An accomplished multi-lingual journalist and editor with a long-standing background in the yachting industry, cruising, yacht design, bespoke luxury lifestyle and international business and finance. Extensive experience at a senior level in major newsrooms, providing objective advice and expert copywriting as well as strategic decision-making regarding content, delivering on-trend, top-quality information. Detailed focus on the worldwide yachting industry and international business and financial markets, writing for publications such as: Yacht Design, Yacht Capital, Yachting, Reuters, Agence France Presse and The Wall Street Journal, as well regular slots on CNBC television and National Public Radio, among others. A key influence in the development and implementation of editorial processes for several publications simultaneously and managing stakeholders internationally to ensure deadlines were met. Provides critical knowledge of digital and traditional content across channels: magazines, newspapers, digital, radio, TV and agencies. Fluent business French and Italian, good German. Have sailed more than 15,000 miles around the west coast of Scotland, the Caribbean, Australia and the Mediterranean, raced in regattas.
Listed skills include Copywriting, Public Relations, Writing, Editing, and 35 others.