Scott Peter Smith Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, Gp, Za

Johannesburg / Toronto

Submedia is a cross-platform publisher of mostly non-fiction projects. An outsourced, digital focused, editorial content producer. Submedia uses multiple platforms and mediums, delves into interactivity and immersion with the latest tools and technology in storytelling.

Johannesburg, South Africa

As Chief Digital Officer at Mail & Guardian, I led the organization’s digital strategy, focusing on enhancing the impact of our journalism through innovative online platforms. I was responsible for developing new products, diversifying revenue streams, and expanding our digital reach to engage and grow our audience. My role combined strategic vision with hands-on leadership to drive sustainable growth and support M&G’s mission in a rapidly evolving media landscape.Participated in FT Strategies’ Subscriptions Academy, powered by the Google News Initiative, as part of Mail & Guardian’s efforts to enhance its digital subscriptions model. Engaged in a five-month consultancy program focused on building a sustainable reader revenue stream.

Johannesburg

Newsroom product thinker across editorial, product and revenue working with a close editorial team producing award winning journalism, delivering to the widest audience possible, and deepening our multiple revenue streams.Responsible for all news video and podcasts at the Arena Holdings Group - publishers of the Sunday Times, Business Day, Financial Mail, Sowetan, BDTV and TimesLIVE among others.

Johannesburg

Editorial leadership position setting news agenda, managing journalists, as well as taking a lead in experimenting with multimedia packages across broadcast and digital.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

This was a hands-on consulting role to build out the digital offerings of this media startup. I worked across editorial, product and revenue, did some staff recruitment, and got very involved in the daily work processes with the full time staff to help them realise their media business goals. Makamba Online is a digital platform enabling Africans across the continent and abroad to converse and engage. A platform for sharing knowledge on all things African, with a focus on entrepreneurship and doing business in Africa.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

I created and developed the digital offerings, including the news site, of The New Age, a South African national newspaper. I managed and built up the editorial team of reporters and multimedia journalists along with driving further editorial products and revenue streams.

Johannesburg

Scott Smith, as a business entity, worked as a writer, editor and photojournalist for various publications in print and digital.

Israel

I lived in the West Bank for 6 months reporting for this NGO on such matters as protest, social issues, water restrictions, access to land, freedom of movement, and settler activity. These reports were then used by the Red Cross and various arms of the United Nations in their own work.The EAPPI is a secular organisation seeking to bring a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

In partnership with funders, I built a team across editorial, product and revenue for a new shelf magazine for Soul Candi - the now defunct Johannesburg based dance music label and culture distributor, producer and promoter.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

I managed a small editorial team producing in-depth, researched reports on global socio-economic issues, conflict and economic development. Along with this we developed new content products across print and digital using new tools available while deepening our contacts across media sources, humanitarian organisations, and consultants on the ground, including journalists and military personnel.

South Africa

A collection of written and photographic work for various magazines and online content providers including SL, Stage, www.iafrica.com, Picasso Headlines, The Publishing Partnership of South Africa, The Big Issue and a small collection of consumer magazines. I covered the International World Summit on Sustainable Development in August 2002

Journalism Postgraduate Diploma, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Creative writing, documentary photographyExtra credit: Photojournalism

Ba, English, Psychology, Philosophy