Experience

The Content Emporium

• United Kingdom
• Marketing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Content Editor

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  I am currently working as a freelance content editor at The Content Emporium in Bristol. For this role, I am responsible for generating social media and online marketing content for several large shopping centres. My role involves liaising with marketing contacts and centre managers, and crafting engaging website articles and social media posts to promote products and offers from leading household brands. I also populate newsletters for the centres and generate performance reports. As a content editor I regularly use Wordpress and Drupal to update websites, and work with dotdigital for newsletter generation and Sprout for social media scheduling. Our workflow is organised in Trello, and so I’m very familiar with the Kanban way of organising and prioritising tasks. Show less



Freelance

• Bristol, England, United Kingdom

• Freelance Content Editor, Journalist and Social Media Executive

  • Jul 2020 - Present



Tree Aid

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer Website Copywriter

  • Jul 2020 - Nov 2020

  While furloughed from my role at Immediate Media I volunteered with Bristol-based environmental charity, Tree Aid. My work involved cutting copy to a very tight word count, ready for migration over to their new website. I also had to ensure that all posts were search engine optimised, without removing any important information about the charity's vital work promoting sustainable development across Africa. While furloughed from my role at Immediate Media I volunteered with Bristol-based environmental charity, Tree Aid. My work involved cutting copy to a very tight word count, ready for migration over to their new website. I also had to ensure that all posts were search engine optimised, without removing any important information about the charity's vital work promoting sustainable development across Africa.



Immediate Media Co

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editor, Papercraft Portfolio

  • May 2016 - Jul 2020

  For over four years, I was a magazine editor at Immediate Media across the craft portfolio. Following promotion to the role of Editor on Quick Cards magazine in May 2016, I later moved on to manage The Premium Series, and finally, spent 18 months as the editor of Immediate’s flagship cardmaking magazine, Cardmaking & Papercraft. During this time I was responsible for managing a talented team of designers and editorial staff, as well as regular freelancers and contributors. I oversaw redesigns and refreshes while producing quality cover gifts and sell-out issues. Show less

• Production Editor – Quick Cards Made Easy

  • Dec 2012 - May 2016



Future

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Editor – Cross Stitch Collection

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2012



MediaClash

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Editor – Bath Life & Cardiff Life

  • Aug 2011 - Jan 2012

  I was responsible for sourcing news stories for the magazine, writing restaurant reviews and features, writing the contents pages of the magazine, interviewing celebrities and business owners, subbing content and liaising with readers. During this time I was also the editor of quarterly magazines, such as the Bath Life Food Guide and The Bath Life Wedding Guide.

• Editor – Wells Life & Frome Life

  • Feb 2011 - Jan 2012

  Alongside my full-time role as Assistant Editor of Bath Life and Wells Life I also took on the editorship of MediaClash’s bimonthly titles, Wells Life and Frome Life on a freelance basis. As Editor, I was required to carry out interviews for the magazines, write restaurant reviews, sub-edit all pages, liaise with contributors and work hand-in-hand with the design and advertising teams.

• Publishing Assistant – Bath Life & Cardiff Life

  • Nov 2009 - Aug 2011

  As Publishing Assistant, I was responsible for compiling the events listings of Bath Life, Salisbury Life and Cardiff Life magazines, sourcing images and writing brief descriptions to highlight them. I also wrote the news pages, advertorials, property pages and the contents page for each of the magazines as well as the occasional feature. In addition to these print duties, I was also required to update the websites for all five of MediaClash's city magazines through Wordpress CMS.



Future

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Advertising Production Coordinator

  • Dec 2007 - Oct 2009

  Liaising with advertisers and agencies to collate adverts for placement within several automotive magazine titles. I was also required to take amends from advertisers for processing by an in-house design and typesetting team, seeing the adverts through the approval process and working with the production team to check the quality of pages before finally going to print.

• Freelance writer – Computer Arts Projects

  • Oct 2008 - Jun 2009

  During this time I was a regular freelancer for Computer Arts Projects magazine, writing reviews of graphic design in a range of styles from typography and computer-game graphics to traditional Japanese art.



Faith Shoes

• Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

• Manager

  • Aug 2000 - Jul 2003

  In the three years prior to my return to education I ran a large footwear concession store for Faith Shoes. My duties involved hiring and training new staff members and continual development of existing staff; administration relating to sales targets and budgets, stock-taking and additional responsibilities on behalf of the regional manager where I was required to collate sales figures from other managers in the area. In the three years prior to my return to education I ran a large footwear concession store for Faith Shoes. My duties involved hiring and training new staff members and continual development of existing staff; administration relating to sales targets and budgets, stock-taking and additional responsibilities on behalf of the regional manager where I was required to collate sales figures from other managers in the area.