Chris Ogden Email & Phone Number

Altrincham, England, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

o Freelance text football commentator for global sports media company Stats Perform (Aug. 2018 - present). I write live text commentaries for Premier League, European, and global football matches, syndicated to websites such as Goal.com and Yahoo.como Freelance journalist specialising in arts/culture, sport and politics. Published by Prospect, The Set Pieces, The Skinny and Salford City FC's match-day programme. Also published by Green World, Mancunian Matters, Creative Tourist, HOME, Lighthouse, Concrete: UEA's Student Newspaper.o Published poetry in Butcher's Dog, Lighthouse, Elbow Room, New Writing and UEA 17 Poets 2012. Nominated by Elbow Room for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem ('Memo'). A featured reader with Richard Mabey and Colette Sensier at Café Writers at Take 5, Norwich, in April 2013.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

o Acted as sole editor and journalist for several Crosby Associates publications, covering the social housing sector (Housing Executive, Homes North and South), the construction industry (Britbuild, Heritage and Traditional Building) and business (The Voice)o Wrote features and news articles for Housing Executive’s website and Crosby's range of print magazines, carrying out interviews and uploading articles using Wordpress. Interviewees include representatives from the Chartered Institute of Housing, the Northern Housing Consortium, and Women in Social Housingo Edited and commissioned articles from external contributors, seeking a range of voices from across the housing sectoro Promoted titles over social media using Hootsuite and assisted with the design of print magazines, sub-editing articles and suggesting featured images, ensuring adherence to copyright and media law

Manchester, United Kingdom

o Acted as a member of the Marketing Team of tech start-up company TickX, an events ticket search engine and discovery platform, helping to plan, create and deploy content across the TickX website and appo Researched, wrote and edited: Content SEO about TickX's artists and venues to provide value to website/app users and boost website rankings. Regularly used Yoast, Ahrefs etc News stories for TickX website to keep it up to date and boost site traffic e.g. artist tour announcements Data-driven digital PR pieces to drive backlinks to TickX's websiteo Uploaded all content via Wordpress and the TickX in-house CMS Syncso Drafted press releases and pitched blogs/digital PR pieces to external contacts/partners in order to attract backlinks to the TickX site

Macclesfield

o Wrote news stories for Spacehouse's three websites Air Quality News, New Start and Environment Journal, geared towards audiences of air quality, environment and housing expertso Wrote feature articles across the three sites, conducting interviews in person and by telephone and email. Topics included Glasgow's Low Emissions Zone and student co-op housingo Uploaded articles to site using Wordpress CMS and promoted via Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

Wigan, United Kingdom

o Wrote content and blogs to attract and inform visitors to clients’ websites, optimising the content following SEO and inbound marketing best practice. Tasks included content spinningo Successfully passed Inbound Marketing Certification offered by Hubspot, the inbound marketing and sales expertso Worked for Freestart on a freelance basis from August 2017 to May 2018.

Manchester, United Kingdom

o Worked as an online reporter for Cognitive’s three B2B magazines: National Health Executive, Public Health Executive and Rail Technology Magazineo Sourced and wrote news stories to deadline for the magazines’ websites, selecting stories to run with the agency’s editor and uploading stories using the in-house CMS. Represented the magazines at industry events to obtain exclusive contento Managed the magazines’ social media output on Facebook/Twitter via Tweetdeck

Manchester, United Kingdom

o Generated news and feature stories for Mancunian Matters, a Manchester news website (NCTJ Diploma in Journalism placement)o Conducted interviews by email, telephone and face-to-face to generate written content, videos and podcasts, specialising in arts/culture and politicso Interviewed prominent individuals such as Leader of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron, Green Party MEP Jean Lambert and Olympic swimmer Keri-Anne Payne, providing live blog coverage of the 2016 Manchester city council elections via Twitter and Tweetdecko Developed a list of personal contacts in order to self-source stories, conducting independent research to file to deadlineo Used a strong knowledge of social media, SEO, Quark Express, Audacity and iMovie to create diverse print, online and video content

St. James' House, Salford

Temporary assignment via Adecco agency, working independently as part of the Patient Services team.Oversaw investigations into patient complaints about NHS primary care services, requiring completion within a 40 working day deadline.Wrote responses to patients using Microsoft Word regarding their complaint, researching complex medical terminology to make it user-friendly and requiring independent judgement.Kept an audit trail of investigation progress using MS Excel and in-house system HP Openview.Interacted with patients and healthcare professionals by phone and email to pursue/provide information.

I was selected to be one of twelve people to participate in Cornerhouse’s Digital Reporters Scheme 2013-14 on a part-time basis. This includes an eight-month training programme covering a wide range of digital skills such as effective social media, Wordpress, and A/V production (Audioboo, Audacity, Final Cut Pro, DSLR cameras).My role as a Digital Reporter was to create occasional content for the Cornerhouse and Library Theatre Company websites, reviewing Cornerhouse films and exhibitions and LTC productions, also interviewing members of the public for A/V recorded vox pops. I also pitched developmental ideas to Cornerhouse's Head of Engagement and Creative Industries Programme Manager in a consultation session on HOME, the new Manchester arts hub which opened in spring 2015.

o Engaged with disabled UEA students between 18-40 years old as a personal assistant and study mentor, working both independently under the direction of clients and within the larger Dean of Students’ Office teamo Used Microsoft Office to transcribe academic lectures and interviews and create accurate study resources with instant turnaround, learning to recognise unfamiliar terminology in a variety of subjects (English and American Literature, Law, Education, Psychology, International Development)o Guided students’ critical and creative assignments one-to-one, proofreading work, identifying logical, stylistic, or technical concerns, and offering advice. Specialised in mentoring Literature and Creative Writing students, guiding a CW student to achieve a 1:1 grade in their Poetry module.o Organised students’ work in office, creating physical and digital filing systems, making calls, sending emails, and designing Excel study timetableso Escorted students to lectures and on field trips, improvising immediate solutions when confronted with emergencies e.g. contacting staff, devising new routes, late notice work. Alert to equal opportunities issues and solutions

Diploma, Diploma In Journalism, Gold Standard

NCTJ-qualified journalist with Gold Standard (A*-C) grades in News Reporting, Public Affairs, Court Reporting, Media Law and Production.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Creative Writing, Merit

My MA theses included 'The Spiral Unwinding: The Sestina and 20th Century Form', an essay which explored the role of the sestina in modern.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Literature With Creative Writing, First Class Honours (1:1)

Activities and Societies: Creative Writing Society, Concrete: UEA's Student Newspaper, Poker Society, Chess SocietyPresident of Creative.