Selected Work

Projects & Clients

My work spans multiple sectors, covering communications, editorial, and content strategy projects across financial services, healthcare, defence, and graduate recruitment. For some broad samples of my work please see: https://ruairikavanagh.contently.com/. I am more than happy to provide samples and discuss further as needed.


Financial Services

The Carlyle Group

Communications Consulting

Strategic communications support for one of the world's largest private equity firms, developing messaging frameworks, editorial content and design for investor and stakeholder audiences.

Barclays Investment Bank

Content Strategy, Writing, Design

Content strategy and editorial direction for multiple (Investment, Corporate, Private) Barclays Bank, shaping long-form thought leadership, social copy and design across multiple channels.

Lombard Odier

Communications Consulting

Communications consulting for the Swiss private bank, crafting positioning narratives and editorial content that reflect the firm's heritage and investment philosophy.

Healthcare

UPMC

Content Strategy

Content strategy for UPMC's European operations, developing communications that bridge clinical expertise and patient-facing clarity across a complex healthcare network.

Protective Life

Editorial Services

Editorial services for Protective Life's communications programme, editing long-form content and policy documents for accuracy, tone, and audience appropriateness.

Public Sector & Defence

Irish Defence Forces

Communications Consulting

Communications consulting for serving officers in the Irish Defence Forces, supporting internal and external messaging strategy and editorial production across institutional channels.

Graduate Recruitment

gradireland

Content Strategy

Ongoing content strategy and editorial work for gradireland, Ireland's leading graduate recruitment platform — shaping employer brand content and editorial features for a graduate audience.

E-commerce & Digital Platforms

eBay

Content Design

Content design for eBay's global customer experience, developing and refining user-facing internal and external copy across eBay.com and its internal platforms. Work includes improving help content, agent scripts and knowledge-base entries to ensure clarity and consistency for millions of customers worldwide.

Interested in working together?

I take on a limited number of projects at a time to ensure every client gets my full attention.