Elizabeth Mearns Email & Phone Number

East Molesey, Gb

I was brought in to create a digital strategy, hire appropriate talent, design digital workflows and transform the TV news broadcaster CGTN Europe into a digital-first newsgathering operation. I created CGTN Europe’s digital branding, digital newsroom workflow and social media strategy.

Chiswick Park

I commission, edit and project-manage digital stories, features, specials, digital strands, podcasts and journalistic investigations with varying timeframes. I lead and manage a features team of researchers, digital producers, digital video editors, animators and graphic designers to produce digital specials, regular features and specialist seasons of content looking at both European and global issues.

London, United Kingdom

I am the Series Editor for CGTN Europe's podcast strands This Way Forward and The Answers Project.

Working with talent, planners, correspondents, managers and teams to create hybrid TV, digital and social content. Commissioning and project managing news features and specials for publication on all platforms. Designing and implementing content strategy.

London, United Kingdom

Developing, designing and delivering the latest digital strategy to BBC newsrooms and BBC teams. This included digital news branding, digital formats, identifying and building audiences with social listening, using data to inform editorial decisions, adapting to and maximizing the latest social media platforms and tools. I taught teams across the BBC and partners across the world to create efficient teams that use a data-driven strategy to serve existing audiences and building new ones. I encouraged innovation while allocating budget efficiently. I worked with leaders across the BBC to develop digital media plans and campaigns to keep the BBC ahead of other broadcasters in the digital news space both editorially and technically.

London

Digital innovations in mobile journalism and newsgathering. Designing and delivering digital training for BBC Academy and Media Action.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for creating and implementing digital strategies for regional offices across Asia, Africa and The Middle East. I researched and designed content plans to deliver media across mobile devices for the purpose of development. In addition I implemented social media best practices with the primary focus of engaging audiences.

Broadcasting House

Working with internal and external clients to manage marketing, campaigns and seasons. Won awards for my radio production and creativity on the AIDS season and was a part of the team that won a Sony Bronze for the India Rising season. After joining the BBC World Service commissioning team I concentrated on promotional audio and video for online and BBC World Service seasons.As a Digital Producer I worked on social media and strategy for BBC World Service content. I worked with programme teams to improve their social media. I rebranded and relaunched podcast sound for the BBC World Service for a younger audience in 2013. I produced Facebook and Twitter posts for World Service. Facebook Q&As. iBroadcast, sourcing pictures/clips and created innovative digital content. I trained teams on audio, video and digital skills and created promotional material for online collections and offers.

London

Series Producer, Changing World for Africa:As the leading producer on this project, I had managerial responsibility and editorial sign-off for these documentaries. The management of this project included: liaising with partners and producers directly; commissioning and sourcing documentaries; contract and rights negotiation; editing audio; writing links and directing voices; international delivery of content via internet or satellite.Partners Producer, Partners Production Hub: I created, sourced and managed content for our most important partner stations across the world. I was responsible for news two-ways in Africa and sports two-ways in Australia and Africa. I liaised directly with our partner stations to set up two-ways with our news presenters or sports presenters and record interviews of up to 10 minutes for broadcast on our partner stations with audiences of millions. I was responsible for organising studios, FMs, presenters and partner link-ups. I also edited and delivered audio to the partners via internet. I was responsible for origination of promotions to increase the profile of the project around the BBC and audio promotion of BBC content for TX on partners and cross-promotion of other BBC offerings on partners where appropriate.

London, United Kingdom

Reversioning Producer for Comedy and Drama from Radio 4 to BBC World Service.Promotions Producer for the BBC World Service promotions team: we won a variety of awards including many Sony Radio awards. In 2005-7 I created from scratch a bespoke FM radio project in Kenya to allow the BBC to attract more listeners by using localised voices in Kenya in both English and Swahilli. The project still runs to this day.

London, United Kingdom

Senior Producer for WRN on NPR. At WRN I pioneered the creation of the radio programme WRN from NPR. This service was a reversion of international radio programmes from well known international broadcasters in English across the world. Therefore the content included RFI, ABC, Radio Netherlands, Voice of Russia, Radio China International, RCI and BBC amongst others to create a 4-5 hour international overnight service for National Public Radio in the US. A great success, it was taken by more than 70 NPR stations across the country. It was an innovative service, the first of its kind in international radio.Channel Manager: Helping to create and managing three international radio stations. Managing and training staff; commissioning news and magazine content; directing talent; producing content, promotions and marketing; liaising with partners and clients across the world.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Organising teams of up to 50 counsellors to provide helpline support around documentaries broadcast on BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Writing campaign materials and information for the Channel 4 website. Organising projects, budgeting responsibility up to £250,000. Writing reports and analysing data.

Master'S Degree, International Development, Merit

Activities and Societies: Chair of the Women's society, speaker for the International Development societyDevelopment economics and policy.

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Ma (Econ) Development