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Matt Wright

Web planning and content manager, Communications

Digital communications specialist
Full biography
Expertise

Planning and implementing online/digital communications strategies, with a particular focus on website platforms and social media networks; researching and implementing new technology and tools; managing digital teams; digital content production; working with the media

Before IIED
  • Head of communications for Charlton Athletic FC, specialising in content production and management, plus media relations
  • Reporter for the Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser (Chad), including a six-month secondment to the Hucknall Dispatch

Education

  • Communication Arts (BA Hons), University of Leeds

Current work

Managing IIED's online presence across all channels and platforms; implementing digital strategies for presenting IIED's research and reaching its audience in the most appropriate way; developing digital content and evaluating its impact.

Matt Wright's picture
Telephone: 
+44 (0) 20 3463 7399
Email: 
matthew.wright@iied.org
Twitter: @mattjobob
Languages: English, French (basic)

Matt Wright's blog posts

Screenshots from IIED best videos

IIED's best of 2020: videos

Blog, Dec 2020
Two women carrying farming tools

IIED's best of 2019: videos

Blog, Jan 2020
An example of a Twitter card created for IIED's  #GreenmustbeFair Twitter chat (Image: IIED)

Creating a conversation online

Blog, Apr 2017
The Poken digital data device has captured the imagination of participants at COP22 in Marrakech, and reduced the necessity for tonnes of paper publications (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)

Digital data trumps paper in Marrakech

Blog, Nov 2016
An image showing a group photo of CBA10 field trip group posing for a photo on a rooftop at the end of a long day during which the delegates made visits to four separate projects in Dhaka where communities are adapting to climate change (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)

CBA10 field trips: adaptation in practice

Blog, Apr 2016
Chris at his roadside food stall. His day starts at 4pm and lasts until 10pm (Photo: Sven Torfinn/Panos. Pictures for IIED and Hivos)

Photo exhibition highlights varied and vibrant informal economies

Blog, Mar 2016
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