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Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Responsibilities - Developing and implementing a strategic vision to finding new audiences for BBC Radio Leicester sport, widening the scope and quality of our output to be suitable for modern audiences. This includes managing content for radio, TV, online and social media. - Leicester Tigers commentator for BBC Radio Leicester, covering the team across the country, and host of the Leicester Tigers Rugby Show, the most popular club rugby podcast following one team in the country. - Leicestershire T20 commentator, and host of cricket podcast Talking Foxes, as well as football reporter covering Leicester City. - Implementing new social media and digital strategies to reach larger and underserved groups. - Exercising editorial judgment in developing story ideas, and producing accurate and impartial journalism in leading a small team of sports journalists and freelancers. - Managerial duties such as organising team rotas, talent spotting, training and development, sorting foreign trips, and managing relationships with local teams and colleagues at the BBC. - Continuing to produce and originate stories. Scripting, editing, outputting, filming and presenting content across a range of BBC output, and original journalism such as breaking the story of the sacking of the Leicestershire head coach.Achievements - Developed and launched the weeknight ‘Game Night’ programme, a new show focused on a more diverse range of sports and providing social media content with linear programming. - Mentoring three young women to become fully fledged broadcast journalists, reading bulletins, presenting programmes and reporting live. One has gone on to get a job with BBC Sport. - Developing and changing podcast content to reach wider audiences. Episodes are now shorter and more precise, and have record listener figures in the past six months. The When You're Smiling podcast, which I oversee, is now the most popular podcast in local radio.

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Working across Leicestershire sport, I am a presenter, commentator, producer and bulletin reader.I largely cover Leicester Tigers for BBC Radio Leicester, presenting their matchday coverage and the Leicester Tigers Rugby show, the most popular one-team rugby podcast in the country. However, I also present and commentate on Leicestershire CCC and Leicester City FC.

London, United Kingdom

Covering sports stories for local and national indexes and live pages online, contributing to BBC live text pages, using a wide range of video, audio and written content, and creating and developing digital videos for use on social media and the BBC Sport website.- Digital England Award 2017 winner as lead writer and producer for BBC’s interactive Royal Ascot coverage, collating the best of radio, video, picture and text content for a live page that reached one million people across the week. (Winner of ‘Best Sport Live Page’).

London, United Kingdom

Reading live bulletins a wide range of local radio stations and originating and making packages for stories, reporting live from sporting events and providing live commentary for football matches. Maidenhead FC reporter for BBC Radio Berkshire, providing radio commentary and social media coverage of the team’s maiden National League campaign, and Stand-in commentator for Reading FC matches.Cricket commentator for Kent, Hampshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset, providing live radio commentary, social media coverage and contributions to the BBC Sport live text page.

Reading, United Kingdom

Responsibilities- Writing articles and features for the BBC News website for the Berkshire area.- Contributing to BBC News’ ‘local live’ pages - creating a wide range of video, audio and written content for a local audience.- Originating and producing digital videos for use on social media and the BBC website.Achievements- Originated and developed two stories on one day that reached a total of 7.5 million people. A video of a man being hit by a bus reached 5 million people on the BBC News Website and social media, and an adoption story that reached a further 2.5 million across multi-platforms.

Kent Ccc; Gloucestershire Ccc

• Providing live on air commentary of Kent, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Hampshire matches across County Championship, One-Day and T20 formats.• Performing live and pre-recorded inserts into live programming.• Interviewing players, coaches and officials before and after games.• Providing updates on digital platforms on social media and the BBC Sport website.

Bbc Radio Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire And Gloucestershire

Live reporting, package making, programme set-up and writing cues and scripts for presenters, driving the live desk for live sport, clipping, editing and producing clips to a high standard suitable for BBC local radio, handling the station’s social media output and being the point of contact for staff & listeners.

