Natalie has extensive business management experience, working for 20 years as an arboricultural consultant. She is confident communicating on business disciplines, including leadership and team management, customer experience, and marketing.
Her specialism also permits her to correspond on arboricultural consultancy, landscape management, and ecology.
There is a theme to Natalie's chosen areas of interest. Her professional experience and personal pursuits have led to her creating content within healthcare, specifically mental health and holistic therapies. All align with her passions within the aforementioned industries concerning mentorship, supporting personnel, and promoting customer experience.
Her transferable business skills have allowed her to branch out into companion industries, and Natalie has written content within the finance sector for the past six years.
Her writing experience within the healthcare, food and drinks, and creative writing sectors spans five years and includes editing on behalf of other contributing authors.
Natalie's interests link to her areas of specialism as a writer. She spends much time exploring the great outdoors and observing nature. Time permitting, she enjoys walking the hills and mountains or canoeing. (More Huckleberry Finn style than white water rafting.)
Natalie has a great interest in music and plays the piano, guitar, and saxophone. Her other passions include medieval history, art, meditation, and yoga.
Natalie has worked as a professional consultant within the arboricultural sector for over 20 years, delivering contracts on a national scale.
During that time, her roles have involved team leader and department head. She has been responsible for managing her budget, achieving sales targets, developing new revenue streams, and maintaining teams of consultants.
As part of her staff management role, Natalie has performed mentorship and professional development for all employees.
Natalie worked for 18 months as a lecturer in arboriculture at a college of further education. During this time, she produced numerous written materials for the three courses she taught, spanning qualification levels four and five.
The written materials :
Handouts
Specifications
Lesson plans
Exam papers
Course work
Assignments
Powerpoint presentations
Over the past five years, Natalie has worked as an editor for a website offering articles on all aspects of holistic therapies and fitness. Her client then invited her to contribute to the website concerning mental health care.
In the last twelve months, Natalie has been commissioned to write a series of articles drawing on her experience and knowledge of the natural world. The purpose of the pieces was to demonstrate the sensory stimulation that being outdoors provides and how it can benefit our physical and mental health.
Since 2019 Natalie has worked as a finance company's content writer and social media manager. She produces monthly blog posts and newsletters offering advice to an audience of approximately 800 subscribed readers.
Topics include financial and business management relevant to small and medium-sized enterprises.
For social media management, Natalie sources and shares relevant industry articles and guidance to support the existing client base and attract new customers.
Natalie has created blog posts across multiple disciplines, including:
Arboriculture - plant profiles and technical explanations of tree biology.
Food and Drink - coffee and tea articles profiling varieties and discussing the origins of the beverages.
Healthcare - articles about holistic therapy and yoga for physical and mental health care.
Finance - a monthly newsletter and blog posts on all aspects of business management for small and medium-sized enterprises.