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- Writing news and language feature articles

- Writing live reviews of independent music artists and events

Tours, Centre-Val De Loire, France

- Responsible for the coordination, creation, delivery and evaluation of English classes within the Applied Foreign Languages department of a French university, covering English oral & written expression, oral comprehension, interpreting, media literacy, academic writing.- Key skills: adaptability and drive, ability to develop innovative and engaging teaching programmes, simultaneous use of French/English.- Supporting extra curricular activities and performing in a student-staff Shakespeare production for Interculturality Week.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

- Selected to represent undergraduate students in Strathclyde's School of Humanities in working towards the attainment of the Athena Swan Bronze award. In a small group of staff and students, we performed data analysis of survey results in evaluating gender equality and diversity within the school.- Researching, writing and proofreading a collaborative, official document.- Subsequent transition over to the Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) committee and member of the Anti-Racism sub-committee

Paris, Île-De-France, France

- Creation of social media content and posting schedule for a French NGO striving for youth empowerment and equal opportunities.- Management of projects within an intergenerational residence: Planning activities and communicating with residents, preparing and leading weekly thematic English workshops. Organisation of the Solidarity Kitchen project (recruiting participants, planning menus, creating rotas, spreadsheets and administrative documents).

South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

- Able to multitask, adapt and work well in a team under pressure. Development of excellent customer service skills.- Joined the Rocca Foundation to provide meals to local foodbanks during the lockdown period of covid-19.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

- Assessing applications and carrying out interviews over the phone and via Zoom, to recruit a strong, diverse cross-section of voters from around Scotland to appear across BBC election coverage.- Communicating with over 25 programme makers and external producers to create diverse panels for TV, radio and online - including BBC Breakfast, Newsround and Reporting Scotland. - Managed and updated databases and files on Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.- Wrote a radio script for Drivetime and published an article under a joint byline on the BBC News site.

United Kingdom

- Raising funds to help young journalists who are potentially shut out of media professions, by offering an accessible online programme of support and resources. - Duties included: communications with the public, writing blog articles surrounding diversity in the media, creating Canva graphics, scheduling content and taking initiative to manage fast-paced social strategies, hosting live social videos, forward planning and researching participants for future event organisation.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

- Responsible for collaborating with journalists, staff and contributors. - Duties included: recruiting writers, sourcing story ideas, content creation, editing, publishing, promotion, email correspondence, creating newsletters, working independently to meet multiple deadlines, organising events and public speaking.- Launched the blog's redesign and coordinated social media platforms.- Shortlisted for Best Specialist Publication in the Student Publication Awards 2021.- Link to my contributions: https://amylyallwrites.wordpress.com/category/the-byline-club/

Scotland, United Kingdom

- Assisting in the delivery of accessible and inclusive French camps for young people. - Duties included: managing a busy programme of language games, leading challenges and media-oriented activities such as creating short films. - Key skills: adaptability, clear communication and paying attention to detail.

Plaisir, Ile-De-France, France

- Teaching English to three children; employing patience, strength, communication and maturity as I adapted to a foreign environment.

Ba Hons, French And Journalism & Creative Writing, First Class Honours With Distinction In The Spoken Language Of French.

Activities and Societies: Strathclyde University Concert Band, The Byline Club, Athena Swan/GEDI Committee, Erasmus Student Network, SCILT.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Dedicated member of several music groups, performing nationally and internationally, Junior Instrumentalist.

Dance, Musical Theatre

Activities and Societies: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Musical Theatre. National Progression Award in Dance.