AA Gill Award 2020 - FinalistI'm a freelance journalist, editor, copywriter, editorial strategist and project manager available for all types of commissions. Get in touch, my portfolio is here: https://danielfahey.contently.com.

This role ensures that Lonely Planet works effectively with a wide range of content providers worldwide, including authors, stringers, locals, partners, our community and third parties. Continuing to discover new sources of content and information, the role works closely with the content team to ensure that we have the best travel talent available to match all of our content needs.

I oversaw the strategy, development and production of all Lonely Planet's Western Europe content, including the commissioning of guidebooks, e-books, smartphone apps, digital features, news, photography, videography, and coverage on lonelyplanet.com.

I oversee World Travel Guide (WTG), the flagship digital consumer brand within the Columbus Travel Media portfolio. A comprehensive guide to the world’s best travel destinations, its print heritage stretches back 30 years, with the online portal reaching its 15-year anniversary in 2014. Available in English, German, French and Spanish versions, the WTG provides detailed and accurate travel content designed to inspire global travellers. It covers all aspects, from cities to airports, cruise ports to ski and beach resorts, attractions to events, and it also includes weekly features and reviews.

I work predominantly on World Travel Guide (WTG), the flagship digital consumer brand within the Columbus Travel Media portfolio. A comprehensive guide to the world’s best travel destinations, its print heritage stretches back 30 years, with the online portal reaching its 15-year anniversary in 2014. Available in English, German, French and Spanish versions, the WTG provides detailed and accurate travel content designed to inspire global travellers. It covers all aspects, from cities to airports, cruise ports to ski and beach resorts, attractions to events, and it also includes weekly features and reviews.

Festicket.com is an innovative website that packages together festival tickets with travel, accommodation and add-ons to create complete festival trips that can be booked in one click.My responsibilities as Community Manager include:- Accountable for managing and updating the Festicket Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest.- Creating and maintaining a suitable brand voice across all communication platforms. - Building a loyal online community that interacts directly with the company.- Compiling and presenting regular analytical reports to measure the success of our social media strategy.- Determining when social media spend is made as part of the overall marketing strategy.- Managing relationships with festivals to maximise the marketing opportunities for our products.- Liaising with our press relations company to ensure Festicket gets the best exposure possible.- Writing website copy, press releases, social media posts and homepage stories.- Assisting the Head of Marketing as required. - Creating and distributing a weekly newsletter using MailChimp.- Giving media interviews as the company’s festival expert.- Updating the Festicket website.

VirtualFestivals.com is an online magazine and listings website that concentrates predominately on music festivals in the UK and Europe, but also around the world. The site is updated daily with news, interviews, blogs and reviews, including features, photography and video content.My responsibilities as Editor-in-Chief included:- Accountability for the voice and outlook of Virtual Festivals, including social media.- Incorporating visitor statistics from Google Analytics and social media into a weekly dissection of the website's performance, determining optimum times for copy delivery and allowing the development and implementation of strategies to increase readership, content quality and user experience. - Sub-editing all work before publication, including improving search engine optimisation.- Writing and commissioning news, features, blogs, interviews and reviews.- Managing input from over 300 journalists, photographers and film crews.- Experience with proprietary and open source content management systems including Mura CMS and WordPress.- Formatting of content within CMS systems with HTML and CSS.- Producing and commissioning written features and reviews for the Daily Telegraph, the Metro, Daily Express, the Mirror and the BBC festivals websites, adhering to differing editorial guidelines.

My responsibilities as Listings Editor included:- Writing news copy as well as developing, researching and writing features and blogs.- Establishing close relationships with festivals organisers and PR organisations to ensure the Virtual Festivals website was up-to-date. - Conducting interviews with musicians and festival organisers for publication on the website.- Reviewing music festivals in the UK and Europe.- Sub-editing news and festival review copy.- Editing photography and uploading it to the website.