Emily Burge

Communications and marketing professional with multi-sector experience, holding an MSc in Political Communication from the University of Glasgow and currently completing a communications internship with Campaign for Free Expression. Looking to move into a coordination- and strategy-focused role in London. Available from January 1st.

Communications Intern - Campaign for Free Expression - Johannesburg, SA

(2026-09 - 2026-11)

• Created and implemented a social media engagement strategy to increase reach across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and LinkedIn
• Helped create the organisation's brand guide, supporting a consistent tone, voice and visual identity across communications.
• Wrote and created social media posts, simplifying complex policies for audiences to understand.
• Identified and proposed methods to streamline day-to-day communications operations and workflows within the team such as the implementation of a social media calendar.

Marketing Assistant - Pokoloko - Ottawa, CA

(2024-04 - 2025-05)

• Spearheaded influencer and brand partnership campaigns: researching ideal partners, leading recruitment, composing and negotiating contracts, and developing and maintaining relationships.
• Strategically pre-planned the social media calendar, factoring in trends and key dates.
• Tracked weekly KPIs and reported on social media growth to the team.
• Assisted the marketing manager with daily social media and advertisement needs, and managed business and customer correspondence.
• Regularly created and edited graphics, videos, and written content for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Meta ads.
• Researched and composed blogs promoting sustainable fashion practices.

Marketing & Administrative Assistant - CBRE Limited - Ottawa, CA

(2023-02 - 2024-04)

• Assisted two Senior Vice Presidents with all their marketing and administrative needs.
• Collaborated jointly with the operations team during peak times to ensure projects met deadlines.
• Maintained a CRM (RealNex): inputting and organising contacts via a grouping system.
• Constructed sign templates according to CBRE branding and coordinated the placement of signs.
• Designed and created marketing materials for commercial real estate properties within retail and office sectors.
• Sent automated email campaigns for new property listings via CBRE's platform, Campaign Logic.

Personal Assistant - Mayhap Films (Sarah Smith) - London, UK

(2021-05 - 2022-11)

• Managed correspondence, using Outlook and Google Calendar to organise a professional and personal diary.
• Assisted as an event organiser for a film premiere, “Ron's Gone Wrong”, responsible for all VIP guests.
• Helped prepare pitch presentations: composing PowerPoint presentations and initiating the recruitment process for graphic designers, video editors and film researchers.
• Organised business and leisure travel, including visas and itineraries.

Customer Success Manager - Cognism - London, UK

(2019-07 - 2020-03)

• Onboarded new business clients onto the Cognism prospecting platform, creating and negotiating contracts and managing over twenty client accounts.
• Operated Salesforce CRM to organise and execute client lead generation and automated email campaigns.

MSc - Political Communication - University of Glasgow (Nov 30th)

BA - Politics and Sociology - Newcastle University

Secondary Education - St Catherine's School