Kathryn Clarke
Kathryn joined Inspira on March 16th as the Digital Marketing Assistant based at Head Office in Penrith. Kathryn is responsible for digital content, enhancing the user journey and monitoring traffic and engagement.
1.What is your job title?
Digital Marketing Assistant
2. How long have you been with Inspira?
I joined Inspira in March 2015.
3. Can you give me a brief description of what you do there?
I am responsible for the company’s digital communications across the intranet, websites and social media pages, as well as maximising opportunities to promote the company brand, enhance the digital user experience, editing web and social media content and monitoring traffic and engagement.
4. What made you want to join Inspira?
I wanted to be part of an organisation whose mission is to give people a hand up and empower them with the skills and knowledge to make improvements in their own lives.
5. What do you like best about the job you are doing?
The best part of my job is social listening. Really listening to what people are talking about and finding out what is important to them.
6. Can you tell me something about yourself that maybe your work colleagues wouldn’t know?
I am a news junkie. I started working for a U.S. broadcast station at the age of 19 when I was still in University. It just so happened that the television station was located in Waco, Texas where Mount Carmel and the Branch Davidians were located.
Jack Todd
Jack joined Inspira on 1st April, as the NCS Graduate Engagement Assistant based at Head Office in Penrith.
Jack will work with NCS graduates in North West 3 on social action projects, youth boards and personal development opportunities post NCS.
1.What is your job title?
NCS Graduate Engagement Assistant
2. How long have you been with Inspira?
I have been associated with Inspira since 2013 when I first worked on the NCS programme as an assistant. I then worked on the NCS programme in 2014 as a team leader. After which I then started working as a Digital Media Assistant in August 2014 before becoming the NCS Graduate Engagement Assistant in early February.
3. Can you give me a brief description of what you do there?
I work with NCS graduates in North West 3 on social action projects, youth boards and personal development after NCS.
4. What made you want to join Inspira?
The amount of positive work done with young people in Cumbria by Inspira is phenomenal and I really wanted to be a part of the positive change in my local area.
5. What do you like best about the job you are doing?
Seeing the young people I work with develop over the course of the NCS programme and further graduate opportunities.
6. Can you tell me something about yourself that maybe your work colleagues wouldn’t know?
Some people know this, but I have spent over a year of my life since leaving school living and volunteering in Delhi, India. I taught regular English & Drama classes to 150+ children from one of the largest and most deprived slum communities in the city.
