Site Administrator & Community Manager since 2008Contributing Writer 2010-2012Editor 2012-2015Automotive Editor 2017-2019Editor in Chief 2019-Responsibilities include:* Managing news page content output as part of an expanded remit to cover console simulation racing games* Directing the writing team, each with their own area of expertise, to ensure as many applicable games as possible are given adequate coverage* Sub-editing content to maintain a consistent style, alongside writing my own posts* Representing GTPlanet at motoring, motorsport and gaming events* Liaising with the site owner and editor-in-chief to keep content appropriate to the site's goals* Managing a community of 250,000 members - one of the top 40 internet forums of any kindHighlights include:* Coverage of RJN Motorsport's Blancpain Endurance Series race at Silverstone in June 2010, from the team's own pit garage - meeting and interviewing key personnel including the team's drivers* Live coverage of GT Academy from Silverstone annually, including UK national finals and Race Camp events from 2010 onwards. Awarded fastest journalist prize in 2012!* Covering Polyphony Digital's 2010 Gamescom presentations in Cologne.* Interviews with PD studio head and Sony vice-president Kazunori Yamauchi at Gamescom, GT Academy and Goodwood Festival of Speed.

https://www.lefthandthread.co.uk/Providing automotive, gaming, and esports copy to a variety of clients including Goodwood Road & Racing, Zhejiang Geely, the Institute of the Motor Industry, and Car and Classic.

Staff Writer from October 2015 to January 2016Senior Staff Writer from January 2016 to presentWriting news and reviews across Blackball Media's outlets - Car Dealer Magazine, Workshop Magazine and SuperUnleaded.com - alongside providing content for external clients.

Writing car reviews, comparisons and news for carwow - one of the leading car review aggregator websites.

Writing car reviews, comparisons and news at Car Throttle - the pre-eminent young-driver focussed motoring site in the UK.

A full-time, term-time post at a private preparatory school (5-13) in Cambridge. Role included sole responsibility for chemical preparation (including buffer solutions), COSHH, laboratory maintenance, and cleanliness, plus* Liaising with the ICT Working Party for advancement of Multimedia provision in the school specifically with regards to transferring old videos to DVD and video streaming.* Consultation in the design process for a new science block.* Practical demonstration and class supervision, including fieldwork.* Care for livestock, including an aquarium, giant land snails and Syrian hamsters.

A full-time post with responsibility for 9 science laboratories in a 1,100 pupil secondary (11-16) school. Duties extended from routine laboratory maintenance and stocking to chemical preparation and primary responsibility for departmental IT facilities. Other duties included:* Practical demonstration and class supervision, including fieldwork.* Supervision at after school clubs and out-of-hours assistance for open evenings.* Preparation of all departmental timetables and performance data.* Transfer of all departmental video resources to DVD hardcopy and video streaming.* Schoolwide photography and cinematography.* Line management of two other staff.* Departmental First Aid and fire safety.* Chair of school's support staff group.

Initial 18-month contract, extended by a further 3 months, to work on a project for detection of circulating tumour cells in colorectal cancer patients as an indicator of adjuvant chemotherapy. Without senior scientist support for most of the period I cleared an 18 month sample backlog while processing my own samples, resulting in a same-day process. Duties included general laboratory maintenance, stock supervision and record-keeping along with specific project work:* RNA extraction from whole blood* Spectrophotometry* Two stage RT-PCR* Agarose gel electrophoresis* Buffer preparation* Human cell line culture and cryogenic suspension* Weekly departmental results and progress presentation* Presentation of results and methods to external concernsThe project resulted in one paper during my employment:* McCullough TK, Evans AJ et al. (Jun 2002). “Detection of circulating tumour cells at 24h after primary resection predicts colorectal cancer recurrence.” BRIT J SURG. 89:68-68.

A placement position, carrying out my MSc. project. Along with routine laboratory maintenance, I performed work specific to my project “Comparative Genomic Hybridisation Analysis of Meningioma Samples”:* Nick translation* Agarose gel electrophoresis* Comparative Genomic Hybridisation* Karyotype analysis using Quips software