I offer multi-platform content strategy and creation skills for online, multimedia, social media, magazine and book projects. My clients include global brands, marketing communications agencies, magazine publishers, tech events and book publishers. They include 2POINT8 Magazine, ACC Art Books, Bauer Media, Bright Publishing, Camera Jabber, Canon, Future Fusion/Publishing, IBC, Iconic Images, ISE, Kelsey, Manor Marketing, MPB, Panasonic, Positive Vibes Only, The Red Dot Agency & TI Media. My key services are: • Content consultancy: advising, evaluating and creating innovative, on-brand editorial strategies and solutions for digital, print, multimedia and social media projects, with specific focus on brand growth, launch and re-launch projects. • Editing: a full range of editing skills across digital, print and social media platforms for brands, publishers (consumer, B2B and B2C) and book publishers. These include content ideas and creation, developing and implementing focused editorial strategies to deliver brand and revenue growth, commissioning, flat-planning, text and picture editing, CMS, SEO and managing content teams. • Multimedia & filmmaking: developing digital multimedia content ideas and strategies for short- and long-form films (including product launches, PR films, commercials and documentaries), interviewing on-camera, script writing (outline and final), paper edits, directing shoots (location and/or studio).• Copywriting & journalism: researching, interviewing (face-to-face, live on-stage, by telephone and on-camera), writing (news, features, interviews, blogs, newsletters, advertorials, technical and social media content), copywriting, photography, picture research, live event coverage (blogs and filmmaking), production, sub-editing and proofreading.

• Developed focused strategies, planning, content and deliverables for key clients. • Led editorial team to produce on-brand content across online, print, social media and digital app platforms. This included news, blogs, product, interviews, technical and multimedia content.• Researched, scripted, interviewed for and provided editorial lead (including paper edits) for major multimedia projects. These included product launch films, PR films and documentaries with well-known photographers and filmmakers, including photographer Sir Don McCullin, legendary film director Jean-Luc Godard and Oscar-winning DoP (for Slumdog Millionaire) Anthony Dod Mantle. • Led editorial teams to produce live online event coverage from: Olympic Games, England (2012); Berlin International Film Festival, Germany (2013); Visa pour l'Image international festival of photojournalism, France (2012 & 2013); World Press Photo Awards Days, The Netherlands (2012-2014); Winter Olympics, Russia (2014) and IAAF World Athletics Championships (2013).

• Editor of Canon Europe's official professional imaging website - Canon Professional Network (CPN) - at: www.canon-europe.com/cpn • Planned, created and wrote a mixture of multimedia, digital, print and interactive content about Canon imaging products and the people who used them - some of the best photographers and filmmakers in the world.• Reported live (via blogs and multimedia content) from major events: FIFA World Cup, South Africa (2010); World Press Photo Awards Days, The Netherlands (2008-2011) and Visa pour l'Image international festival of photojournalism, France (2008-2011).

• Edited a number of consumer magazine titles, including launches and re-launches. Titles edited - Stamp Magazine, Football Collector, Hi-Fi News and British Stamp Market Values 2006. • Stamp Magazine posted an 11% y-o-y ABC increase in a declining market and won IPC 'Magazine of the Year'​ in 2002.• Football Collector was Highly Commended in the IPC 2001 Editorial Awards for 'Launch of the Year'​ and 'Best Headline'​.• Developed and authored the book 'British Stamp Market Values 2006'​ - this was IPC Media's first ever A-listed book at Waterstones and produced a 400% profit on all editorial and production costs v sales. • Editorial consultant on Shoot, 4x4 Magazine, Prediction, and yachting titles to revise and refresh editorial strategies, content and cover policies. • Member of IPC Media Senior Editors Group (2002-2007). • Developed, wrote and presented 'best practice'​ training programmes for IPC journalists in news reporting and magazine production processes.• Site Director of www.stampmagazine.co.uk - developed, planned and edited content for what was (in 2003) IPC Media's largest ever specialist website at launch.• Columnist for weekly football magazine Shoot (2000-2001).

• Edited and re-developed IPC's camera equipment buying magazine What Camera? • Developed a more focused editorial strategy and art directed a full re-design which resulted in an increase in overseas subscriptions by 50% and overall ABC by 25% to make it the market leading title in the UK.• Special Features Writer for The Times (London) newspaper - contributed extensively to a number of pull-out special features supplements covering photography features, interviews and technical content.

• News Editor at leading weekly photographic magazine Amateur Photographer, then promoted to Deputy Technical Editor in 1993. • Researched, wrote, edited and planned all news and technical content for IPC Media's photography titles.

• News Editor of Video Camera magazine. • Researched, compiled, wrote and edited monthly news content on market leading video title.

• Deputy Editor of Club Mirror magazine and News Writer for The Publican newspaper. • Wrote and reported on the latest news, features, industry trends and products for the pub and club industries.