Bbc Bristol

Responsibilities- Delivering excellent customer service and ensuring security and safety of customers.- Planning and organising tours for groups up to 19 from various ages and backgrounds.- Providing informative and educational tours with confidence and eloquence.- Ensuring a high level of knowledge about regional and national BBC programming.- A strong, confident speaking voice is essential, as is the ability to work extremely well with the public and be polite and courteous to members of the public and staff.Achievements- Described as 'Knowledgeable, informative, enthusiastic and friendly… a great credit to the Corporation, particularly considering their ages’ on customer feedback form.

Caversham, Berkshire

In sole charge of creating and commissioning innovative sport content for digital audiences. I devised, produced and edited in-depth stories and features across video, audio and digital platforms such as the BBC Sport Website, as well as social media.On-air responsibilities include writing and performing sports bulletins throughout the week, reporting live from sporting events including football, rugby, horse racing and rowing, and being station interviewer at Reading FC and London Irish press conferences.Lead producer and contributor for the station’s sports output, including our ‘Saturday Sport’ programme, as well as Friday night preview show – ‘Weekend Kick Off’. Broadcast assistant roles, which include taking phone calls from the public, assisting presenters and communicators, and ensuring any programming runs smoothly.

Bath, United Kingdom

Responsibilities• Producing and writing a live text commentary blog giving insight and updates of local and national football teams on Saturday afternoons.• I was in charge of the Chronicle’s coverage of the Summer and Winter transfer windows in 2015, both producing transfer gossip prior to the deadline, and a round-up of all completed deals.• I also write 'listicles' on a broad rang of different subjects, from the strangest ever Olympic Sports to the most extravagant footballing purchases.Achievements• My pieces on Premier League transfers, were the most popular on the Bath Chronicle website, with some getting over 2,000 views in the lead up to the deadline.• Live text commentary coverage is shared across the West to sister sites and to all local clubs to keep up-to-date with footballing events around the region.

Bbc Radio Bristol Sport

I was selected out of 100 applicants for the BBC ‘Kick Off’ sports journalism scheme at BBC Radio Bristol. The internship recruits talented journalists and radio presenters with a passion for sport. • Reading sports bulletins for BBC Radio Bristol.• Devising, writing and performing features on sport in the local area.• Writing for the BBC Sport Website.• Interviewing important and successful sporting stars.• Collecting and editing clips, and writing cues for features or bulletins.

University Of Bristol Student Union

• I was chosen as the first ever student presenter of the University of Bristol Results night, performing to over 200 people.• As a result of this, I was recruited as the first student ‘master of ceremonies’ at the University of Bristol Union Awards - the most prestigious ceremony at the University- to an audience of 500.•Asked to devise, develop and write the introductory video for University of Bristol ‘Welcome Week’. The video was posted for all new Bristol University students the day A-Level Results were received.

Warwick, Warwickshire

Responsibilities included: greeting visitors and selling tickets, dealing with customer queries and questions, as well as the ability to upsell and advertise items such as guidebooks and annual passes.Team Leader – Summer Bank Holiday weekend 2013. Chosen to manage a group of 20 employees on the busiest weekend in the Castle’s history. Responsibilities included: engaging with senior staff to run an efficient operation, managing customer complaints, and setting up cash tills and units. Administration Assistant: Alongside role as welcome assistant, I was also trusted to provide cover for administration assistants, the central point of contact for all staff. Roles included: managing emergency situations such as fires or lost children, answering telephone calls from outside the site, and general administration work.

Master Of Science (Msc), Policy Research, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Compere/Master of Ceremonies for University of Bristol Results Night and UBU Union Awards BURST Radio: Host.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Social Policy, 2:1 (Mark 68)

Activities and Societies: BURST Radio University of Bristol Cross Country Team Halls of Residence Football Team This course studied how.

Education record

A Levels; A* in Sociology, 2 As in Government and Politics and History, 1 B in General Studies 1 AS Level: C in English Literature

Gcses, 1 A*, 1 A, 6 Bs And 4 Cs