Mark Simpson Email & Phone Number

Berlin Area, Germany

Remote

Data Journalist – Collecting live statistics from sports events. As of August 2018 I have covered more than 30 tournaments in five different continents in 12 different sports. Events are allocated to reporters based on an average rating from previous matches out of five - my rating after 1287 matches is 4.9.

Remote

Extended Start Lists Editor – Writing and editing 400 character biographies for athletes competing at 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to be used by media professionals at the Games. Resumed the role for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

Glasgow

Games News Service Reporter – Reporter at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. I interviewed athletes, wrote reports and previews and co-ordinated eight junior reporters to obtain quotes from athletes at the swimming and diving events at the Games.

Anywhere

Writing content and editing other content for a variety of Wordpress based websites including content writing services, transcription services and translation services. I was also responsible for the company's social media page.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

Businesss Development Associate – Researching ways to further the company’s core business selling sports trading cards and developing the online game where the cards could be played. Sports Writing – Match Previews, Reports and News from Futera’s own professional football team, as well as a daily blog about world football. Also wrote and researched player.

Marketing Content Writer for a variety of websties using search engine optimisation (SEO), with additional online customer service responsibilities.

Riviera Maya, Mexico

Sales and Marketing intern in two five star resorts. Working with various systems to process payments and reservations, assisting in events and promotions at the hotel. I also undertook market research, social media and copywriting assignments

France

Activity Courier/Lifeguard on Canvas’ flagship campsite. Responsible for running a wide variety of activity sessions and events for young, children, teenagers and adults, and also promoting the activities to hundreds of holidaymakers.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Responsible for writing content, choosing topics to cover, sending reporters to events and the overall design of the sports pages.

Google Project Management, Project Management

Project Execution: Running the Project Project Planning: Putting It All Together Foundations of Project Management Project Initiation.

React Developer Nanodegree, Web

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Nanodegree, Front End Web Development

I earned a scholarship to Udacity's Front End Nanodegree programme by taking part in a three month Challenge Scholarship which was entered.

Mlitt, Digital Journalism, Distinction

Activities and Societies: During this postgraduate degree there was a three month practical project where we ran our own online news site..

2:1 Joint Honours Degree, Business Studies And Accounts

Activities and Societies: In my final year of my undergraduate degree, I entered a competition called "British Universities' Brightest.

5 Scottish Highers (Aaabb), English, Information Systems, Physics, History & Maths