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London, Gb

Promoted to Senior Entertainment Reporter in October 2022 after proving excellent track record with strong articles, hits, interviews and taking initiative to find stories. New responsibilities include leading shifts and being point of contact for junior reporters, journalists on other teams in Metro.co.uk on night shifts and weekends. Organising stories for myself and other reporters, sorting home page to ensure newest and strongest stories get spotlight. Ensuring breaking stories are picked up efficiently and quickly. Handing over to next shift with write-up of what was covered and any issues. Assisting editors in keeping shifts running smoothly.

London, England, United Kingdom

Working in busy newsroom to strict targets on number of articles per day and views per month. Communicating with PR and celebrity agents to acquire exclusive interviews, reviewing new media, working quickly and competently to cover live TV, proofreading own content and using SEO best practices to optimise article views. Ensuring excellent organisation to get articles out in timely manner while consistently working towards future features on entertainment calendar, sharing updates on progress in weekly department-wide meeting.

London, United Kingdom

Researching, pitching and producing news and SEO pieces, with stories based on importance, relevance to audience and potential viral content, adhering to strict deadlines and ensuring balance of both quantity and quality.Creating, pitching and producing original stories based on relevance and understanding of key audience such as human interest stories, lists, quizzes, opinion pieces, gallery pieces.Interviewing celebrities and public figures, reviewing concerts, plays, films and musicals.Choosing images and writing headlines for each article, keeping in mind personality and interests of key audience, and posting each article to multiple social media channels .

London, United Kingdom

Writing bids for companies to win new business; editing copy to ensure correct tone of voice; proofreading copy for grammatical and spelling errors; researching businesses to find suitable candidates for procurement opportunities; writing reports on upcoming government initiatives such as CCS Spark; implementing SEO for clients; editing company website using WordPress.

London, United Kingdom

Monitoring telephone and E-mail; responding to client queries; transcribing audio; scanning and departmentalisation of daily post; organising and setting up meetings, Webinars and lunches while ensuring no clashes in busy calendar; writing and sending out Invoices; creating and sending Payslips for HMRC; editing and adding to Excel Sheets for different subjects such as Bill Book, Signed Accounts, Tax Papers Received while closely monitoring that all information is correct; scanning, printing and general office duties to support all departments in company.

London, United Kingdom

Ensuring safeguarding of children from several different countries while leading them through London and other towns on trips, including on the Tube and DLR; learning about the city and relaying information in a way that is both interesting and understandable for their level of English; engaging in activities such as Arts & Crafts and Welcome Games and finding creative ways for the children to learn about each other’s countries and cultures; ensuring all children felt happy and welcome for duration of their stay.

County Limerick, Ireland

Working quickly and efficiently in high-pressure environment of Oncology Department: creating appointments and adding to waiting lists, responding to patient queries while remaining professional, particularly during calls from distressed family members; preparing clinics and inter-departmental meetings; collecting information on patients due to be discussed at said meetings under tight daily deadlines; transcribing letters dictated by Doctors, using initiative to find spelling and definition of medical jargon to ensure clean copy, again under strict deadlines; working both alone and as part of a team to ensure smooth running of department.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Writing, General, 2:1

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English And Philosophy, 2:1

Level 5 Certificate, Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics And Special Effects