Experience

St Helens Star

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Reporter

  • Aug 2016 - Present

• Junior Reporter

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2016

  Began as a Trainee Reporter at the St Helens Star in July 2014



Sphinx Media

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sports Editor, ACE Liverpool

  • Feb 2014 - Oct 2014

  Liverpool, United Kingdom



LEAGUE WEEKLY LTD

• United Kingdom
• Media Production

• Freelance Match Reporter

  • Jun 2013 - Oct 2014

  I have reported on professional matches at both Championship and Super League level attending matches and post-match conferences on behalf of the newspaper and working to instant deadlines to submit reports on time.



Runcorn and Widnes World

• Runcorn Linnets FC correspondent

  • Nov 2012 - Jul 2014

  Runcorn, United Kingdom A voluntary role in which I covered Runcorn Linnets F.C football matches for the newspaper producing weekly articles within a tight deadline.



Newsquest

• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Newspaper Distributor

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2014

  I reliably delivered the St Helens Star and accompanying advertisement leaflets on a weekly basis every Thursday to over 350 businesses and residences in the borough and Ikea Catalogues on occasions.



Different League Media

• Media Production

• Football News Writer

  • Apr 2013 - Jan 2014

  In this role I produced numerous football news articles on a daily basis for an established football website.



Liverpool Noise

• Contributor

  • May 2013 - Sep 2013

  Liverpool I wrote voluntarily for the Liverpool Noise website, a new up-and-coming online publication producing regular sports content including rugby league reports of all Super League clubs in the region and round-ups and features of other major sports including cricket and football. I also wrote film and arts reviews.



St Helens Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing Assistant & Administrative Support

  • May 2013 - Jul 2013

  St Helens Spent two months work experience with Adult & Community Learning at St Helens Council. In this time, I assisted with the department's marketing, producing newsletters and press releases to publicise adult learning events and courses through the borough. I also wrote and designed the web pages for the department's section of the St Helens Council website. Additionally, I performed administrative tasks; organising and sending mail, taking telephone bookings and enquiries as well as adding… Show more Spent two months work experience with Adult & Community Learning at St Helens Council. In this time, I assisted with the department's marketing, producing newsletters and press releases to publicise adult learning events and courses through the borough. I also wrote and designed the web pages for the department's section of the St Helens Council website. Additionally, I performed administrative tasks; organising and sending mail, taking telephone bookings and enquiries as well as adding learners to the department's database. In this placement I competently used programmes such as dotmailer, umbraco and capita as well as gaining real office work experience. Also, I volunteered to undertake training to make the most of the department's services. I took an Emergency First Aid at Work course and completed an Ascentis Award in Internet Safety. Show less



The Bolton News

• Work Experience

  • Feb 2013 - Feb 2013

  Bolton, United Kingdom I spent a week doing experience at the sportsdesk of The Bolton News. The experience gave me real experience of working in a newspaper office environment, producing copy to a tight deadline and witnessing and assisting with the production of a daily publication.



Wish FM

• Voluntary Work

  • Nov 2012 - Nov 2012

  Wigan, United Kingdom In this role I had to communicate and liaise with the presenter and other members of staff to help ensure smooth running of programme and familiarise myself with and manage available technological equipment to help ensure the show ran on schedule.



LSMedia at liverpoolstudentmedia.com

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sports Editor

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2012

  University of Liverpool A voluntary role for my University newspaper which involved:. -Writing, editing and organising articles for the website daily to ensure content was always engaging, up-to-date and relevant to our readership. - Enabled me to become a more confident and organised person and accustomed to working with and for a team. - Used strong communication skills to organise and distribute articles and content among a team of writers and to maximise the interests and knowledge of our writing… Show more A voluntary role for my University newspaper which involved:. -Writing, editing and organising articles for the website daily to ensure content was always engaging, up-to-date and relevant to our readership. - Enabled me to become a more confident and organised person and accustomed to working with and for a team. - Used strong communication skills to organise and distribute articles and content among a team of writers and to maximise the interests and knowledge of our writing team. This involved both email correspondence and face-to-face meetings when necessary. - The role also required Internet and ICT skills in order to upload and publish articles. - Demonstrated my reliability as I had to constantly meet deadlines and keep content fresh and up-to-date. Show less



The Sphinx

• Sports Editor

  • Feb 2012 - Jul 2012

  University of Liverpool Another voluntary role with a print newspaper for the University, which I was selected for due to the commitment and hard work I had put in for Liverpool Student Media, organising coverage of both professional and campus sport.