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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Produce AFL content for foxfooty.com.au, including news writing, feature stories and other analysis pieces• Across all the key sporting news to ensure appropriate coverage of breaking news, live events and storylines• Use engaging headlines, story sells, images and video to drive traffic• Work in an innovative news space to tell engaging stories through a creative angle

Richmond, Victoria, Australia

• Produced, commissioned and edited content for all platforms, focusing on quality and increasing user engagement and audience size• Played a leading role in increasing website traffic by over 70% year on year from 2019-2020, using and analysing Google Analytics and SEO data to better understand audiences• Liaised with AFL media managers to organise interviews with sports stars and attendance of press conferences• Led and managed team of 10+ journalists and contributors •… Show more • Produced, commissioned and edited content for all platforms, focusing on quality and increasing user engagement and audience size• Played a leading role in increasing website traffic by over 70% year on year from 2019-2020, using and analysing Google Analytics and SEO data to better understand audiences• Liaised with AFL media managers to organise interviews with sports stars and attendance of press conferences• Led and managed team of 10+ journalists and contributors • Managed and promoted content on site via social media channels to our 220,000+ followers• Gained experience with Canva and Hootsuite Show less

Cremorne, Victoria, Australia

• Helped lead professional newsroom, publishing stories by tight deadlines in a fast-paced team environment• Learnt how to best utilise different social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to engage and grow audiences• Interviewed sport stars and attended press conferences• Led internship program and recruited over 20 students each year from all themajor Victorian universities• Helped produce outsourced content and liaised with the NBL, NBL1 and Big V•… Show more • Helped lead professional newsroom, publishing stories by tight deadlines in a fast-paced team environment• Learnt how to best utilise different social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to engage and grow audiences• Interviewed sport stars and attended press conferences• Led internship program and recruited over 20 students each year from all themajor Victorian universities• Helped produce outsourced content and liaised with the NBL, NBL1 and Big V• Gained strong knowledge about WordPress and Google Analytics Show less