Cheryl Cole

Cheryl Cole is currently an Advisor at CandidateX. Prior to this, they were with Bonhill Group plc and GlaxoSmithKline. Cheryl has over 14 years of experience in the communications field.

At GlaxoSmithKline, Cheryl was the Magazine Editor and took full ownership of editorial development, schedules and budgets for the in-house magazine accessible by 15,000 members of staff. Cheryl was instrumental in coming up with original ideas, commissioning writers, editing and proofreading articles. Cheryl ensured all features and stories were informative, newsworthy and of a high quality throughout. Cheryl also undertook responsibility for various printed employee engagement materials including infographics, brochures and leave pieces. Cheryl maximized employee engagement and alignment with key business strategies through editorial content. Cheryl built and maintained productive working relationships with senior business leaders, stakeholders, designers, contributors, photographers and printers. Cheryl communicated complex information to non-technical audiences in engaging and creative ways. Lastly, Cheryl managed a team of designers, photographers and freelancers, and mentored internal and external Communication Managers.

During their time at GlaxoSmithKline, Cheryl was awarded the GSK Silver Award for creating and delivering a well received 50 page book covering 300 years of GSK that was globally endorsed. Cheryl increased readership by 23% by launching an online magazine in 2015. Cheryl was also in charge of a magazine that was consistently rated as ‘highly valued’ in annual internal communications audits. Cheryl received the highest positive levels of feedback from a Reputation Institute survey in relation to quality, following the re-launch of the magazine in 2012 to increase coverage of local and regional news. Cheryl was regarded as the internal communications expert within the UK Pharma business. Lastly, Cheryl secured interviews with high profile industry figures such as former Shadow Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, Editor in Chief of the BMJ, Fiona Godlee plus numerous senior healthcare professionals.

At Bonhill Group plc, Cheryl pioneered a series of features on NHS insights subsequently syndicated to GSK global news platforms. Additionally, Cheryl mentored top performing staff that earned frequent recognition from the business.

Cheryl Cole attended the University of the Arts London where they earned their Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Multimedia Design. Cheryl also attended The Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing and The Publishing & Trainging Centre, where they earned a certification in Advanced Proofreading. Additionally, Cheryl Cole has a certification from In Professional Development in Strategic Approaches to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, as well as a certification from the University of East London in the Professional Mentoring Programme.