Dona McCullagh

Roles at Ridley:

Webmaster
Print Publications Designer

After six years working as sales and editorial assistant for the publishers Grove Books, whose office is housed in Ridley’s basement, Dona moved up the stairs to the ground floor to job-share with Lizzie Allen on reception, becoming at the same time the college’s webmaster.

Following a brief period working on the second floor as Acting Admissions Officer, in 2009 she ‘completed the set’ by moving to a new office on the top floor of what was formerly the Principal’s Lodge, to take up an official role designing print and online publications for the college. With offices any further up the building in short supply, we await with interest the day she is relocated to the top of the college clock tower!

Her role as designer for the college in effect sends Dona on a similarly wide-ranging but virtual tour of the college, and it is perhaps this aspect of the job that she enjoys most – the opportunity to get to know the college’s work and ministry from multiple angles.

She works closely with the college’s four (very different) Centres, advising on marketing ideas, and designing everything from pvc banners to promote the Centre for Pioneer Learning, to branded promotional stationery for Cambridge CYM, to posters and e-postcards to publicise conferences run by Faith in Business and the Simeon Centre.

Twice a year she designs and manages the production of News from Ridley, the college’s magazine for friends and alumni, and it is this together with her website work that gives her most insight into the heart of the college’s work – our students. As churchwarden of a local parish, she particularly values the additional bond between her faith and work afforded by Ridley students gaining practical experience on placement at her church.