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Digital editor and writer with 15 years of experience across numerous major brands including Mashable, AFAR, NME, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Rough Guides, and DK Travel.I'm currently Deputy Editor at Afar Media, where my time is divided between the day-to-day publishing schedule and long-term strategy. I work across platforms, overseeing content across the magazine, website, podcasts, video, social media, and newsletters. I also produce the editorial components of multiple sold campaigns. Recent clients have included Chase United, Capital One, Wyoming Tourism, Tourism Ireland and many more.I previously worked as Senior Editor at Mashable and Deputy Editor of Mashable UK.At Penguin I was responsible for editorial strategy on a portfolio of travel sites and have spearheaded several major redesign projects, most notably the Rough Guides website which saw 400% growth in unique users YoY.I spoke to journalism.co.uk about how we quadrupled traffic through a variety of techniques here: http://bit.ly/1duTeFn.At NME I oversaw a team of eight overseeing the day-to-day production of content for 7.7 million monthly unique users. The site won numerous industry awards and doubled its traffic in the three years I worked there.I specialize in digital content, online communities and cross-platform content coordination, as well as technical and creative redesign and development on major commercial websites.I also freelance for a number of publications on a range of topics including culture, travel, tech, cars, and current affairs.Specialties: Creating timely, informative and entertaining content across platforms and devices, SEO, SMO, CMS systems, traffic analysis, engaging users online, social media, video editing, podcasts, Photoshop and emerging technologies. Growing traffic, increasing engagement, creating shareable content and working closely with commercial and marketing departments.As a writer, I've reported from France at the Calais migrant and refugee camp and during the terror attacks and covered numerous festivals, tech conferences and major news events. I've interviewed everyone from Aaron Sorkin, Ricky Gervais and Dave Grohl to Ken Bone. My areas of expertise include music, travel, tech, culture, social good and the environment. Mostly I just love telling a great story.

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