Deputy News Editor

• Jun 2021 - Present

News Reporter

• Mar 2016 - Dec 2017

Digital Freelancer Empire Magazine

• Oct 2015 - Nov 2015

*Helped relaunch Empire Online for an audience of 1.7 million unique users *Re-wrote and adapted news stories and features for the new platform *Migrated and hand coded digital content including images and video *Extensive use of a Bantam CMS and SEO techniques *Produced a report on user satisfaction *Helped relaunch Empire Online for an audience of 1.7 million unique users *Re-wrote and adapted news stories and features for the new platform *Migrated and hand coded digital content including images and video *Extensive use of a Bantam CMS and SEO techniques *Produced a report on user satisfaction

Editorial Placement Empire Magazine

• Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

*Transcribed interviews; researched features, wrote sidebars and helped courier equipment *Observed staff undertake a junket interview with a Hollywood actor *Took part in on editorial meetings for future issues *Featured as a talking-head on The Empire Podcast *Shadowed members of the team day to day. *Gained brilliant insight into magazine journalism at the world's biggest film publication *Transcribed interviews; researched features, wrote sidebars and helped courier equipment *Observed staff undertake a junket interview with a Hollywood actor *Took part in on editorial meetings for future issues *Featured as a talking-head on The Empire Podcast *Shadowed members of the team day to day. *Gained brilliant insight into magazine journalism at the world's biggest film publication

Freelance Reporter

• May 2015 - May 2015

*Covered the Arfon constituency in North Wales during General Election Night 2015 *Live-streamed video from the polling station via a Live U unit *Filmed the declaration announcement for broadcasting on Sky News *Relayed voting results back to Sky studios via election app *Covered the Arfon constituency in North Wales during General Election Night 2015 *Live-streamed video from the polling station via a Live U unit *Filmed the declaration announcement for broadcasting on Sky News *Relayed voting results back to Sky studios via election app

Reporter

• Sep 2012 - Apr 2015

*Reported on crime, politics, sport and entertainment covering Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire *Broke several exclusive pieces for which I was Midlands Media Award nominated *Liaised with Port Vale FC to arrange press conferences *Ran editorial meetings and set news agenda on several occasions *Sub-edited news pages and learnt page design *Reported on crime, politics, sport and entertainment covering Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire *Broke several exclusive pieces for which I was Midlands Media Award nominated *Liaised with Port Vale FC to arrange press conferences *Ran editorial meetings and set news agenda on several occasions *Sub-edited news pages and learnt page design

Editorial Work Experience

• Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

*Tackled news and sport in Mid Wales *Landed page leads for both Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire editions *Contributed film reviews to the Leisure supplement *Represented the paper at events and interviews *Attended County Court for the paper *Tackled news and sport in Mid Wales *Landed page leads for both Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire editions *Contributed film reviews to the Leisure supplement *Represented the paper at events and interviews *Attended County Court for the paper

Film Critic

• Apr 2014 - Nov 2014

*In charge of reviewing major releases for UK film Blog *Audience of over 60K Twitter followers. *In charge of reviewing major releases for UK film Blog *Audience of over 60K Twitter followers.