Laurence Mozafari
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Rhiannon Evans
The breadth and depth of knowledge that Laurence has when it comes to digital blows my mind. Whenever I came to Laurence with a query or problem, he'd have an answer - and usually a better one than I'd hoped for. Not only is Laurence helpful, he's a great teacher and is always happy to share knowledge and help others grow. In any meeting or crisis I've ever been in with Laurence, he's always a calm and clear head who acts swiftly to resolve things. On top of this, he's also a great writer and full of great ideas - and a lovely presence to have in any office.
LinkedIn User
I’ve worked with several digital editors during my time at Heat and I can honestly say that Laurence – despite being much younger than any of his predecessors – has impressed me the most with his work ethic, his managerial skills, his attention to detail, his focus, his creative thinking and his drive to succeed. Laurence tackles any task, challenge, target or problem head on with ease and strategic thinking. He is incredibly tenacious and ambitious and has proven himself refreshingly open to exploring new creative ways of working not just with heat but across several Bauer brands. He has consistently impressed clients in commercial meetings and has endless brilliant ideas that work seamlessly across content and commercial targets. He is a great manager – nurturing and mentoring his team across their own projects – and he is someone I know I can always rely on to come up with the goods and find a way to make things work. Whether it's been live-streamed content production - the ‘Big Night in’ with Lambrini and the National television Awards gave the heat audience a fully interactive live experience with blogs, vines, social content, live mini-tv shows (all of which proved incredibly successful and had huge impact for the clients) - Or ensuring campaigns like Heat Makes You Happy and Heat’s Twitter Awards became national talking points with huge levels of engagement and massive social reach. Not to mention the consistent smashing of targets for heatworld.com Laurence and the team maintained throughout 2014/15. Laurence is always switched on and never drops the ball for a second (even if it means he’s on the heat whats app at 2am making sure his team get the first ’50 shades of Grey’ trailer up before anyone else). He’s constantly thinking of great ideas that unlock future revenues and has an innate ability to immerse himself in and adapt to any brand.
Richard Howard
Laurence is a fantastic digital editor who's skills and knowledge has grown rapidly over his time at Bauer. He is a focused, ambitious, hardworking professional and has been passionate and dedicated in driving the traffic and engagement of the sites he has managed. He has also become a strong people manager which is evidenced in a string of high performing individuals he has managed and developed.
Rhiannon Evans
The breadth and depth of knowledge that Laurence has when it comes to digital blows my mind. Whenever I came to Laurence with a query or problem, he'd have an answer - and usually a better one than I'd hoped for. Not only is Laurence helpful, he's a great teacher and is always happy to share knowledge and help others grow. In any meeting or crisis I've ever been in with Laurence, he's always a calm and clear head who acts swiftly to resolve things. On top of this, he's also a great writer and full of great ideas - and a lovely presence to have in any office.
LinkedIn User
I’ve worked with several digital editors during my time at Heat and I can honestly say that Laurence – despite being much younger than any of his predecessors – has impressed me the most with his work ethic, his managerial skills, his attention to detail, his focus, his creative thinking and his drive to succeed. Laurence tackles any task, challenge, target or problem head on with ease and strategic thinking. He is incredibly tenacious and ambitious and has proven himself refreshingly open to exploring new creative ways of working not just with heat but across several Bauer brands. He has consistently impressed clients in commercial meetings and has endless brilliant ideas that work seamlessly across content and commercial targets. He is a great manager – nurturing and mentoring his team across their own projects – and he is someone I know I can always rely on to come up with the goods and find a way to make things work. Whether it's been live-streamed content production - the ‘Big Night in’ with Lambrini and the National television Awards gave the heat audience a fully interactive live experience with blogs, vines, social content, live mini-tv shows (all of which proved incredibly successful and had huge impact for the clients) - Or ensuring campaigns like Heat Makes You Happy and Heat’s Twitter Awards became national talking points with huge levels of engagement and massive social reach. Not to mention the consistent smashing of targets for heatworld.com Laurence and the team maintained throughout 2014/15. Laurence is always switched on and never drops the ball for a second (even if it means he’s on the heat whats app at 2am making sure his team get the first ’50 shades of Grey’ trailer up before anyone else). He’s constantly thinking of great ideas that unlock future revenues and has an innate ability to immerse himself in and adapt to any brand.
Richard Howard
Laurence is a fantastic digital editor who's skills and knowledge has grown rapidly over his time at Bauer. He is a focused, ambitious, hardworking professional and has been passionate and dedicated in driving the traffic and engagement of the sites he has managed. He has also become a strong people manager which is evidenced in a string of high performing individuals he has managed and developed.
