Managing Editor

• Feb 2023 - Present

Working closely with the editorial director to steer the development of a talented editorial team and maintain excellence across the company's publications and events. With over 20 years' experience in client publishing, APL Media's portfolio of travel and lifestyle products today includes National Geographic Traveller (UK), Food by National Geographic Traveller, Postcards, Living360 and inserts for The Telegraph, Guardian and Evening Standard. Working closely with the editorial director to steer the development of a talented editorial team and maintain excellence across the company's publications and events. With over 20 years' experience in client publishing, APL Media's portfolio of travel and lifestyle products today includes National Geographic Traveller (UK), Food by National Geographic Traveller, Postcards, Living360 and inserts for The Telegraph, Guardian and Evening Standard.

Deputy Editor

• Nov 2019 - Jan 2023

Deputy to the editor, managing workflow and commissioning the magazine’s major features. Responsible for driving editorial excellence and creating optimal workflow processes. Digital content editor and publisher for nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel in April 2020-June 2021 and November 2022-January 2023. Shortlisted for Consumer Writer of the Year 2020 and Best Specialist Writer – Print in 2021 by the British Society of Magazine Editors. Writing continues to be a pillar of my professional life, with recent long form articles including those reporting on Guatemala, USA, Ireland, Norway and Belize. In 2022, my feature on Malawi was included in the anthology Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century. Show less

Freelance Travel Writer

• Jan 2018 - Nov 2019

Roaming freelance writer with an instinct for a story, placing features in publications including The Times, The Telegraph and Evening Standard. Nominated for eight industry awards 2018-2019, including Travel Writer of the Year in 2018 and 2019 at the AITO Travel Writing Awards. Winner of Young Travel Writer of the Year and Specialist Travel Writer of the Year (for work on Latin America) at the Travel Media Awards in 2019. Significant projects include a National Geographic Traveller cover story on Indian wildlife, reporting on snow leopards in Ladakh, Bengal tigers in Rajasthan and one-horned rhinos in Assam; long read features for the same title on Colombia, Malawi and Iceland; and multiple client campaigns including South Africa Tourism, featuring 12 interviews and five first-person features based on my encounters across six states. Show less

Assistant Editor

• Dec 2016 - Jan 2018

Feature writer, section editor and supplement editor. Liaised with journalists, PRs and clients, working to tight deadlines and high editorial standards. Editorial lead for lucrative advertorial campaigns, liaising with clients to produce approved visual and written content. Feature writer, section editor and supplement editor. Liaised with journalists, PRs and clients, working to tight deadlines and high editorial standards. Editorial lead for lucrative advertorial campaigns, liaising with clients to produce approved visual and written content.

Assistant Editor, ABTA Magazine

• Nov 2015 - Nov 2016

Writer, researcher and supplement editor for ABTA Magazine, a quarterly B2B travel trade publication for the 1,200 members of the Association of British Travel Agents, and associated titles, including ABTA destination guides, Countrybycountry.com and the Country by Country Guide.

Editorial Assistant

• Apr 2015 - Nov 2015

Administrator, writer and editor across APL Media's portfolio, hired following a month-long internship.

Intern at Condé Nast Traveller

• Mar 2015 - Apr 2015

Intern

• Feb 2015 - Feb 2015

English Language Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2012 - Jun 2013

English language teaching assistant, selected for The British Council's competitive South America programme. English language teaching assistant, selected for The British Council's competitive South America programme.

Reporter

• Nov 2012 - May 2013

News reporter for English language newspaper The Santiago Times, an online and subscription publication founded in 1989, with a strong tradition of human rights reporting in the years following Chile's post-Pinochet return to democracy. Working across language barriers and spending time in the field researching stories, produced over 60 articles on a wide range of local and national news items. Conducted interviews with a number of prominent politicians, activists and artists – including Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar and film director Alejandro Jodorowsky. Published additional features on Chile during this period for Thisischile.com and Revista Revolver magazine. Show less