Total Years of Experience: 24 Years, 4 Months
February 2016
To Present
Manager - PR & Communications
at Core Savills
Location :
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Preparing press releases and handling media enquiries on behalf of our CEO. In the short time I have been with the company I have increased our online media presence by over 350%.
June 2015
To December 2015
PR Editor
at OSN
Location :
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Producing the monthly staff newsletter. I organised a press conference for the launch of the Rugby World Cup 2015 coverage and regularly assisted in writing and editing press releases.
January 2015
To May 2015
Editor of Education Journal Middle East
at ITP Publishing
Location :
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
New title launched, I was responsible for writing and editing an 80-page magazine, sourcing interviews and content, liaising with photographers and designers.
November 2013
To January 2015
Editor of Construction Week Online
at ITP Publishing
Location :
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Updating the website on a regular basis to ensure fresh content. I regularly hit 800, 000 visitors per month to the site. I also assisted with writing industry articles for the weekly magazine Construction Week.
September 2008
To October 2013
Chief reporter/Deputy editor
at Hawick News
Location :
United Kingdom
Covering all aspects of local journalism and deputising for the editor when he was on leave, which involved writing and designing a 40-page (minimum) weekly newspaper.
August 2005
To August 2008
Sports reporter/Sub editor
at Lancashire Telegraph
Location :
United Kingdom
Reported on Blackburn Rovers, Burnley and Accrington Stanley FC, covering matches and press conferences. Was involved in designing the sports pages and sub-editing articles.
November 2002
To July 2005
Reporter
at Fife Free Press
Location :
United Kingdom
Covering all aspects of local journalism - council meetings, court cases, sporting fixtures. All types of on and off diary news
October 1999
To November 2002
Staff writer
at Border Weeklies
Location :
United Kingdom
Covering local news, on and off diary stories, courts, council meetings, sports matches. Interviewing politicians.
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