Jem Collins Email & Phone Number

London, London, Gb

Journo Resources is an award-winning social enterprise that helps people of all ages break into and progress within the media industry. We provide free-to-access innovative tools and resources to everyone, helping to level the playing field and making it more representative of the country.Founded from my bedroom at 3am, Journo Resources is now a UK-wide social enterprise, helping hundreds of thousands of people every year and with employees from Liverpool to Norwich. As a director, I lead the strategic direction, business growth, innovation, and editorial output. Here are just a couple of things I'm most proud of in the past eight years:• Building innovative resources not seen elsewhere — our freelance rates and salary databases collect thousands of data points to ensure people get a fair deal, our app JR Transcribe uses AI to offer unlimited transcription to all, and our pitch and CV library share real examples of successful applications.• We were the first (and still only) job website to ban listings which don’t have a salary — yet we’ve still built our services to be one of the market leaders, working with clients such as the FT, News UK, PinkNews, and many more.• Our weekly newsletter, The Opportunities, is now a leader in the sector, going out to 18,000 people every Tuesday. with an open rate of 50–60%. • Building a membership community of more than 600 people and rising, helping our community to help one another and our own financial stability.• Winning the Publisher Newsletter Awards (2023), IPSE Freelancer of the Year (2023), DBACE Awards (2022). NCTJ Awards for Excellence (2022), Sutton Trust Alumni Award (2021), Georgina Henry Award for Digital Innovation (2018), Print Futures Award Fellow (2019), WeAreTheCity Rising Stars (2019), and LEDE Fellowship Funding (2019).

An experienced freelance journalist working across the UK, with a focus on London and Devon. My work spans in-depth reporting, social media, SEO, and videography. Clients include:• Positive News: Regular commissions across the printing magazine and online, for both editorial and sponsored content.• the i Paper: Editing and reporting shifts across original and breaking stories.• Each Other: In-depth, reported features on human rights.• Metro.co.uk: Social producer managing Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc• PinkNews: Reporting shifts and commissions, including court reporting.• London Live: Shift work as a video editor, producer and video journalist • Politics.co.uk: Editorial and commercial video shoots for leading politics website. Planning, shooting and editing, as well as sharing through custom CMS and social media• Akin Magazine: In-depth, reported lifestyle features.• Debut Careers: Email newsletters, SEO pages, and insight articles.• Sonder Associates: High-level social media management.• The Media Society: Social media coverage of live events, email newsletters and general social media management• Insider Guides: Research and write copy for a new guide to London.• End of Moving Walkway: Short trailer for theatre production

London, Gb

I serve on the board of trustees for this young charity and I am humbled to have been re-elected to serve until 2028 and support emerging journalists. With a deep understanding of the student journalism landscape, I advise and support student executive members, as well as assist in the running of national and regional events and campaigns. I have brought in tens of thousands of pounds of sponsorship, founded a financial assistance scheme, and spearheaded representation and diversity. Long live the SPA.

London, Gb

Unanimously elected as chair of the UK's biggest student media support organisation in April 2014, to help support student journalists across the country.• Oversee a team of 12 to develop new projects including a mentoring scheme, online training and alumni service• Securing scholarships for students worth thousands of pounds from companies such as Brighton Journalist Works and Camayak• Hold overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of the organisation in all aspects from finances to communication, increasing membership from less than 60 to more than 130, profit by more than 2500% and award entries from 100 to more than 1,000• Act as a representative for the organisation at events and for media purposes, as well as supporting students in negotiations with unions and universities• Organised regional and national conferences across the UK, all with 40-150 delegates, and secured full sponsorship from companies such as Gorkana• Run social media channels and marketing campaigns• Awarded honoury lifetime membership for contribution to the organisation

London, Gb

Supporting the launch of a new year-in-industry programme for journalism students, using my expertise and sector knowledge. This position involves devising and running in-person skills workshops and programming, curating weekly opportunities round-ups, and running 1-2-1 mentoring and drop-in sessions.

London, London, Gb

Social media consultant at Sonder Associates, a specialist reputation consultancy supporting social entrepreneurs, investors and founders of fast-growth businesses. I work across a variety of social networks, specialising in LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram, and am responsible for setting and hitting ambitious KPIs for growth and engagement.As well as the day to day management of platforms, I provide high level strategies and consulting, paid advertising services, and native content creation.

Chatham, Kent, Gb

Assistant Lecturer, leading on online journalism at the University of Kent's Journalism course. My work included completely rewriting the Year One online journalism module and leading on a blended learning experience for students .

London, England, Gb

Promoted to the senior management team, with a focus on extending the reach of our creative and editorial content, as well as producing original long-form journalism and series.• Monitoring, evaluating and developing strategy for increasing the reach of our content, both editorial and creative, across a variety of platforms• Reporting back to both the wider team, as well as feeding into grant applications and reports• Managing editorial staff, both staff and freelance, including direct line management, budget management and contracts• Creating and managing our long-form series of original journalism, as well as writing my own original content

London, England, Gb

RightsInfo is an award-winning news project to explain the latest developments in human rights news and issues in a simple, plain English, and engaging way. As News and Social Media Editor I lead the team and strategy for both news and social media, developing a human story focus to human rights news and reaching thousands of people:• Leading a growth strategy which has drastically increased our reach, engagement and views by more than double in my first year of employment• Managing a group of 55+ writers, running editorial meetings, handling commissions, sub-editing, pitches and running training and development sessions• Responsible for both breaking news and multimedia investigations, for example running an in-depth investigation on period poverty seen by tens of thousands of people

