Stu Appleby Email & Phone Number

Experienced media and communications professional with an extensive background working in busy press offices and as a news and sports journalist• Adept at briefing senior leaders and politicians and working closely with high-level policy officials andstakeholders in public sector and elite sporting environments.• Proven track record of managing and supervising responses to sensitive, challenging and complexissues as well as media queries where there is a substantial reputational risk.• Natural leader with a flair for writing, storyboarding and delivering memorable communications andcontent across the cutting edge of the modern-day media and digital landscape.• First-class experience leading on and executing high-profile campaigns and media moments – as wellas managing workload of colleagues, interns and freelancers.• 15+ years of experience operating out in the field reporting, organising events and handling logisticsfor political visits in addition to selling in stories to local, national and international media outlets.• Career history of working for high-profile organisations across the UK as well as experience working in UAE, wider Middle East region, Australia, New Zealand, Caribbean, United States of America and Europe.• Fully trained videographer and editor with experience of filming video content for corporations,individuals (including weddings), businesses and well-known organisations.• Seasoned media trainer providing guidance and public relations expertise to a wide-range of people,coupled with a background in teaching lectures and seminars to sixth form and university students.• Accomplished interviewer with significant experience interviewing sporting stars such as Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Billie Jean King, John McEnroe, Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Zinedine Zidane, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Anthony Joshua, the Klitschko brothers, Sir Jackie Stewart, Jenson Button, Jack Nicklaus, Shane Warne, Joe Root, Sir Ian Botham, James Anderson and Ben Stokes to name but a few. I have also completed one-on-one interviews with famous names including Sir David Attenborough, Stephen Fry and Sir Richard Branson.

Listed skills include Journalism, Online Journalism, Social Media, News Writing, and 46 others.