Gavin Gibbon, Manager - PR & Communications

Gavin Gibbon

Manager - PR & Communications

Core Savills

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Diploma, NCE Journalism
Experience
24 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :24 years, 5 Months

Manager - PR & Communications at Core Savills
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2016

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%.

PR Editor at OSN
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2015 to December 2015

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.

Editor of Education Journal Middle East at ITP Publishing
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2015 to May 2015

New title launched, I was responsible for writing and editing an 80-page magazine, sourcing interviews and content, liaising with photographers and designers.

Editor of Construction Week Online at ITP Publishing
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2013 to January 2015

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.

Chief reporter/Deputy editor at Hawick News
  • United Kingdom
  • September 2008 to October 2013

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.

Sports reporter/Sub editor at Lancashire Telegraph
  • United Kingdom
  • August 2005 to August 2008

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.

Reporter at Fife Free Press
  • United Kingdom
  • November 2002 to July 2005

Covering all aspects of local journalism - council meetings, court cases, sporting fixtures. All types of on and off diary news

Staff writer at Border Weeklies
  • United Kingdom
  • October 1999 to November 2002

Covering local news, on and off diary stories, courts, council meetings, sports matches. Interviewing politicians.

Education

Diploma, NCE Journalism
  • at Strathclyde University
  • May 2005

Day release university course covering law, shorthand and writing skills

Higher diploma, HND Journalism
  • at Borders College
  • May 1999

The course included outcomes on law, economics, shorthand and politics.

High school or equivalent, N/A
  • at Hawick High School
  • January 1997

English CSYS B Higher English B Higher Modern Studies B Higher History B Higher Accounting C

Specialties & Skills

Public Relations
Social Media
Editing
Shorthand
Writing
SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNTANCY
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
AVID MEDIA COMPOSER
FUNDRAISING
INDESIGN
REPORTS
WRITTEN ENGLISH
EDITING
SHORTHAND

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

NCE Journalism (Training)
Training Institute:
NCTJ Training
Date Attended:
September 2004
Duration:
70 hours
Social Media Marketing (Training)
Training Institute:
ISM Training
Date Attended:
July 2016
Duration:
24 hours

Hobbies

  • Running
    I have completed 15 marathons as well as several half marathons and 10k events, raising many thousands of pounds for charity - Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Cancer Research UK and MND Scotland in particular