Tara Pilkington

Senior Marketing & Communications Executive, BrainWaves

Expert in marketing and communications, content strategy, and audience engagement.

Tara is a strategic marketing and communications professional with experience delivering multi-channel campaigns across purpose-led and EdTech organisations. She brings a strong ability to translate complex ideas into clear, engaging messaging that supports growth, engagement, and organisational impact.

Tara currently serves as Senior Marketing & Communications Executive at BrainWaves. Working closely with colleagues across schools, research, and fundraising, she helps strengthen partnerships, raise the public profile of the organisation, and ensure high-quality, consistent communication across platforms. She plays a central role in growing BrainWaves’ social media presence, delivering newsletters, and supporting key events and webinars.

Alongside external communications, Tara contributes to general team operations, supporting coordination, events, accurate databases, and effective internal communication to ensure the organisation runs smoothly.

Contribution to BrainWaves
Tara supports BrainWaves’ mission by delivering clear, engaging communications that strengthen partnerships, increase visibility, and enable the organisation’s work to reach and resonate with key audiences.