Almara Abgarian Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

I am responsible for the editorial output across five departments, however I also lead the lifestyle, features and viral teams.My role includes a variety of tasks including but not limited to:– Editorial direction; monitoring, managing and planning the content calendar– Editorial guidance for senior staff– Maintaining editorial standards, duty of care and handling sensitive cases and complaints– Legal compliance– Growth and business development, securing new partnerships and revenue streams– Working directly with the managing editor and editor-in-chief to achieve monthly and annual targets– Strengthening and promoting our relationships with publishers and broadcasters across the globe– Staffing, training and team development– Commercial operations and offering editorial input for special projects– Subbing content daily– Licensing content– Writing my own articles, with a focus on exclusives and real life features

London, England, United Kingdom

Prior to being promoted to deputy editor, I was the news & lifestyle editor at Jam Press, helping the editor-in-chief grow the company from just a few people to a 20+ strong team of editors and reporters with five different departments.I managed the day-to-day output and long-term editorial planning, with tasks such as:– Creating and implementing new processes to push growth– Forward-planning content– Final headlines and editing copy, from serious crime stories that require extra attention and legal checks to light-hearted viral stories or hefty lifestyle features.– Building the team, staffing and offering daily support and guidance to the reporters– Commissioning content, assigning stories to freelancers and liaising with stringers and third party agencies– Business development and commercial operations, including developing proposals and plans for potential partners– Editorial sales– Monitoring the daily and monthly coverage– Handling complaints and maintaining duty of care – Licensing content and writing my own articles

London, England, United Kingdom

I am Metro.co.uk's resident sex columnist with a weekly op-ed that runs every Friday. My column covers everything from sex trends to dating, sexual health to news-hooked topics and personal experiences, and everything in-between.

London Area, United Kingdom

I am a regular monthly guest on BBC Radio London's breakfast club with Salma El-Wardany. In the past, I have also worked shifts on BBC Newsbeat and appeared on several regional BBC channels, as well as BBC 5Live.

I regularly appear on radio as a guest or expert voice, including regular slots on BBC Radio London, BBC regional channels and Times Radio, as well as sporadic appearances on Talk Radio, Jeremy Vine, Love Sport Radio and more.

London, England, United Kingdom

As a freelance journalist, I have written, edited and shifted for a wide range of outlets (see list below). Although I have covered all kinds of topics, I specialise in real life features, sex, dating and relationships. My proudest moment as a journalist remains reporting from Sarah Everard's vigil, which is one of the most powerful scenes I've ever encountered. I also took a photo at the event that went viral globally.– Metro.co.uk (regular shifter – four days a week for three years)– Time Out (regular shifter)– The Sun & Fabulous (regular shifter)– Huff Post UK (regular work as commercial writer)– Yahoo (regular work as commercial writer)– BBC Newsbeat– Stylist.co.uk– Mail Online– The IndependentI also have bylines in the following outlets:– iNews– Refinery29– Forge (Medium)– Closer, Grazia, Now magazine– Daily Star– Downtown Magazine– New York Post– Ladbible– One City LDN– ON IN London– MSN– Drapers Magazine

London, England, United Kingdom

I have worked with LELO on multiple occasions including researching and writing their 2022 and 2023 global sex reports. Additionally, I have written for their digital outlet (Volonte). I have also worked with other sex and dating brands in a similar fashion, and am a regular sex commentator in the press.

London Area, United Kingdom

I was a regular expert guest on the weekend breakfast show panel and on the weekend evening paper review panel.

London Area, United Kingdom

I did regular monthly shifts on the subbing desk, as well as worked as a reporter for the event section.

London Area, United Kingdom

I did regular monthly shifts on the Sun's features desk, specialising in real life, as well as took on freelance commissions for both online and print.

London, England, United Kingdom

Although I was technically freelance, I worked at Metro.co.uk four days a week for close to three years, splitting my time across the lifestyle and opinion desk. When on lifestyle, I acted as duty editor when desk editors were unavailable, leading the team, editing and managing the daily flow of stories. As a reporter, I covered all lifestyle topics but held a particular focus on sex and relationships (my specialism as a journalist) and real life features. I also launched two series including Kinky Characters (mini series) and How I Do It. The latter is still running to this day.

London, England, United Kingdom

Although I was technically freelance, I worked at Metro.co.uk four days a week for close to three years, splitting my time across the lifestyle and opinion desk. When on the opinion (Platform) desk, I pitched stories, sourced and commissioned writers, conducted interviews, edited features daily – from light-hearted to heavy, complicated topics – and wrote my own op-eds.Additionally, I planned and ran several series for this section such as How To Become A... (a sport-focused career series) and Look What Brexit Made Me Do (covering the UK public's attitude towards Brexit).

