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London, England, United Kingdom

Travel photography and writing for titles such as Condé Nast Traveller and agencies/clients including Northstar (for Audi UK) and the Slow Cyclist.

London, England, United Kingdom

Subediting and digital content production across a number of editorial desks including Culture, Newsletters and G2.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Co-launched Etihad Airways’ inflight magazine-website first as Deputy Editor (from Jan 2017) before taking over as editor in October 2018. Responsibilities:
• Managed a team of five and a six-figure annual budget to produce a premium print and digital title for one of the world’s leading airlines to award-winning standard (see below).
• Both creative and client lead: oversaw the production of all editorial content (including my own travel journalism) as well as produced, managed and quality-assured all client deliverables to a twice-monthly deadline..

London, England, United Kingdom

• Youth-targeted site founded by Vice Media’s creative arm Virtue covering sustainability, social justice and the environment with major backers including Unilever, M&S and Facebook, among others. Responsibilities:
• Produced sharable, social-ready independent and sponsored editorial in sharp, tonally consistent editorial voice.

Shanghai, China

• Thirsty Work Productions (TWP) is a creative agency-publisher based in Shanghai offering brand strategy, custom publishing and event management solutions to major international drinks brands. Headhunted to oversee.
• Devised content strategy for print-digital products, increased editorial output, drove creative direction of website-magazine relaunch, delivered best-performing digital content in company’s seven-year history.
• Developed editorial workflow, managed planning and production of all independent content.
• Planned-produced-quality assured content for clients such as Bacardi and Remy-Cointreau.
• Reputation development: recruited new contributors, identified content partnerships with award-winning publishers, steered magazine to its first award nomination.*Nominated: World’s Best Spirits Publication, Takes of.

Shanghai, China

• Regarded as the most credible and widely read English-language guide to Shanghai published by China’s third largest media company. Responsibilities:
• Co-managed editorial output: planned, commissioned, edited, sub-edited and proofed editorial, co-ordinated creative development of cover features, guided photographic and design direction.
• Restructured-managed two sections: Nightlife and Drinks, contributed short-form digital content.
• Creative solutions: editorial direction and production of branded advertorials.

Singapore

• Ink is a London-headquartered travel media specialist offering content solutions to several major airlines. Joined its only newsstand title (now published by Mongoose) as staff writer but soon promoted to associate.
• See Time Out Shanghai, above.
• Co-directed integration of print-digital output, initiated first social strategy, produced two of the most popular cover stories in title’s history.

London, United Kingdom

• Assisted on first, full launch of website as a working advocate for digital content at a time of significant change management (strategic shift to digital). Responsibilities:
• Managed migration of content from print to digital: repurposed editorial to produce high-performance, SEO-adherent features via several content management systems.
• Curated section homepages; produced weekly newsletter, used performance data to leverage reader-engagement levels and subscription base.