Experience

Sports Mole

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sports Reporter

  • Feb 2020 - Present



Bracknell/1066 Gymnastics

• United Kingdom

• Competition announcer/volunteer

  • Jul 2016 - Feb 2020

  Voluntary competition announcing for Bracknell Gymnastics Club and 1066 Gymnastics Club. - Welcoming competitors and spectators and informing them who will be next on various apparatus. - Speaking into a microphone with confidence and clarity. - Taking charge of medal presentations and ensuring the event runs to time. - Other roles include entering scores and calculating the final standings, as well as being in control of the music desk. Voluntary competition announcing for Bracknell Gymnastics Club and 1066 Gymnastics Club. - Welcoming competitors and spectators and informing them who will be next on various apparatus. - Speaking into a microphone with confidence and clarity. - Taking charge of medal presentations and ensuring the event runs to time. - Other roles include entering scores and calculating the final standings, as well as being in control of the music desk.



Sussex County FA

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Matchday Reporter

  • Jan 2019 - May 2019

  - Writing match reports for Sussex County Cup finals and representative squad fixtures at various age levels in both men's and women's football. - 500-word reports published on the Sussex CFA website the next morning. Includes post-match interviews with managers. - Keeping a record of key statistics throughout the game, such as goals, shots on target, corners, fouls and offsides. - Writing match reports for Sussex County Cup finals and representative squad fixtures at various age levels in both men's and women's football. - 500-word reports published on the Sussex CFA website the next morning. Includes post-match interviews with managers. - Keeping a record of key statistics throughout the game, such as goals, shots on target, corners, fouls and offsides.



Sky

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sky Sports News

  • Mar 2019 - Mar 2019

  - Working on the Sky Sports News team for two weeks at the Osterley studios. - Exposure to all aspects of news gathering from planning to production. - Writing stories from press releases and the newswire on the multi-platform desk, creating pieces for online publication, finding appropriate photos and videos from Getty or PA. - Planning stories in advance, researching key statistics and identifying important information for future interviews or features. - Writing rolling headlines to appear on the SSN channel. - Using Quantel video editor to create visual packages for TV. Cutting down interviews to 30-second features and "painting" with appropriate training or match footage, editing video and stories to the required house style. - Shadowing Sky Sports News presenters and reporters during shoots in the studio or in the field. Attending the NCF Elite Academy session, speaking to top sportsmen at the event such as Jack Wilshere and Ashley Cole. Show less



Holland and Barrett

• Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom

• Product Advisor

  • Nov 2015 - Aug 2016

  - Working part-time advising customers on sports nutrition, herbal remedies and vitamins/minerals. - Undertook a 6-month training programme and attained a Level 2 NVQ in "Understanding of Holland and Barrett vitamins, minerals, supplements and health products." - Cash handling at the till, keeping the shop floor tidy and providing excellent customer service. - Working part-time advising customers on sports nutrition, herbal remedies and vitamins/minerals. - Undertook a 6-month training programme and attained a Level 2 NVQ in "Understanding of Holland and Barrett vitamins, minerals, supplements and health products." - Cash handling at the till, keeping the shop floor tidy and providing excellent customer service.