Daniel King

Operations Manager, Chief Copywriter, Announcer and Promotions Coordinator at Bathurst Broadcasters
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(386) 825-5501
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New South Wales, Australia, AU

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Experience

    • Australia
    • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Operations Manager, Chief Copywriter, Announcer and Promotions Coordinator
      • Mar 2022 - Present

      - Successfully led multiple teams of varying fields across two commercial radio stations to establish a highly functioning working environment.- Orchestrated day-to-day operations on-air and off to create consistently high-quality content for stakeholders and demographics.- Vigilantly stayed informed of current policies and implemented them through all works to comply with industry regulations. - Highly developed skills across all areas lead to other staff's successful training.

    • Breakfast Host & Chief Copywriter
      • Jul 2017 - May 2022

    • Copywriter, Advertising Producer and Weekday announcer
      • Mar 2015 - Jul 2017

    • Book and Periodical Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Editor & Journalist
      • Mar 2014 - Sep 2015

      My role as an editor is to cooperate with the magazine’s deputy editor and help manage a team of over ten journalists. Additionally, it's also my duty to maintain a friendly relationship with our writers, to ensure our features are up to the highest of standards and to promote the magazine to increase our readership. My achievements and responsibilities so far: • Under my leadership I've helped boost the magazine’s circulation and popularity as it now accumulates 25% of the entire readership across thirty-four other TAT publications. • Was promoted from contributor to the role of deputy editor within a month of applying, then to editor seven months later. • Pioneered the creation of a system which allows our contributors to establish strong connections with prominent video game publishers and developers. • Co-manage a team of writers by maintaining a frequent social connection with our employees, and ensuring their happiness and well-being sits as a top priority. • Co-manage the social media networks to establish fruitful and engaging content that'll interest new and old readers. • Edit every contributor’s submission before publication, which includes: o Proofreading an article to eliminate grammatical and punctuation errors. o Collaborating with each writer by providing informative feedback. o Making sure every submission abides by our specified style guide. o Approving articles for publication and offering helpful suggestions to the authors of contributions which didn't make it to print. • Frequently print a series of articles titled Hidden Gems and Buried Treasures which finds and details each month’s best minor advertised games. • Effectively collaborate with indie game developers to promote their latest product in our magazine via Hidden Gems and Buried Treasures. • Initiated a contact list of local game developers to establish a fruitful clientele base. • Helped establish the company's website. Show less

    • Radio Show Host
      • Jun 2014 - Jul 2015

      I wrote, produced and presented my own weekly talk shows on 2MCE with a special focus on video games,entertainment and afternoon drive-home hours. My responsibilities included: • Presenting the news,broadcasting emergency updates and covering a myriad of topics live to a national audience. • Present myself as conversational at a comfortable pace and having the ability to initiate conversations between breaks. • Adhere to strict time-locked deadlines such as broadcasting sponsors at the appropriate times, adjusting time slots for weather reports and accurately concluding a show on time. • Targeting a specific demographic with certain topics and music selection. Show less

  • Western Advocate
    • Bathurst, NSW
    • Freelance Journalist
      • Jul 2014 - Jul 2014

      I wrote editorials for each nominee in the Carillon Business Awards 2014. My duties included: • Interviewing several employers regarding their Carillon Business Award nomination • Writing editorials for ten nominees – highlighting each business in a professional and advertorial light. • Collaborating with clients to ensure each editorial was up to their standard before publication. • Working under a short, strict deadline. • Following sources I wrote editorials for each nominee in the Carillon Business Awards 2014. My duties included: • Interviewing several employers regarding their Carillon Business Award nomination • Writing editorials for ten nominees – highlighting each business in a professional and advertorial light. • Collaborating with clients to ensure each editorial was up to their standard before publication. • Working under a short, strict deadline. • Following sources

    • Australia
    • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Broadcast Writer
      • Sep 2012 - Oct 2012

      While undertaking my four week internship at Austereo's commercial radio station 90.9 Sea FM, it was my duty to fetch, pitch and write hourly news stories for live presenters. My responsibilities included: • Going out onto the field and fetching news stories • Writing quick and succinct news stories for a broadcast audience • Initiating and managing interviews • Attending and reporting on regional council meetings and court hearings • Filter through and pick the most prominent daily news stories from other outlets • Working to strict hourly deadlines • Reporting all stories to the news head Show less

    • Australia
    • Media Production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Journalist
      • Sep 2012 - Oct 2012

      During my week-long internship at The Gold Coast Bulletin, I was in charge of independently sourcing out stories and publishing each article in their daily newspaper. My duties included: • Finding news worthy stories for print • Going out into the field to gather interviews and resourceful information • Attended and recorded the details of a court case for the daily crime submission • Filtering through press releases and rewriting those with the biggest impact in a news format • Accompanied senior journalists to all-day assignments to extend our coverage of news worthy event – our ears and eyes covered the week long annual Gold Coast Show of September 2012 • Frequently pitching story ideas to the editor Show less

Education

  • Griffith University
    Masters of Arts in Journalism & Mass Communication, Communication and Media Studies
    2013 - 2014
  • Griffith University
    Masters of Arts in Journalism & Mass Communication, Broadcast Journalism
    2013 - 2014
  • Griffith University
    Bachelor of Journalism, Writing and Film Criticism
    2009 - 2012
  • Mount Saint Patrick Religious High School

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