Rhiannon Evans
The breadth and depth of knowledge that Laurence has when it comes to digital blows my mind. Whenever I came to Laurence with a query or problem, he'd have an answer - and usually a better one than I'd hoped for. Not only is Laurence helpful, he's a great teacher and is always happy to share knowledge and help others grow. In any meeting or crisis I've ever been in with Laurence, he's always a calm and clear head who acts swiftly to resolve things. On top of this, he's also a great writer and full of great ideas - and a lovely presence to have in any office.
LinkedIn User
I’ve worked with several digital editors during my time at Heat and I can honestly say that Laurence – despite being much younger than any of his predecessors – has impressed me the most with his work ethic, his managerial skills, his attention to detail, his focus, his creative thinking and his drive to succeed. Laurence tackles any task, challenge, target or problem head on with ease and strategic thinking. He is incredibly tenacious and ambitious and has proven himself refreshingly open to exploring new creative ways of working not just with heat but across several Bauer brands. He has consistently impressed clients in commercial meetings and has endless brilliant ideas that work seamlessly across content and commercial targets. He is a great manager – nurturing and mentoring his team across their own projects – and he is someone I know I can always rely on to come up with the goods and find a way to make things work. Whether it's been live-streamed content production - the ‘Big Night in’ with Lambrini and the National television Awards gave the heat audience a fully interactive live experience with blogs, vines, social content, live mini-tv shows (all of which proved incredibly successful and had huge impact for the clients) - Or ensuring campaigns like Heat Makes You Happy and Heat’s Twitter Awards became national talking points with huge levels of engagement and massive social reach. Not to mention the consistent smashing of targets for heatworld.com Laurence and the team maintained throughout 2014/15. Laurence is always switched on and never drops the ball for a second (even if it means he’s on the heat whats app at 2am making sure his team get the first ’50 shades of Grey’ trailer up before anyone else). He’s constantly thinking of great ideas that unlock future revenues and has an innate ability to immerse himself in and adapt to any brand.
Richard Howard
Laurence is a fantastic digital editor who's skills and knowledge has grown rapidly over his time at Bauer. He is a focused, ambitious, hardworking professional and has been passionate and dedicated in driving the traffic and engagement of the sites he has managed. He has also become a strong people manager which is evidenced in a string of high performing individuals he has managed and developed.
Rhiannon Evans
The breadth and depth of knowledge that Laurence has when it comes to digital blows my mind. Whenever I came to Laurence with a query or problem, he'd have an answer - and usually a better one than I'd hoped for. Not only is Laurence helpful, he's a great teacher and is always happy to share knowledge and help others grow. In any meeting or crisis I've ever been in with Laurence, he's always a calm and clear head who acts swiftly to resolve things. On top of this, he's also a great writer and full of great ideas - and a lovely presence to have in any office.
LinkedIn User
I’ve worked with several digital editors during my time at Heat and I can honestly say that Laurence – despite being much younger than any of his predecessors – has impressed me the most with his work ethic, his managerial skills, his attention to detail, his focus, his creative thinking and his drive to succeed. Laurence tackles any task, challenge, target or problem head on with ease and strategic thinking. He is incredibly tenacious and ambitious and has proven himself refreshingly open to exploring new creative ways of working not just with heat but across several Bauer brands. He has consistently impressed clients in commercial meetings and has endless brilliant ideas that work seamlessly across content and commercial targets. He is a great manager – nurturing and mentoring his team across their own projects – and he is someone I know I can always rely on to come up with the goods and find a way to make things work. Whether it's been live-streamed content production - the ‘Big Night in’ with Lambrini and the National television Awards gave the heat audience a fully interactive live experience with blogs, vines, social content, live mini-tv shows (all of which proved incredibly successful and had huge impact for the clients) - Or ensuring campaigns like Heat Makes You Happy and Heat’s Twitter Awards became national talking points with huge levels of engagement and massive social reach. Not to mention the consistent smashing of targets for heatworld.com Laurence and the team maintained throughout 2014/15. Laurence is always switched on and never drops the ball for a second (even if it means he’s on the heat whats app at 2am making sure his team get the first ’50 shades of Grey’ trailer up before anyone else). He’s constantly thinking of great ideas that unlock future revenues and has an innate ability to immerse himself in and adapt to any brand.
