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Staines-Upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom

Staines-Upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom

Managed and delivered all CMS production for the Services product teams (Scrum and Kanban) within British Gas. Working in the digital space I managed frequent campaigns, revamped the site to new UX designs and architecture, and looked after the day-to-day content updates.Helped implement content personalisation processes and helped manage the JIRA processes for our workstreams (Kanban)

West Byfleet, England, United Kingdom

Managing the copy and graphical assets for a range of FMCG pet products.Writing product description copy where necessary.

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Producing websites for Disney and affiliate studios.Taking a hands-on role in the production of digital marketing for Disney. Management of overseas teams and 3rd party suppliers to take that 1 page brief for an 'upcoming film' to a fully designed and built site.

London, Newcastle

Founded a literary arts company to promote new writers and poetsPlanned and hosted spoken word and music events in south London and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.Assisted in maintaining an online presence using social networks and sourcing new talent for events and publication.Used profits from events to fund debut pamphlet of poetry, flash fiction and artwork in which I helped edit submissions and outlined revisions to selected writers prior to publication. I was involved in proofreading the pamphlet. We have plans to continue publications using various themes for inspirationI helped organised technical aspects of events.The organisation is currently planning a small literary festival alongside practitioners in the North East.

London, United Kingdom

XboxConstantly researching web trends and consumer insight.Using my research I often propose concepts for innovations and marketing campaigns to the Xbox account directorsI am regularly tasked with scoping out projects from a production aspect. I will allocate the most appropriate publishers and estimate timings and costs. I author and amend Project Overview Documents to ensure clarity on deliverables, dependencies and out of scope elements.Preparing images and copy prior to publication on Xbox.comBuilding custom pages using Microsoft CMS in line with the design.Regularly tasked with proofreading copy and providing a critical eye regarding website aesthetic and usabilityI am often trusted to manage our projects and production team without being managed; setting projects for individuals, organising production workflow and liaising with the clientProposed and have undertaken writing the copy for Xbox.com 'Production Handbook', a large document detailing our processes using AKQA tone of voice.I have been an integral part of an innovative cross-format newsletter to the console. From initial start up to streamlining processes I have provided quick response time and solutions. I have also provided contextual and editorial aid; replacing unsuitable content with my own with client approvalNikeModerated Nike Women's 'Danceclash' and Nike + 'Supersonic' social networking profile, approving comments and friend requests. Ensuring no coarse material appeared on the profile and Nike was not affiliated with corporate or offensive material.Child Protection proposal: Due to the age of our target audience, I conceptualised and compiled a proposal for working practices during moderation.For 'Danceclash' and 'Supersonic' I wrote short copy on demand for user queries. Each Project had a very precise tone and I was required to concept responses extremely quickly.Sainsburys.co.uk:Building pages using a custom CMS and HTML coding.

Launching the 'Games' section of the siteSourcing talent and building a team of dedicated writersDevising content plans and tone of voiceSub Editing prior to publicationSupporting developing writers to improve journalistic style and tone if neededWorking to attain developer insights and exclusivesWriting features and reviews for games, books, film and music

Pitched successfully to implement strategies to raise 503's profile using social networksTook own concepts to fruition using little or no capital investment, including use of Twitter and DIY social network sitesCreated the strategy for a sideline microsite aimed at raising 503's profile among new writers and practitionersWorked with other members of 503 to create brand guidelines for marketing materialFront of House and Box Office when needed

Working on an ad-hoc basisAssisting in the coding of HTML emailsImplemented a dynamic video blogging solution for there website using no capital investment

Lancaster, Edinburgh, Newcastle

Assisted in the first run of Warhol in Lancaster as a sound consultantOperated the sound desk for the productionVolunteered and assisted in street marketing and PROrganised and operated all sound/AV equipment for Warhol in Edinburgh

Ma, Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: NCLA (avid attender and ad-hoc worker) Culture Lab (Student and ad-hoc worker) Studied: Writing for radio.

Ba Hons, English Literature And Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: Lancaster University Theatre Group

A' Levels; A, Media Studies; Music Technology; Music; Photography (B

Nine Gcse'S At, Grades; C Including English, Math And Science