London, United Kingdom

I was a freelance public relations consultant, working directly with the owner of the company on a weekly basis. This job included traditional PR tasks such as client management, drafting reactive commentary, writing press releases, campaign and event planning, conducting PR plans, etc.

London, England, United Kingdom

The online guide to London's Square Mile. I was a freelance contributing journalist and regularly provided articles on upcoming events in the City, as well as interviews, reviews and listicles related to food & drink news.

London, United Kingdom

I pitched for the business of this luxury resale startup in 2017, in order to help relaunch the brand on the market and raise the brand profile on digital platforms. My role remained on a freelance consultancy basis, where I offered my input on consumer-facing matters, provided content for the website, developed the look and tone for the company, as well as implemented traditional PR and social media. Coverage achieved in national, consumer and specialist press including The Telegraph, Forbes, Gentleman's Journal, Entrepreneur & Investor Magazine, Start-ups.co.uk etc.

London, United Kingdom

Formerly Spectrum SINO TV & Radio, now Panda Radio UK. I was part of the re-branding and development of the station, and designed the new website www.pandaradio.co.uk, as well as the designed the marketing material such as the media pack etc, in addition to my role as the Lifestyle Editor.The radio station is part of a European network of ten radio stations, in addition to a major following in China (over the 3 million mark). Through a relationship nurtured through Twitter of all places, I started my role as the Features and Lifestyle Editor for the London station.I developed the features calendar and was responsible for the lifestyle section. Regularly wrote news and features on new openings, events, food, drink, fashion, beauty, entertainment and culture. I also went on air with presenters a few times a week to discuss articles, new products, reviews and seasonal events. During events such as London Fashion Week and London Coffee Festival, I did live broadcasts for radio and social media.I also assisted the news editor with hard news stories re politics, crime etc.and covered these on location.

London, United Kingdom

The Yummy Collection is the innovative venue company founded by Tim Foster, Anthony Pender and Jason Rowlands. I have worked with the brand for several years and last year, decided to join them in-house. My role revolves around communication in all its forms. I am responsible for maintaining and developing the brand on all consumer-facing channels; it's far more than just traditional PR including press releases, comment requests and pitching to press, although I do that too. I write and review brand content for marketing material, company websites and 3rd party platforms, draft and submit awards submissions, manage consumer relations and social media, as well as measure all engagement and provide monthly reports for the directors. All press, interview, photography, filming and review requests are managed under my supervision, as is social media. I set up and manage consumer channels for our bars, pubs and hotels, provide training for managers within the company and create guides for internal operations.My role also includes identifying opportunities that can bring further profit to the company, whether that's identifying new consumer trends on social media or building relationships with journalists and brands such as Design My Night, SpeedDater etc. I have planned and executed multiple campaigns and events across Yummy venues to lift the brand profile, raise awareness of new products / services and provide experiences for our customers including but not limited to pop-up shops, seasonal parties and one-off themed evenings. In addition, I am Head of the Random Acts of Kindness project, which launched in 2016 as a reward initiative for people across the UK (see www.yummycollection.co.uk for more info).

London, England, United Kingdom

Witt Herring is a boutique PR firm with a range of clients within the luxury fashion and lifestyle sector, such as Angelo Galasso, Xerjoff, Mauro Guerresco and Pen Heaven.I worked directly with the founder of the company, on a freelance basis. I managed client and press relationships independently with a strong focus on traditional PR, such as drafting creative content writing, pitching ideas and general press liaison. For our clients, I secured press in national, consumer, trade and local press.

Leisure PR & Communications is a specialist PR firm with focus on the food & drink sector and a large roster of well-known industry clients such as Stonegate Pub Company, Miller Brands, Hawthorn Leisure, Intertain and City of London Distillery. This role covered a range of tasks including traditional PR, event, press and client management. I worked with all of the above mentioned brands and more, on both an individual and team basis (depending on the project). I was given a lot of responsibility at L PR with my own clients to look after; some months I was drafting creative content and securing press coverage, others I was managing national campaigns and events. I created tailored social media campaigns, training guides for online engagement and provide assessments / reports based on extensive brand and competitor research. When required, I also assisted with website development, filming and risk management.

London, England, United Kingdom

Naked Fashions (now defunct) was a fashion & lifestyle blog. In my role as contributing writer, I attended events, organised interviews and wrote copy for the website across a range of sectors including fashion, beauty, lifestyle and food / drink.

London, England, United Kingdom

TrendLife magazine is an online lifestyle publication focused specifically on news & features for Beds, Bucks & Herts. I worked closely with the editor of the publication and provided copy for the fashion desk.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Fashion Journalism

Diploma, Event Management

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