Richard Howard
Laurence is a fantastic digital editor who's skills and knowledge has grown rapidly over his time at Bauer. He is a focused, ambitious, hardworking professional and has been passionate and dedicated in driving the traffic and engagement of the sites he has managed. He has also become a strong people manager which is evidenced in a string of high performing individuals he has managed and developed.
Experience
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Digital Spy
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United Kingdom
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Editor In Chief
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Sep 2021 - Present
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Editor
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Jun 2019 - Sep 2021
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Deputy Editor
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Jun 2018 - May 2019
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Associate Editor
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Feb 2016 - Jun 2018
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Freelance Social and Digital Consultant
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Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
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City, University of London
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Visiting Lecturer
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2018 - Present
Visiting lecturer conducting talks, interviews, and workshops on digital journalism and magazine publishing for MA and BA students at City University, London, Nottingham Trent, London Metropolitan, and Staffordshire University. Visiting lecturer conducting talks, interviews, and workshops on digital journalism and magazine publishing for MA and BA students at City University, London, Nottingham Trent, London Metropolitan, and Staffordshire University.
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BBC
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United Kingdom
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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700 & Above Employee
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Broadcast Journalist
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2015 - Present
Broadcasting contributor to TV channels and radio stations around TV, culture, and showbiz for BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio London, Heat Radio, TalkRadio, KISS, BBC Radio West Midlands, BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Radio Surrey, BBC Radio Devon, and BBC Radio Derby.
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Podcast Host - Obsessed With... Peaky Blinders
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Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
The host of the official Peaky Blinders podcast for BBC Sounds produced by Chalk and Blade Ltd.
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Various publications & books
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Writing and Editing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Freelance journalist and photographer
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Sep 2008 - Present
Freelance interviews, features and photography for various magazines, websites and record labels. NME, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Grazia, FHM Magazine and FHM.com, Cosmopolitan, Closer, Prima, Seventeen, More, Gravity Road, Cycling Active, Sentinel, Staffordshire Life, Disorder, Atlantic Records, Telford Journal, Shropshire Star, The National Student, StaffsLive, The Wrestling Press, Flip Students, Nottingham Trent and Staffordshire University. I've also written advertorials and worked on campaigns for numerous brands including Gillette, Fiat, Playstation, Anne Summers, Universal, Paramount, Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment, NOW TV, Netflix, Just Eat, V05, Spotify, O2, Surf and many more. Show less
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Bauer Media Group
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Germany
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Media Production
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700 & Above Employee
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heat magazine/heatworld - Digital Editor
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Jun 2013 - Nov 2015
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Digital Content Editor
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Sep 2010 - Jun 2013
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GoThinkBig.co.uk
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Sep 2012 - Dec 2012
I was seconded from my role as Digital Content Editor on Zootoday.com, to work on the launch of GoThinkBig.co.uk as a Staff Writer. The website is partnership between O2 and Bauer to help 16 to 24 year-olds learn key work skills, as well as get internships, work placements and entry-level jobs.My duties included:- Writing useful and entertaining career-related content- Managing the development of interactive career tools- Managing the design, build and send of a weekly newsletter- Helping to establish GTB's social media presence- Managing GTB's video output with an external production company- Presenting videos and representing GTB at relevant career events- Working with O2 on GTB's editorial strategy Show less
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heatworld.com - Freelance Web Contributor
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Oct 2010 - Nov 2010
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FHM - Intern
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May 2010 - Sep 2010
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Staffordshire University
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Entertainment Editor
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Jan 2010 - Sep 2010
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Sky
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United Kingdom
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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700 & Above Employee
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Sky News - Stringer
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May 2010 - May 2010
Reported the results for Chatham & Aylesford to Sky News during the 2010 General Election. Reported the results for Chatham & Aylesford to Sky News during the 2010 General Election.
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BBC
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United Kingdom
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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700 & Above Employee
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BBC Stoke & Staffordshire
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Apr 2010 - May 2010
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Press Officer
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Nov 2009 - Jan 2010
Wrote press releases for both websites targeted at local and national media. Produced sample articles for newsletters printed by Sweeble. Arranged press interviews and established business contacts. Promoted websites with social networking and organise advertising. Wrote press releases for both websites targeted at local and national media. Produced sample articles for newsletters printed by Sweeble. Arranged press interviews and established business contacts. Promoted websites with social networking and organise advertising.
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Kent on Sunday - KOS Media
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Ashford, Kent
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Reporter - work experience
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Apr 2009 - Jul 2009
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Education
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2007 - 2010
Staffordshire University
Journalism, Law, Public Affairs, Sub-Editing, Broadcast, Online, Print Journalism.
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