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Dr O’Sullivan is an accomplished and professional communicator with wide-ranging Public Relations experience communicating on behalf of EU institutions and EU Presidencies, using a broad range of communication tools.
Over a decade of experience, NoelleAnne has been involved in press relations, video and television production, organising and co-ordinating events and advocacy visits, editing promotional publications, and writing editorial copy for magazines, press, speeches, websites, blogs and social networking sites.
Currently engaged as a Visiting Lecturer of Political Communication for the Masters in Political Strategy and Communication at the University of Kent, Brussels School of International Studies (School of Politics and International Relations), Noelle-Anne teaches theories and practice of persuasive communication strategies by political actors using marketing techniques, employing traditional media, the Internet and Social Media, for election campaigns, government communication, and public diplomacy, with a view to understanding their effects on political knowledge, opinion change, citizen engagement, mobilization and participation.
Noelle-Anne has worked internally for press, information and communication units of the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Commission’s Representation in Ireland, the Government of Ireland (Department of Foreign Affairs), and a British Member of the European Parliament, as well as freelance for VRT, Endemol TV, Europarl TV, The Bulletin, and Committee of the Regions. She has been a press officer, website content writer and manager, video-journalist and producer, speechwriter, event co-ordinator, and political blogger.
Noelle-Anne holds a Ph.D. in Communications from Dublin City University (2003), and speaks fluent English, French and Italian.