Diana Railton
Diana Railton is Managing Director of DRCC.
She combines more than 25 years' practical and managerial experience with a strong academic understanding of communication, the web and content strategy.
Background
Trained initially as a writer and editor in commercial publishing, Diana has won several awards of communication excellence.
Before setting up DRCC, she was Communications Manager for British Telecom's procurement, strategy and network services division.
She was also a Research Fellow in Communication at the Language Studies Unit of Aston University. There she focused on communication skills training in British higher education and the communication of scientific and technical information.
She has both a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics and a postgraduate diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. These qualifications enable her to use linguistic analysis to review content.
Web communication and content strategy
Diana has specialised in web communication and content strategy for the last 11 years. She has helped many clients improve their websites and intranets.
She is a judge for one of the largest international web awards competitions in the world, and for several others as well.
She is also tutor for DRCC's training courses on web content strategy, web writing and editing and advanced web writing.
Behind the scenes
Diana is a fellow of the Institute of Internal Communication and a member of:
- the International Association of Business Communicators
- Econsultancy for digital marketing and ecommerce professionals
- the British Association of Applied Linguistics
- numerous LinkedIn and other social media groups
