Selected highlights from 'Advertising In The Time Of Covid: A two-year snapshot' are now available as part of the open source treasure trove housed at Advertising & Society Quarterly (ASQ). https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/21/article/916298This compilation of my industry newsletters contextualising global ads from March 2020 is a good read! As well as charting brand / societal shifts, it reminds us of co-existing events such as Aston Martin going into Formula One under their own brand name, and… Show more Selected highlights from 'Advertising In The Time Of Covid: A two-year snapshot' are now available as part of the open source treasure trove housed at Advertising & Society Quarterly (ASQ). https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/21/article/916298This compilation of my industry newsletters contextualising global ads from March 2020 is a good read! As well as charting brand / societal shifts, it reminds us of co-existing events such as Aston Martin going into Formula One under their own brand name, and the US presidential elections.Next steps - development as coursework for advertising students, and print publishing: if you'd like to be involved in any way, please be in touch. Show less

Founder of ADDS at Addvertising.org, an infotainment site where the public can anonymously share and vote/comment on global ad campaigns. We aim to change the way advertising is received and perceived by providing a new bridge between consumers and the industry.ADDS Club, our membership area, is now live! Check out our Professional and Educational packages at https://addvertising.org/join-club.

Experienced talent in voiceover work for international clients including Swatch, Warner Brothers, Banco Santander, Iberdrola, Freixenet, Durex, EasyJet.A hot skill given the new trend of audio advertising! Please be in touch if you need a voice.TV/radio commercials, movie dubbing, corporate presentations, documentaries, multimedia training programs, audioguides etc.

Strategizing and creating content and business models, interviewing/writing/editing for a variety of clients including:Healthcare reports agency Mediaplanet; global expat information provider Angloinfo; a unique,high-end NYC interior design firm, Nomad Editions tablet magazines, McGraw HilI publications, a private NYC author client, and Econsultancy digital marketing company.

I headed up online operations at the Voice of Russia UK, which then became uk.sputniknews.com as a result of the global merger of Voice of Russia, the world's first international radio broadcaster, and RIA Novosti news agency. I ran the online newsroom, managed the online team and drove digital development, growing both website traffic and social media engagement, as well as signing off on all content published online, and writing/editing breaking news stories/features.

During my Knight Fellowship for the International Center for Journalists, I worked with www.elfaro.net, El Salvador's highly-regarded investigative digital newspaper, to take it to the next level in terms of digital delivery and presentation.This involved a re-branding and website re-design which quadrupled social media activity and more than doubled traffic to the website over the year.I also oversaw the rollout of new delivery methods and business models to boost sustainability, and… Show more During my Knight Fellowship for the International Center for Journalists, I worked with www.elfaro.net, El Salvador's highly-regarded investigative digital newspaper, to take it to the next level in terms of digital delivery and presentation.This involved a re-branding and website re-design which quadrupled social media activity and more than doubled traffic to the website over the year.I also oversaw the rollout of new delivery methods and business models to boost sustainability, and improved communications within the team and management.The proposal I shaped and edited secured six-figure funding from an international Washington, D.C.-based organisation. Show less

In these two years, I beefed up the broadcast side of my multi-media skills, with live reporting for France 24 TV and Web on various social, cultural and sporting events. I also edited and voiced news feature reports for the same channel.

• Led all digital development, both content and commercial.• Edited web; ran all aspects of busy newsroom; managed cross-functional team.• Took monthly page views from zero to 20 million.• Created/managed partnerships with other top industry names.

• Wrote and edited features, news, interviews, captions, headlines.• Briefed freelance contributors.• Handled flatplan.