Monika Barton Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

My duties running the Entertainment section on the Newshub website involved: - Chasing stories and writing articles - Writing and presenting video content for the website - Hosting Facebook Live broadcasts - Running the Newshub Entertainment Facebook page - Editing work from contributing writers - Liaising with PR teams for movies, theatre productions, musicians, actors and festivalsI am a regular panellist and film reviewer on The AM Show, and also co-host a weekly podcast called The Snack with my colleague Sarah Templeton, Newshub's Lifestyle Editor.

London, United Kingdom

• Coordinating a pool of writers and announcers, providing relevant listings information and support • Editorial script supervision and quality checking voiceover audio to guarantee brands are accurately reflected• Creative script writing • Writing, presenting and editing video content for internal communications• Effectively organising the continuity calendar and timeline, responding to schedule changes• Liaising with the media planning department and generating make lists from on-air media plans• Overseeing the recording and delivery of all daily continuity voiceovers

London

Contributor for the Life and Humour sections at Diply. Pitching content ideas and writing attention-grabbing, informative and humorous articles to appear on the website and social media channels.

London, United Kingdom

• Researching and writing innovative, creative narrative dialogue for players and non-player characters• Managing a freelance writing team - on-boarding and developing new writers, editing and giving feedback on writer submissions • Liaising with the lead game designer on creative story elements & providing direction to artists on character appearances• Devising a varied cast of characters and making creative decisions about their implementation in-game• Designing and implementing organisational processes to effectively produce high quality content on tight deadlines

Auckland, New Zealand

• Writing, editing and delivering creative scripts, on-air trailers, online copy in a range of styles• Directing presenters for live and pre-recorded voiceover and video content • Writing treatments and storyboards for prospective campaigns and creative television + radio content • Recording voice over material for the station and its commercial campaigns• Writing and presenting a variety of pre-recorded and live radio programmes, TV shows and interviews• TV production management – running edit and production schedules, creating call sheets/rundowns, booking locations and crew, liaising with clients and marketing departments • Technical + content-based production for The Edge TV + radio shows, including audio and video editing, panelling and talent management• Coordinating and executing nation-wide on-air, on-site and online promotional campaigns for The Edge & its major clients

Auckland, New Zealand

Writing full episode scripts for Sticky TV. Role includes research, content development, planning, writing, editing and collating.

Auckland

Full time presenter on Sticky TV. Role included hosting links, interviews, features, voice-over, script writing, managing social media and public appearances.

Reading and collating news bulletins for the Breakfast and Drive shows on George FM. Role included contributing to voice breaks and devising topics.

Auckland, New Zealand

Hosted and live produced 3 hour episodes of Ulive - at least three episodes a week, including music programming, interviews and features. Utilising social media platforms to implement features and push content Research and writing for the show. Featured weekly on Ulate as the resident television reviewer.Technical production including graphics, camera and sound.

Bachelor Of Communications, Radio, Top Radio Graduate 2014

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English (Minor Film, Television And Media)

Activities and Societies: Stage Two Productions

Education record

Activities and Societies: Takapuna Grammar Stage Challenge (2008) - Organiser/Choreographer/Performer, Annual Fashion Show - dancer.