Work history
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Editorial LeadCompass News UK
London, United KingdomFull Time
In 2015, I co-founded Compass News, a news app and website which curates, summarises and explains high-quality articles and breaking news stories using both human journalists and machine-learning algorithms. Compass raised over $1m from VC investors, and has over 40,000 users and over 4000 paying subscribers.
As editorial lead, I am solely responsible for overseeing the company’s entire editorial output. I built and manage a team of 4-7 journalists who choose, summarise and write articles and headlines, producing an editorial product which provides users across multiple continents 24-hour coverage of the news cycle. I personally wrote and maintain a comprehensive style guide aimed at producing concise, readable journalism for young people.
I am responsible for liaising with the company’s machine learning team, where I worked to build and refine a large dataset of tagged articles. This dataset has now been used to build algorithms able to determine an article’s quality, political alignment, time-relevance and reading difficulty.
I acquired an in-depth understanding of numerous subjects, particularly US and UK politics, tech and digital media.
Additionally, I work closely with the product team, providing input on various aspects of the app’s design and functionality.
I designed and worked to implement strategies to increase usage, including our notification and social media strategies. I personally amalgamated a huge amount of data from social media, notifications and app usage in order to constantly refine and improve our user acquisition, reactivation and engagement strategies.
Skills
- Marketing
- Copywriting
- Journalism
- Video Creation
- Photo Editing
- Design
- Product Marketing
- Content and Media Writing
- Management
- Editiorial
Education
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BA in English LiteratureThe University of York
- York, United Kingdom