Thomas Lynch Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Manage a team of video editors by maintaining a highly organised Excel spreadsheet of internal requests from across the business. Check individual videos to ensure accuracy of information and compliance with video guidelines policy before being multi-site published.Produce high-quality and engaging video content in response to breaking news and trends using the Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, Photoshop).Produce weekly email reports summarising key video metrics and identifying areas for improvementusing analytical performance data, such as watch time and audience retention.Regularly communicate with other editorial functions and contacts across the business to ensure video is being utilised effectively, whilst adhering to copyright law and the company’s editorial standards policy.Regularly participate in morning calls with senior editorial staff to present my team’s daily agenda and discuss video successes of the day using stats from Google Analytics reports.Involved in the training of new starters within the team providing video editing training sessions, one-to-ones and the relevant support packs.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Senior video editor and journalist within the Central Trending Video Team.Edited and produced high-quality and engaging video content in response to breaking news and trends using the Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, Photoshop).Wrote video-led trending stories that were published across Reach PLC's network of regional online publications.Examined the native and social media performance of trending videos using Google Analytics to identify the commercial and audience impact.Built relationships with external stakeholders, like ITV, the BBC and emergency services, to secure strong video content.Team was nominated by the company for Digital Initiative of the Year at the Regional Media Awards in 2018.

For just under a year I was an active contributor to GeekFeed, a growing online publication that specialises in nerdy news and pop culture affairs. I wrote multiple tailored SEO news stories a day and typically produced features on a weekly basis. An article I wrote during Star Wars Celebration 2016 was referenced in high-profile publications such as International Business Times UK/AU and The Huffington Post.I was given the opportunity to attend the European red carpet premiere of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back at Leicester Square, London. I spoke to multiple members of the film crew/cast and reported on the event. I also attended MCM Comic-Con and EGX as press.

Required to produce at least one article per week on current affairs within the video games industry. I pitched ideas to the editorial team and my acting editor which really allowed me to develop my creative process.

Pitched and wrote articles often on a weekly basis, largely centred around video games and comic-books. I had over five articles printed in the physical issues of the magazine that ran across the year.I was promoted to sub-editor and my responsibilities became to proof-read any articles written by contributors and publish them on scratch.media, whilst also producing content of my own.During my time with Scratch Media I was fortunate enough the cover MCM Comic-Con, The Birmingham Comics Festival, midnight launches and charity events at a local GAME store as press

During my time at High Score Reviews, I wrote over 100 articles ranging from video game reviews, features, editorials and news stories. I also produced, scripted, presented and edited various videos for their YouTube channel and website. These ranged from from quick look gameplay previews to comprehensive deep dives into certain video game titles.I covered multiple E3 conferences by producing timely news roundups in response to breaking conference announcements.On a regular basis I participated in podcast discussions with the team about high-profile pieces of news, E3 conferences or our personal Game Of The Year picks.

Bachelor’S Degree, Media And Communication (Journalism)

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