Part-time role managing social media and content strategy for a leading media charity, overseeing a major rebrand and developing a new youth engagement strategy.• Managing and growing social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) to increase engagement and developing strategy, leading to a rise of followers of more than 200%• Live reporting of society events over social media channels and on site, followed by multimedia feature write ups• Weekly email newsletters and community management• Managing a small team of trainee reporters

London, Gb

Regular freelancer for national free newspaper's online presence, managing a range of social network accounts.• Co-ordinating posts, both scheduled and breaking, across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and others.• Working with the wider newsroom and social team, as well as solo shifts running the social desk• Identifying trends and generating stories tailored to specific social media platforms • Managing workflow using SocialFlow, Trello etc and monitoring analytics using Google and Ted• Sourcing and sharing video content

Regular freelance journalist at the i Paper's digital team, writing and editing bespoke content for i News.• Writing breaking and original stories and analysis, as well as concise explainers for the i News website• Pitching stories at conference, finding case studies, experts and interviews• Editing video for social media, using Photoshop, Premier Pro and Wochit• Managing social media networks using Social Flow, and natively, as well as monitoring traffic with chartbeat• Solo shifts at weekends and late nights, running the online news desk, subbing content and editing homepage

London, Gb

Regular freelancer for London's bespoke TV Channel London Live, working across a range of programmes.• Creating and managing running orders with AP ENPS, before and during live broadcasts • Writing and editing scripts to be consistent with house style• Shooting and editing video packages, SOTs, teases and OLAYS• On air gallery assistant, assisting with graphics, live editing and travel and weather updates • Creating and editing bespoke graphics• Live outside broadcasts to camera• Assisting with training for new staff members

Adelaide, South Australia, Au

Lifestyle and travel writer for a leading Australian publisher for international students, looking to branch out into the UK market.• Responsible for researching and writing bespoke content for 50% of an area specific guide to London - focus on North West London, South London and Central• Fast turn around on original copy, with a strong focus on maintaining style and tone of the brand, as well as highlighting unique and interesting spots

London, Gb

Short term contract as a video journalist at leading UK politics website.• Directing, self-shooting and editing videos to bring the human side of political stories to life• Attending editorial and production meetings to generate original stories, ideas and video content• Working closely with the editorial team to launch original video journalism on site• Producing srt files for film captioning and basic animation overlays

London, London, Gb

Short term contract at digital production company specialising in visual content.• Liaising with clients and preparing for shoots• Self-shooting to brief, as well as producing on multi-camera shoots at external locations• Assisting with technical set-up on shoots• Editing footage to client brief with text animation• Scriptwriting for 2D and kinetic text animations

Clerkenwell, England, Gb

Online content creation at the UK's leading voucher codes and discounts website.• Create heavily SEO driven copy to promote selected deals and codes live on site• Create offers and deals to be added live to the site• Extend and check offers currently on site for accuracy and relevancy

Rochester, Kent, Gb

Full-time broadcast journalist at KMTV, an online video service at KentOnline, soon to launch on Freeview.• Pitch, shoot, script and edit video packages relevant to the KentOnline audience• Conduct interviews both for radio and online• Write copy to accompany packages on the KentOnline website• Manage social media channels to increase audience and viewing figures• Direct, vision mix and manage audio and video playout in a live gallery

London, London, Gb

Part-time deputy editor for flagship portfolio website SavetheStudent.org, the UK's biggest student money advice site.• Manage a team of remote writing volunteers• Edit and update a database of more than 1,000 articles• Create fresh, new content suited to the student audience • Image sourcing and manipulation• Manage social media channels to grow the audience

Freelance journalist and video producer taking on a number of paid commissions for a wide range of clients.• Produced client video packages for Julian Langer, EMIR Ashford and Romney Marsh Wools, pitching filming and editing videos to specification and strict deadlines. • Court briefings for The Daily Mail• Occasional Contributor for The Independent

On demand media assistant hired to interview, film and research at a variety of projects across the country.• Worked on a number of jobs including Appledore Book Festival and Arthur Brown's Birthday Party• On-screen interviewer for guests including Martin Bell, Julian Richards and Arthur Brown• Researcher and camera assistant on multiple camera jobs

Bradford, England, Gb

Fulfilled short term contract within the consumer banking sector to produce high quality copy on a range of financial topics.• Researched and interviewed key figures to produce easy to understand articles explaining finance to a wide audience• Completed various training modules on fraud, risk, etc

Leicester, Leicestershire, Gb

Hired as a fashion blogger for national clothes brand, working independently to produce high quality content on deadline.• Researched and maintained excellent knowledge of fashion industry, upcoming trends and new lines• Pitched and wrote relevant copy on a selection of outfits for blogging section of retailers' website• Shot and provided pictures to accompany stories• Interviewed members of the public for style on the street features

Middlesex, England, Gb

After winning the prestigious Bob Friend Memorial Scholarship in 2012, I was invited to spend my summer working at various Sky News departments. Selection process required detailed pitch, panel interview and two exams. Duties included:• Reporting on location, assisting with planning and setting up interviews• Cutting and editing video, as well as writing scripts for TV and radio• Creating and building interactive stories and projects for iPad and Online• Runner for Olympics 2012 opening ceremony coverage at Tower Bridge

Postgraduate Degree, Journalism And Innovation

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Journalism

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