Jack Needham
Freelance Music, Culture and Tech Journalist
- Level
- Senior
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Availability
- Locked Pro Plan feature
- Professions
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Projects
Projects credited in
About me
London-based music and culture freelance journalist The Guardian | i-D | Dazed | Narrative.ly | RBMA | Bandcamp | Wired UK/Japan | FACT | Mixmag | The Vinyl Factory | Ransom Note Sound Engineer and DJ - High Fashion Technique Former festival programmer and booking agent Jneedham303@gmail.com
Locked Pro Plan featureSkills
- Events
- Marketing PR
- Music
- Journalism
- Sound Design
- Audio Engineering
- Creative Event
- Festival
- Live Event
- Venue Management
- Promotion
- Event Experiential Campaign Direction
- Music Journalism
- Content
- Blog Content
- Writing
Companies I’ve worked with
Festival Republic
- Music
WIRED magazine
- Publishing
Work history
Currently
Freelance Journalist
Freelance
- London, United Kingdom
- Freelance
From 2014 I've been a freelance culture, music, tech and human interest journalist that since September 2016 has become my full-time occupation. I spend my life writing about all that I find interesting, from Manchester's obsession with Jamaican sound system culture to music in the USSR. Yes, I mostly write about music, but I also delve into how noise pollution makes fish bad parents and the rise of the human cyborgs for Wired UK, and the story behind Britain's most brutal ball game for Narrative.ly. I'm a copywriter for major labels too, avoiding words like 'ethereal' and making artist Facebook bios glisten. You can find me on your phone as Dojo's nightlife editor or hear me ramble on your airwaves as a bi-weekly host on Netil Radio.
2016
Assistant Talent Buyer
Festival Republic
- London, United Kingdom
- Freelance
I helped book bands and DJs, negotiating artist contracts, planning announcements and managing things behind the scenes for Reading & Leeds Festival and Latitude Festival.
2016
Booking Agent
Spun Out
- London, United Kingdom
- Freelance
Planned global music tours, negotiated artist booking fees, helped develop sustainable careers, managed artist social media and fixed everything when an artist inevitably missed their flight home. Roster: Daniel Avery, Hot Chip, Andrew Weatherall, Ivan Smagghe, The Rapture, Optimo & more
2015
Account Executive
Full Fat PR
- London, United Kingdom
- Full Time
Managed the global PR campaigns, print and online, for brands such as Russian Standard Vodka and 808 Whisky and festivals such as Parklife, Hideout, Sonisphere, Stanton Calling, Fresh Island and more.
2014
Promotions Manager & Booking Assistant
Joshua Brooks
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Freelance
We made Manchester dance five nights a week, bringing Duke Dumont, Disclosure, Kerri Chandler and more grade A talent to our snug basement. We even won an award for it courtesy of the Manchester Evening News, twice.
Education
2013
BSc First Class Honours in Multimedia Technology
The University of Salford
- Manchester, United Kingdom
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