Gavin Jefferies
Director Of Communications, Strategy & Policy
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGavin Jefferies is a senior communications, strategy and public affairs leader based in London with over a decade of experience shaping reputation, stakeholder engagement and digital communications for large organisations and regulated sectors. He has led multidisciplinary teams across press, internal comms, social and brand at organisations including Abri Group, HMRC and the British Horseracing Authority, advising boards and executives through major change and high-profile events. Gavin blends strategic policy thinking with hands-on digital experience, having contributed front-end fixes and testing to open source projects like We Vote and TodoMVC and improved developer documentation for Apache Mynewt. His background spans corporate banking, government and housing, giving him a rare mix of commercial, regulatory and civic insight. Known for building joined-up communications programmes that connect strategy to practical product and UX outcomes, he holds an MBA and postgraduate credentials in strategic communications and digital marketing.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Strategic Communication Leadership Postgraduate Diploma, Communications leadership, Merit, Strategic Communication Leadership Postgraduate Diploma, Communications leadership, Merit at The University of HuddersfieldPostgraduate marketing diploma MCIM, Marketing, Postgraduate marketing diploma MCIM, Marketing at Chartered Institute of MarketingFinancial Studies Diploma, Banking and Financial Services, Financial Studies Diploma, Banking and Financial Services at Institute of BankersExecutive Communications Diploma, Strategic communications, modern media management, internal communications, Merit, Executive Communications Diploma, Strategic communications, modern media management, internal communications, Merit at Chartered Institute of Public RelationsCAM Digital Marketing Diploma, Digital marketing, social media, CAM Digital Marketing Diploma, Digital marketing, social media at Oxford School of MarketingMBA, Management, MBA, Management at University of Bath
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Github Skills (32)
javascript10
cypress10
restructuredtext10
sphinx10
ui-components10
testing10
css10
typescript10
testing-library10
react-testing-library10
react-testing10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
testing-library-react10
typescripts10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
apache/mynewt-core
Jan 2017 - Jan 2018
An OS to build, deploy and securely manage billions of devices
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:74 commits, 20 PRs, 5 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Gavin primarily contributed to the project by updating and creating documentation. The commits show updates to the `README.rst` file, improvements to the documentation build process, conversion of Markdown files to reStructuredText format, and the addition of navigation elements. The focus appears to be on enhancing the clarity, organization, and completeness of the project documentation, improving user experience for other developers.
mynewtsecurely
neherlab/covid19_scenarios
Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
Models of COVID-19 outbreak trajectories and hospital demand
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:87 commits, 70 PRs, 41 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Gavin primarily contributed to the front-end components of the COVID-19 scenarios model, focusing on implementing and testing UI elements. Their work involved adding tests for form components, including help labels and date pickers, and refactoring the results card to improve performance. Furthermore, they made modifications to the mitigation table's styling and integrated the use of a help popover for improved accessibility.
hospitaldatancovoutbreakscience
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