Suzanne Locke
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Professional working proficiency
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Caithlin Mercer
Suzanne's breadth of experience, keen business instincts and dedication to understanding the audience made her an unforgettable manager at Yahoo Maktoob, and someone from whom I was grateful to learn.
Ola Degteva
Suzanne worked with Expatra for over a year, helping us to clean up the existing content and plan the way forward. I cannot recommend her highly enough. Suzanne is a talented wordsmith, researcher, and editor who has a way with words. She delivers more than you would expect and is a pleasure to work with.
Caithlin Mercer
Suzanne's breadth of experience, keen business instincts and dedication to understanding the audience made her an unforgettable manager at Yahoo Maktoob, and someone from whom I was grateful to learn.
Ola Degteva
Suzanne worked with Expatra for over a year, helping us to clean up the existing content and plan the way forward. I cannot recommend her highly enough. Suzanne is a talented wordsmith, researcher, and editor who has a way with words. She delivers more than you would expect and is a pleasure to work with.
Caithlin Mercer
Suzanne's breadth of experience, keen business instincts and dedication to understanding the audience made her an unforgettable manager at Yahoo Maktoob, and someone from whom I was grateful to learn.
Ola Degteva
Suzanne worked with Expatra for over a year, helping us to clean up the existing content and plan the way forward. I cannot recommend her highly enough. Suzanne is a talented wordsmith, researcher, and editor who has a way with words. She delivers more than you would expect and is a pleasure to work with.
Caithlin Mercer
Suzanne's breadth of experience, keen business instincts and dedication to understanding the audience made her an unforgettable manager at Yahoo Maktoob, and someone from whom I was grateful to learn.
Ola Degteva
Suzanne worked with Expatra for over a year, helping us to clean up the existing content and plan the way forward. I cannot recommend her highly enough. Suzanne is a talented wordsmith, researcher, and editor who has a way with words. She delivers more than you would expect and is a pleasure to work with.
Experience
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Aurora50
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United Arab Emirates
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Content Strategist
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Mar 2022 - Present
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Locke Digital
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United Kingdom
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Online Audio and Video Media
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Director
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Jun 2015 - Present
Content Consultancy | Storytelling Make your content discoverable and useful. Reach the right people with a beautiful site stuffed full of helpful, quality content. Clients include Red Bull, Informa, Dubai Tourism and Expatra. Content Consultancy | Storytelling Make your content discoverable and useful. Reach the right people with a beautiful site stuffed full of helpful, quality content. Clients include Red Bull, Informa, Dubai Tourism and Expatra.
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Royal Holloway, University of London
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Visiting Lecturer, Digital Marketing
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Nov 2019 - May 2022
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Goldsmiths, University of London
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Lecturer, Social Media
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Oct 2021 - Jan 2022
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Souqalmal.com
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United Arab Emirates
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Content
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May 2014 - Jan 2015
Managing news, content, distribution, partnerships and PR for the Middle East's leading comparison website. Managing news, content, distribution, partnerships and PR for the Middle East's leading comparison website.
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Yahoo
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Information Technology and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Editor in chief, Yahoo Middle East & Africa
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Jan 2012 - Apr 2014
Reporting to the MEA head of media, led an editorial team managing Yahoo Maktoob (English) and South Africa. Reporting to the MEA head of media, led an editorial team managing Yahoo Maktoob (English) and South Africa.
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Econsultancy
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United Kingdom
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Contributor
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Apr 2011 - Feb 2012
Contributed to The State of Digital in MENA report and chaired roundtables at Digital Cream Dubai 2011 (managing digital teams & channel integration) and 2012 (content strategy). Contributed to The State of Digital in MENA report and chaired roundtables at Digital Cream Dubai 2011 (managing digital teams & channel integration) and 2012 (content strategy).
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Director of Digital Development, MEED
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Feb 2009 - Apr 2011
Sitting on senior management team, managed operational budget and a development and support team in Dubai and Mumbai, working closely with marketing, sales, customer service and other divisions to ensure sites fulfilled the business' commercial and subscription needs. Product manager for meed.com and meedprojects.com, working for Emap Middle East (now part of Top Right Group).
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Online Editor, MEED.com
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Oct 2007 - Jan 2009
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Gulf News
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United Arab Emirates
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Newspaper Publishing
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500 - 600 Employee
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Digital Media Development Manager
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Jul 2007 - Oct 2007
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Web Editor, xpress4me.com
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Sep 2006 - Oct 2007
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BSkyB
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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Editor, sky.com/showbiz
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Apr 2004 - Aug 2006
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Editor, skymovies.com
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Jan 2002 - Apr 2004
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Journalist, skynews.com
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Jan 1999 - Jan 2002
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Gartner
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United States
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Information Services
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700 & Above Employee
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European Sub-Editor, Consulting
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Apr 1997 - Jan 1999
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Education
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1992 - 1996
City, University of London
Bachelor's Degree, Journalism -
1994 - 1995
Université Bordeaux Montaigne (ex - Bordeaux 3)
Journalism -
St Christopher's School, Bahrain
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