Experience

FirstWord Media

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor

  • Apr 2016 - Present

  Commissioning editor, project lead and head of editorial transcreation team, as well as various roles including strategy, writing, editing, reports and website production, for multiple accounts from global consultancies to start-ups. Commissioning editor, project lead and head of editorial transcreation team, as well as various roles including strategy, writing, editing, reports and website production, for multiple accounts from global consultancies to start-ups.



Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE)

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Specialist

  • Apr 2019 - Present

  Helping tell and manage the stories and case studies emerging from this innovative Home Office unit which takes an Agile approach to solving technology and data problems facing public sector agencies, primarily in law enforcement and national security. Helping tell and manage the stories and case studies emerging from this innovative Home Office unit which takes an Agile approach to solving technology and data problems facing public sector agencies, primarily in law enforcement and national security.



Smart/tasking

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Client Partner

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  Creating and delivering journalism-driven strategic and marketing communications and newsroom services for SmartTasking and its clients. Creating and delivering journalism-driven strategic and marketing communications and newsroom services for SmartTasking and its clients.



Digi.me - A World Data Exchange platform application.

• United Kingdom
• Data Security Software Products
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Editor

  • Aug 2015 - Sep 2021

  Content, communications, press management, branding, social media engagement and strategy for an award-winning technology company. Press coverage secured across publications / websites including TechCrunch, Wired, Fortune and Forbes, as well as adding thousands of followers across social media accounts. Content, communications, press management, branding, social media engagement and strategy for an award-winning technology company. Press coverage secured across publications / websites including TechCrunch, Wired, Fortune and Forbes, as well as adding thousands of followers across social media accounts.



The Telegraph

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Special Projects Editor

  • Oct 2004 - Oct 2012

  Special projects editor responsible for the conception, planning and delivery of innovative coverage for major traffic events including the Royal Wedding, the 2010 General Election and US elections for Telegraph.co.uk. Involved keeping abreast of all new technology and news tools available and planning across all newspaper and web departments to ensure our coverage before, during and after was as good, different and enticing for readers as possible. Followed previous roles of online deputy news editor and breaking news writer, where key tasks involved writing copy at speed but with accuracy, finding and editing appropriate pictures and writing attention-grabbing headlines. I thrived on the challenge of editing the site alone and was chosen to pioneer breaking business news on telegraph.co.uk in partnership with City journalists from the Daily Telegraph. Show less



BBC

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Breaking News Web Journalist

  • Mar 2004 - Oct 2004

  Breaking news content for the UK news section of the BBC website, writing and updating big stories including crime, politics and celebrity as they happened, and enriching them by finding, creating and inserting appropriate video and audio content. Breaking news content for the UK news section of the BBC website, writing and updating big stories including crime, politics and celebrity as they happened, and enriching them by finding, creating and inserting appropriate video and audio content.



Newquest South London

• Deputy Editor

  • Apr 2004 - Sep 2004

  Day-to-day management and news editing of the Sutton and Epsom Guardians, but also playing a key part in news conferences and improving the look and content of all eight papers in the series, as well as the associated websites. Day-to-day management and news editing of the Sutton and Epsom Guardians, but also playing a key part in news conferences and improving the look and content of all eight papers in the series, as well as the associated websites.



NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NEWSPAPERS LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy News Editor

  • Mar 2002 - Apr 2004

  Deputy chief news editor for the three-edition Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. Duties involved commissioning and editing copy from 17 reporters and managing the newsdesk diary, as well as generating stories and follow-up ideas/campaigns. On my own initiative, I set up and ran copy clinics to work with trainees on improving style and speed of output. Deputy chief news editor for the three-edition Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. Duties involved commissioning and editing copy from 17 reporters and managing the newsdesk diary, as well as generating stories and follow-up ideas/campaigns. On my own initiative, I set up and ran copy clinics to work with trainees on improving style and speed of output.