"I can't recommend Andrew highly enough. He is strategic but can get tactical and delivers on point every time. He is solutions orientated but will search for options and alternatives. He is flexible, adaptable and customer focused. He worked with me over a 6 month period filling gaps in my team...my only regret is I can't hire him."
Andy Corrigan, Director of Communications
CRH Europe
CRH Europe
"I really enjoyed working with Andrew. His deep understanding of internal communication best practice, along with his excellent creative skills, meant that he very quickly became a valuable member of the team. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him..."
Amanda Loy-Ellis, Global Communication Lead, The Enabling Program
Pearson
Pearson
“Andrew helped us deliver a short-term project to put a bit of life back into our existing intranet and improve the user experience ahead of a big migration coming up the next year. He helped us understand what content we had, who was creating it, and the needs of our 5000+ users, which was no mean feat. The solution Andrew came up with not only met our immediate objectives but has also helped us prepare for our longer term intranet plans. He improved the look and feel of our intranet (within the confines of our existing platform), shared best practice in intranet design and writing for the web, and designed training to enable our intranet authors to develop and maintain clear and easy to find content.
The result? Increased engagement and a much improved look and feel. We now have more people looking at our intranet than ever before - and looking at more pages on each visit. I’m happy and most importantly - so are my internal stakeholders! What was invaluable was that Andrew not only understands the technical elements of user experience design but is also experienced in internal communications. So he was able to understand how we communicate and why, and what would work for our various stakeholder groups in terms of UX design.
Andrew is friendly and easy to work with, and during his time with us became part of our team. He was always very helpful and would spend the time to explain things clearly to ensure the learning was embedded. He is particularly good at providing a good range of options to consider, from quick fixes to the aspirational; and could adapt the solution to meet the changing needs of our business. He’s great at presenting findings and recommendations to different audiences, and backing up opinions with the metrics to support them.
Andrew really puts in the work and is dedicated to achieving the best possible result and I’d recommend him for any intranet project – large or small.”
Jo Hennessey, Associate Director, Internal Communications & Marketing
WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff
WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff
“Having no prior knowledge of writing for an intranet myself, Andrew’s ‘Communicating with Impact on the Intranet’ course was clear, concise and covered everything I needed to know. Andrew is a fantastic teacher, he made the content easy to understand and linked it back to our business, which made it easier to relate to, while also making it interactive. The course covered: the purpose of intranets, content, responsibilities, structuring, tone, writing styles, look and feel, HTML code and more.
Not only did the course impact my writing for our intranet, it also made me think about my writing within the business environment as a whole. I now ensure that I am a lot clearer in what I am saying and try to avoid ‘business jargon’ wherever possible. I strongly recommend anyone writing for their intranet to attend Andrew’s user friendly course, it will have a much bigger impact on you, than you first realise!”
Emily Mahoney, Learning & Development Specialist, Human Resources
WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff
WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff
“Andrew – it was certainly a masterstroke to bring you in for the last month or so to help on the conference. You have been a superstar and I am not confident we could have produced the production we were able to without bringing you in to push us over the line.”
Luke Cooper, Marketing & Communications
GKN Automotive
GKN Automotive
“Andrew provided clear advice and knowledgeable recommendations to support the build of our SharePoint intranet site. He developed employee training and supported engagement to enhance digital capabilities across the business, quickly adapting to business requirements. A valued member of the team.”
Dawn Chester, Head of Internal Communications
Actis
Actis