Determined, decisive communicator with a proven track record in global communications media. Vast experience in both online and print journalism and media marketing sectors. After a spell working in the third sector helping to raise nearly £4 million a year to help fund end-of-life and palliative care in Greater Manchester, followed by a stint working in child literacy, I'm now finally back in the computer journalism industry where it all began, as Games Editor for UK and Europe at one of the internet's oldest tech websites. That's the acceptable way of saying 'I play computer games for a living.'If you are wondering what makes me tick, it is words, especially when they are placed next to each other in a manner that makes them intoxicatingly moreish,Specialties: • Excellent interpersonal skills - outstanding communicator and leader with high integrity with an extensive SEO knowledge base. • Hater of bland copy and procurer of SEO snake oil. We can and will do better. We control the algorithm, not the other way round. I write stuff that makes people want to read more. Who would have thought that would ever turn out to be useful?• Confident in boardroom or presentation scenarios with extensive experience in both television and radio broadcasting.• Strong planning, organising, and monitoring skillset. Obsessive about using data to it's potential, rather than letting it lead you down the garden path.• Confident manager.• Dementia Friend• Computer literate; Skilled in Windows and Apple environments and comfortable with Adobe CC range of creative products.• Highly experienced with Google Analytics and project management software such as Monday.• Member of the Institute of Fundraising.• Experienced in complex CRM systems.• I also have obsessive addiction to retro video-games and restoring 1980s arcade machines. My wife hates my collection and would prefer our spare room back.