability, sexuality or age. We apply employment policies which are fair and equitable and which ensure that entry into, and progression within Skelly & Couch Ltd is determined solely by application of job criteria, and personal ability and competence.
As an employer we fully accept the statutory requirements of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, The Disability Discrimination Act 1995, the Race Relations Act 1976 and The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006. As far as possible, we will observe the Commission for Racial Equality's Code of Practice for Employment, as approved by Parliament in 1983. We will continually engage in reviewing and improving our monitoring processes.
Recruitment
Mechanical and Electrical Engineer Jobs in London and Bristol
Whether you are a professional M&E Building Services engineer seeking a new and inspiring challenge, an engineering student looking for a placement year or a recent graduate exploring job opportunities in environmental engineering. We would love to hear from you!
We currently have openings for Mechanical and Electrical engineer jobs in London and Bristol, and are always on the lookout for talented engineers at all levels.
Our expertise includes architectural engineering and sustainability, covering building services, low-carbon and energy-efficient design, and Buildings Information Modelling (BIM).
Join us in creating sustainable environments. Read on!
Our Engineers
Our engineers are multidisciplinary and do not confine themselves to specific disciplines like mechanical, electrical, or sustainability. Instead, they receive 1:1 training in all aspects of environmental design.
Our Offices
We are dedicated to nurturing a dynamic, welcoming, and stimulating work atmosphere that encourages creativity and excellence in engineering design. Current job opportunities are available at both our London and Bristol studios.
Our London offices are strategically located, offering swift and convenient transport connections nationwide and beyond. Specifically chosen for their central location, they feature abundant natural light and a harmonious mix of flexible open-plan and tranquil social spaces, ensuring a pleasant, invigorating, and productive atmosphere for everyone.
Our Bristol offices are in the newly refurbished Vintry Building, a stylish and vibrant workplace ideally located in the city centre, right opposite Castle park and next to the bustling St Nick’s Market. The office enjoys convenient access to a variety of food and drink places at its doorstep and it’s only a short walk away from bus station and Temple Mead transport train station.
Both offices have on-site cycle storage and shower facilities.
Our Package
Our organisational structure is designed to ensure that every contributor to the firm shares in its success. We provide a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.
Our business has been recognised as a top 50 employer in Building magazine's Good Employer Guide for three consecutive years (2015, 2016, and 2017) and was a finalist for Engineering Consultancy of the Year in the 2018 Building Awards. We are deeply committed to our Equal Opportunities Policy.
─ Competitive salary and 4-5% pension match
─ Annual bonus based on company performance
─ Competitive annual leave
─ BUPA health cover
─ Life Insurance (equivalent to 4 times your salary)
─ A form of critical illness cover
─ Cycle to work schemes
To Apply
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─ A CV outlining your qualifications and experience
─ A cover letter describing why you are interested in the role, your medium to long-term aspirations and how you believe you will be able to contribute to the practice’s long-term vision and goals.
─ Please specify if you are applying to the London office, Bristol, or both.
We regret we cannot accept applications from recruitment agencies.
Our Approach
We are engineers trained in all aspects of environmental design, not confining ourselves to specific disciplines like mechanical, electrical, or sustainability.
We are all skilled at working in a 3D BIM environment, creating our own drawings and carrying out our own energy modelling.
Our integrated expertise is unique within the industry and equips each of us to deliver a service that is efficient, well-rounded, and transparent. It enables us to innovate and empowers architects and clients to make sound design decisions.
ORTUS learning and events centre
ORTUS is a stunning, multi-award-winning learning and events centre in Camberwell, south London, adjacent to the world-renowned Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital and King’s College London. It was named building project of the year (up to £10 million) in the 2014 British Construction Industry Awards and won a 2014 RIBA National Award.
People
Skelly and Couch was established in 2007 by founders Mark Skelly and Tristan Couch, and it is currently overseen by its initial co-founders, along with Directors Mark Maidment, Stephen White, and Stephanie Skelly. Over the past 15 years, we have experienced consistent growth primarily driven by repeat business, and now have a dedicated team of 30 professionals.
All our engineers have a proven track record of delivering high-quality, innovative, award-winning designs in a range of sectors, and all are CSCS site safety certified.
Farmiloe Building
Redevelopment of a Grade II-listed Victorian landmark in the heart of London's Clerkenwell
Contact
Telephone: 020 7424 7770
Fax: 020 7424 7771
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skellyandcouch.com
London
Skelly & Couch Ltd.
6 – 9 Union Wharf
23 Wenlock Road
N1 7SB
For directions to our studio offices, please use this map.
We are based in new waterfront studios close to Old Street, London’s dynamic hub for design-led businesses and home to many of our creative partners.
Bristol
020 7424 7770
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Cambridge Central Mosque
The first ‘eco-mosque’ in Europe, representing a new landmark standard for spiritual centres across the world.
The Mill Road site includes a 1,000 capacity prayer hall, community kitchen and café, teaching rooms and two residential units, all surrounded by a cypress tree garden, that provides a rich, naturally-cooled microclimate within the harsh urban environment.
Brighton College Music School and Theatre
Brighton College was named UK School of the Year 2013 at the Independent Schools Awards. An impressive new Music School, complete with practice rooms and a recital hall, opened in 2015, and was the first phase of a larger performing arts centre that will complete in 2021 within a collection of Grade II-listed buildings designed by the renowned British architect, George Gilbert Scott.
