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Olympic and Paralympic veteran, experienced writer and editor

I am 23 years old and have recently returned from my position as the editor of the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic athlete’s village newspapers. I have a wide range of interests including music, sport, film and history. I am currently looking for a full time position that I can apply my experience and wide range of skills to, specifically in sport.

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Online writer

Voice of Russia
Apr 2014 - Present
I am currently working freelance shifts for Voice of Russia's news website. I am responsible for the creation of content, editing content, publishing content using VoR's CMS and using social media to increase audience figures.

Editor, athletes village newspaper

Sochi 2014
Jan 2014 - Mar 2014 (2 months, 1 day)
I was responsible for the English edition of the Olympic and Paralympic athlete’s village newspaper, OLVDaily and PLVDaily, respectively. I managed a team of writers and photographers and together a long with the Russian editor produce the daily edition. I was also responsible for producing OLVDaily as an a5 online newspaper, the first time this has been done in Games history. I designed and produced all three languages (English, Russian and French) for sochi2014.com, using InDesign.

Editor

Hearing Times
Apr 2013 - Dec 2013 (8 months, 1 day)
I was responsible for the content, design and production of Hearing Times, a quarterly newspaper for the deaf and hard of hearing. I also was responsible for the content of the Hearing Times news website and social media presence. I tailored content specifically for the website and using tools like SEO and then used social media to spread our online reach to relevant communities. I managed a team of freelance deaf journalists and photographers too. I also commissioned advertising and ran all of the administ

Education

Masters in journalism

Brunel University, United Kingdom 2011 - 2012
(1 year)

English

Loughborough University, United Kingdom 2008 - 2011
(3 years)

Qualifications

Journalist

NCTJ
2012
Official British journalism qualification.

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